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03-17-2013, 02:43 PM | #1 |
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| Yorkie Standards and Why? I'm really interested in knowing who set the standards for yorkies and were the standards based on the very first yorkie (don't know when or who it was) or did someone set standards for the purpose of showing yorkies? If AKC set the standards, how did they determine what is best? Just curious. Last edited by Fatalivy; 03-17-2013 at 02:44 PM. Reason: typo |
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03-17-2013, 04:53 PM | #2 | |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | The Yorkshire Terrier Club of America (YTCA) sets the standard for the Yorkie. Here's the link, but the site is closed now, I guess they are doing some updating too. Yorkshire Terrier Club of America The AKC is the registry that the YTCA uses, but they do get involved whenever the YTCA is changing the written standard. Club members swear to protect the standard and standard shouldn't change, just because of a new fad or color preference. Many people believe that standard should only change if there is some type of health problem associated with the written standard. There are about 5 other breed clubs that do have health problems due to the written standard, but so far this isn't true of the Yorkie. Most breed’s standards include personality attributes as well as physical descriptions, and standard is not so much written as to "what's the best", but more for what works best for a certain type of job. Yorkies were bred as ratters and they just happen to be beautiful, but a true dog lover can see the beauty in every breed. Here's some information from Wikipedia. The breed was being established in the 1800's. Quote:
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03-17-2013, 04:58 PM | #3 |
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| I guess, I just don't understand, how the YTCA can determine what is the best, healthy standard. And how it is determined? Please forgive me if I missed it in the link you provided. Last edited by Fatalivy; 03-17-2013 at 04:59 PM. |
03-17-2013, 05:23 PM | #4 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | The Yorkie developed over one hundred years ago, the people who developed the breed wrote the standard. Breeders in America followed that standard and have tweaked it over the years. I provided the link, but the site must be doing some revamping, it's closed now, maybe you can check another day. I've talked to people who are developing a standard for a new breed, and it's not an easy task. I'm sure personal preferences go into making it. Health is usually related to structure and that's why so much emphasis is placed upon structure. Of course, the yorkie has lots of genetic problems associated with it, but this has nothing to do with the written standard, it's more due to backyard breeders not knowing their lines and breeding a dog before they even know if it's in good health. We can test for these things now, but byb's don't do health testing.
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03-17-2013, 05:34 PM | #5 |
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| May be this will help... Yorkshire Terrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I know it is Wikipedia, however, it is quite accurate. Good Luck.
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03-19-2013, 11:02 AM | #7 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | One time long ago, when Yorkshire Terriers first came to North America, our relevant registries - AKC for the USA and CKC for Canada, did not at that point in time recognize this breed as a "legitimate" breed. There are several hurdles one must pass to get a new Breed recognized in our registries. I will spare you the long and very involved details, but initially a " breed club" petitions the AKC and or CKC to add this new breed to their Misc Class of Breeds. This is like a holding arena. At that time, the breed standard of the country of origin is the only standard either registry will accept. So initially our YT standard came from England. Over time, there will have been changes to the standard. How-ever not often. And the duly accredited National Club in this case the YTCA is the "only" authoritative source for breed standard changes. We look at maybe a 10yr timeframe for standard changes. And any standard committee worth its' salt is frequently looking at breed standards world-wide in particular the country of origin for their breed. They should be working in close proximity with their health committee - so that emerging health trends are identified, and status on existent/known health concerns are being monitored. The preservation is our first and foremost duty. THat is to preserve all aspects of our breed in health. Then it is to help "improve" the breed. And increased system health is certainly one necessary goal. But so maybe reliability of temperament, coat color/texture, conformation. Bite and teeth health. So many arenas one could choose to focus on as a breeder.
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