Quote:
Originally Posted by magicgenie  Thanks, Mike, I agree US and Canadian Yorkies are indeed very prominent in European pedigrees. I was referring to their absence from competition in Europe. I didn't know Japan was FCI. Here we have AKC but abroad there are federations of kennel clubs and I get confused about how they're grouped. |
It will change, when enough USA breeders decide to not dock tails. This will allow them to show in Europe. Although mind you that is a very expensive proposition for a North American breeder to assume.
Rigair - my Canadian Breeder actually came from Latvia, and her original breeding partner is still there. They are frequently transporting show dogs back n forth, to show in Europe and in Canada / USA. And yes they travel in cabin with the dogs, or have one of their network of breeder friends do so with the dog.
They keep some dogs tails intact. Still here the preference is for docked tails in the show ring, although Canadians were one of the first to push the USA show boundaries and actually finish Yorkies with an undocked tail. You see it is not a DQ in the USA.
I once looked into showing at Crufts, it is not a straightforward and easy thing to do. Although I dearly want to go one day myself, I have resigned myself to the fact that the $$$ to show there is not something I can justify.