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Originally Posted by gemy  I am going to say something, I said before, but worth saying again. If you don't like the breed standard, and want to make a difference then join your YT breed club. Then you become eligible to vote and to partake of standard discussions!
But that is not the only reason, as a fancier of the breed, you should join your YT Club, and here it is, bold and simple, we need your support and your $$.
Breed clubs often support and fund research, in fact we are often the instigators and agitators for that self same research.
If you don't or can't join, try to stay current with what your local breed club is doing. Support their fundraisers, contribute DNA samples, buccal swabs etc, as the YT breeders try their best to eliminate many of the health concerns of Yorkies.
To dock a tail or not, pales beside the significance of the health concerns of Yorkies. None of which originates from a docked tail.
Linking the docking of a tail, to a human appendectomy, or to amputation of a human leg, or to removal of a spleen is such a specious argument. They quite simply do not compare.
If only such passion could be focussed on funding and finding and supporting health research into Yorkies!!!!! |
Gail, are you suggesting pet owners, as well as breeders, join the breed club? I didn't think they were receptive to having non-breeders as members. Prospective members are screened very carefully for commitment to the current standard, and must pledge to uphold it. If there's anything in the standard you don't like, keep it to yourself until after you become a member, I guess.
Actually, in the YTCA the membership did previously vote on important things such as standard but in recent years those decisions have been made by the board, hence much of the discontent within the club. I'm not a member and am only repeating here what I've understood some members to say.
I agree we need to fund more research as the genetic markers are going to give us much hope in breeding healthier dogs, and if joining the breed club is going to help with that, I hope everyone joins!
