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Originally Posted by airplane  This might be slightly unrelated but I just had a thought. Y’know how for yorkies in Europe the teeth are a big deal at dog shows and often only show a yorkie with solid teeth because it’s penalized so harshly, but here in North America it’s not, maybe the standard here needs to be changed to be more penal on the teeth. For many breeds missing teeth or whatever else is a DQ in the ring. And those dogs won’t be shown or bred. Maybe they should change the standard to make it that way here in Canada and the US. Maezie took after her dad. A champion yorkie whose tongue hangs out of his mouth cause he’s probably got no teeth left. I heard he’s got bad teeth. Maezie did too. I’m just speculating a little bit about the genetic aspect of it and how it could maybe be combated in a way. |
I’m not a fan of show breeding or shows because I feel like the standard has destroyed many many breeds. I feel like breeders for shows breed to get a winning dog not necessarily a healthy dog. I have heard of show breeders breeding dogs with LP. It’s all about winning to most not the healthiest dog in my opinion.