[gemy]

Puppy Evaluation at eight weeks old:


!) Suspended stack evaluation - hold puppy cradle with one hand their jaw, and other hand between hind legs - Lift and look at angulations while suspend front/back legs - Sidelines - neck length - head proportions -


View front on - from side - and from rear.


You want to see - straight topline - legs hanging down easily and with no foot turn in or turn out.


Look at tail set - Relative body length to height proportions.


2) The Hard Stack. This is when you place puppy up on table and stack them correctly. Evaluate as above -
I also do vertebrae by vertebrae A/P evaluation. Sacrum set which should reflect as a good tail set.


3) Palpate all boney joints of the legs. Identify if knobby joints are present and where. Look at elbow set - should not be turned in or out. Put each joint through range of motion - look for ease of movement and a definite end range.


4) Look at rib sprung


5) Evaluate natural movement and tail carriage. That is where the puppy moves around (preferably on a non slip surface) - playing, walking, trotting, running, etc. THis is good to video and review later.


6) Evaluate the head - Ear set - Eye shape and placement - Muzzle - Jaw and any evidence yet of under/over bite? Pigment of gums correct?


This list is for breeders and as such all evaluative critieria measurements go back to the Standard for the Yorkshire Terrier.


By necessity Breeders must make their decision by 12-16wks old who if any of the litter they will keep as a Show Promise Yorkie. If a breeder is letting a puppy go at 6mths old or more as a Show Prospect, I would want to know why they are letting this Show Prospect out of their hands. What changed - why do they not want to keep them anymore?


Paunique do you not have another thread on here about getting a 6.5 month old female for show?