You're right. The diagrams showing proportionality say that height and length of the back are to be equal. I suspect though the eyes can play tricks with larger sized yorkies. My big boy Théo has been called leggy by many people even though my measurements show him as being bang on proportionate in that aspect. Somehow the legs seem to stand out and give an appearance of being really leggy despite things being equal. Maybe the same thing with the eyes being drawn to the legs that people notice on Théo is similar to Scottie. Cause other people have called him leggy too, right? I hope I'm not the only one who's said that. Lol
I'll attach a bunch of diagrams showing correct conformation for yorkies. I hope they turn out ok. I've used yorkietalk and the search button to help me out so much with understanding yorkies. I'm sure someone will really like to see these diagrams. It's my understanding that this is what breeders look for in a show dog. |