| QuickSilver | 05-16-2009 01:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by yorkiekist
(Post 2624970)
I see what you are saying!:) But without the "standard of the breed", how would we even have a Yorkshire Terrier, Labradore Retriever, Pug, etc? Most of the standards written by the breed parent clubs are perfectly sound and do promote good health. There are a couple that I dont agree with and maybe a few changes should be made in the interpretation of the standard. German Shepherd and English Bulldog are two good examples.
If you get alot of "diversity" you do not have a "standard" and therefore cant call it a certain breed. If a Yorkie looks like a snorki or chorkie or morkie, then how can you still call it a Yorkie? Without a "standard", you could not call it anything but a dog as you would have no "blueprint" to go by to call it a Yorkie. I think that the more "diversity" that is added, the more the Yorkie goes into extinction.
| Yeah, that's true, LOL. I'm not sure how to address that. I WOULD like to see health standards actually written into the breed standards. Maybe the looks standards could be relaxed, I don't know. I think there is a problem that with any highly competitive activity, it's only natural that extremes start to get pushed, like that kind of terrier that used to be "Spuds" for Budweiser. If you have ten beautiful dogs that meet the standard exactly, then the one that has a slightly more striking features wins, and the standards (even unwritten) gradually change for a more extreme look. I think this is part of what drives tiny yorkies. They are already small, so a very small one must be even better.
So I don't really have an answer... let me use another example. Do you know that there are literally thousands upon thousands of different types of apples? But we see only a couple different types in grocery stores because it was somehow decided that these monocultures were the most desirable. I don't want dogs to turn into some kind of supermarket commodity where they are all little clones of each other.
Anyway, you bring up a good point, and I will have to think about it more. | 