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Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer "Comparing your dog to someone elses does NOT make or break you as a breeder."
PS- You shouldn't be comparing your dog to any other dog in the ring or outside as far as determining a dogs worth for breeding anyway. If you showed, you'd know this. It's about your dog and how it fits the standard. If there is a dog in the ring w/ you and he/she fits the standard better than your dog that day, THAT dog places higher than your dog. It's comparing the standard to your dog, not dog to dog.
Please, please, please remember that. More people need to get out and really experience this breed and make educated opinions on that. There is so much more to Yorkies than just being a "lap dog". In fact they excel at being more than that which is one of it's most unique qualities being stuck in the Toy Group! |
Ha ha..no, I didn't ge tthe Pepsi on the keyboard. My aim has improved over time. 1) I have shown before...surprised? Not Yorkies, mind you, but Pekes. I was a teenager...and nothing large scale, I can assure you. But in any case, I understand the logic behind it.
2) I realize that your dog wins based on how well it represents the standard when COMPARED to how well the others represent it. You don't have to show to realize that...heck, even my husband knows that and he just watches it on TV to see the Beagles.
If I were to show, which I would LOVE to do eventually, and broaden my program to what I would consider a "show program" (my words only) I would do so only if I could devote my every hour to it. Meaning, no outside job, no young children, ability to drop everything. (Granted, this is only what I would do, me myself and I.) Right now, that is not a possibility for me. I have to work. I have a 5-year old. However, I am working closely with 2 Yorkie breeders, 1 breeder of Shih-Tzus and a vet. Not to mention anything else I do to further educate myself. I worked with them long before I ever began looking for my own stock. When I started, I didn't think showing was something I wanted to pursue, now...my mind has changed somewhat.
My point is, I am no where near even thinking about stepping in a ring, if that is the road I eventually take, but I have started small and am continuously working to make my line better. I personally feel that is what is best for me...I would not dream of having any more than our 4 right now and rushing into something at this point. But I feel I am doing well and that there are ways to go about doing this the "right way" without stepping in the ring. Again, I ask you, what would I be proving? My dedication? I think actions and what is produced speaks alot more highly that stepping in to compete to prove you have guts.