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Originally Posted by YorkieRose Linda, I did not mean my remark to be unkind to you. A show dog is so much more then a "pretty face"...pretty is not what wins..a total package wins.. it is a healthy, well structured, outgoing, friendly dog, bred to the standard that should become a champion.
Anyone can hang a gorgeous coat of hair on a poor frame..and IMO that is what a lot of the Europeran breeders do..and they are breeding into the American lines for structure, health, temperment..because they want to produce a well rounded champion.
It is only my opinion, but to think of a show dog as pure beauty does a disservice to the dog..not to the breeder, but to the dog itself. Since I love dogs, I can not look at one and think.."you are nothing but a pretty face"...they are real dogs in every aspect.
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I have more respect for others than to suggest they know very little. Having different opinions doesn't make either of us right or wrong. However, I try to choose my words carefully.
I agree, it's the total package, but I still stand by the bottom line, it's a beauty contest, I never once said pretty face. Anyone can step into the ring,
if that's what they choose to do. But, by stepping into the ring does not make your (not meaning yours specifically) dog top quality as someone else has implied in this thread. What many of us are saying, you
can have top quality yorkies, healthy, well structured, outgoing, friendly dogs, meeting the highest breed standards, that could become a champion, without showing them. In the ring, each dog is judged individually, on it's own merits, based on the breed standards, but in order to win, you are still competing with each dog entered, based on one judges opinion on that particular day. Yes, they have to be qualified to judge. But, it still ends up as one person's opinion. I know what you're going to say, you have to keep doing the ring thing so you can end up with several winning opinions to prove you have a top quality dog.
<pretty is not what wins..a total package wins.. it is a healthy, well structured, outgoing, friendly dog, bred to the standard that should become a champion.> If all the dogs in the ring are equal in your total package, does that make the others less "qualified to be a champion?" No!
But they didn't win. ??? The total package is not going to change by stepping into the ring. There are tons of blue ribbon winners out there that have never seen a ring because their owner chooses not to show. They don't need the validation or personal satisfaction.
