[gemy]

Another thing on moving - and yes the taller Yorkies well put together will move and cover ground in a very eye pleasing way. the thing I want to mention is the closer to rectangular the dog is the more his/her trot can extend! And it is a temptation to breed longer than tall.


I have found that my eye really needed to adjust to the smaller Yorkies when evaluating their movement. I prefer a Yorkie with a slightly longer body length to height -say 5% longer than tall. And like BJH I prefer the YT's closer to 6-7 lbs. But what-ever the weight and height, I want solid bone structure. Well developed bones. No matchstick legs please!


It took over 5yrs to change the USA standard for the BRT, and the discussions were exhausting to say the least.


I know with many judges I talked to doing the judging seminars most judges would prefer a very detailed standard - the more detail the better!


Breeders are of mixed viewpoints (of course). There is an old saying; get three breeders in the room, and neither one will agree on anything with the other :-)


The three strike rule is one I work with as well. But some health issues while not talked about in the standard are of such concern that the dog should not be bred...... And I am very biased for correct Temperament.


I like the Molosser judging form. Each dog is evaluated structurally and there are different categories and each category is weighted differently per breed of dog. So you might have Coat Colour Head Topline Gait Attitude/Temperament etc all these total up to 100 pts. And gaiting is a heavy hitter in all Molosser breeds as is Temperament.
Molosser dog club is for working breeds only, so a Molosser title is one that many working dog breeders want.


An interesting exercise for you to perform is to first establish the categories and then assign a pt value for each category. Then speak with experienced breeders and see where they might differ from you.


For YT You might look at these Categories


Head - includes Expression/ Shape - Earset/Earsize - Eye color - 8pts


Bite - correct Scissor bite? 10 pts


Structure - Balanced? Shoulders? Rear? Topline 22 pts


Color - Correct Tan/Steel Blue 15


Coat 15


Gait 15


Temperament 15


Tadaa Finished.........