"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."
Stepping into or near a ring proves to potential buyers (even pet homes show up at shows! Many of them are in fact!) and those within the Yorkie community that you can practise what you preach. And more importantly that you ever striving to benefit yourself and your kennel by gaining the latest knowledge on dogs from different pedigrees (you've put your hands on a dog that came from " " and " ", something worth following &c.), knowledge that breeders really must have to be ethical ones themselves. Not just for the show, but for pet homes as well. Because both pets and show QUALITY Yorkies should be the same in the sense that they fit the standard and have no major faults. Once in awhile a recessive gene will creep up (nature of the beast) and you should be able to identify and correct so that it doesn't happen again. So showing would prove to yourself, if no one else that you really do have and can produce Yorkies that fit the standard. EVEN if you brought your dog ring side (even if it wasn't entered, and yes I know that's a no no, but don't tell me you haven't done it once or twice! lol) and ask a few people (handlers or breeder/owners) who just got out of the ring for their opinion. Careful, they'll most likely be honest! |