Yeah I may have to speak to some judges specifically about that. I was fortunate enough last year for my local kennel club to give me the job of picking up judges at the airport and taking them out for supper. And the judges seem to love talking about dogs, and when I mention yorkies I seem to get a very similar response from most the judges I spoke to. Namely that they don’t like seeing down-face yorkies, don’t like seeing baby doll faces, and they think yorkies are a breed that needs a lot of help. As soon as they started giving me their insights and opinions, I started creating a judges book. Lol. Just a book with the name of the judges and what their preferences are.
Anyways, I was thinking about a very abrupt stop and how that’s one of the features of a so-called baby doll face. But it’s confusing to me because maybe that one feature is actually correct for the breed. It’s often seen in the ring. It seems very easy to interpret the Canadian standard that way. Just the diagrams throw me off when they mention a slight stop. I guess it’s kinda subjective but I was hoping someone with many years of familiarity with the breed could tell me a bit more of a definitive answer. |