Re: [pyrnet] Working Show Dogs, was pet store puppies

[dsmith@iolinc.net (Smith, Deborah)]

    Exactly!  But for some reason many LGD breeders don't care to know about
standards, pedigrees or even registration.  And we must admit that fads do
plague the showring, although maybe not quite so bad with Pyrs....yet.

Chrissy

> In my opinion, whether you have show dogs or working dogs, there should
> only be ONE standard.  A show dog should demonstrate the needed
> characteristics (both physical and temperamentally) that are correct for
> that type of dog.  However, the same goes for working dogs.  There is no
> point having a working Pyr that doesn't have the proper temperament or
> isn't physically built to guard a herd or flock.  But, breeders who don't
> know, or don't care, continue to breed non-standard dogs.  I wouldn't want
> a "physically challenged" dog or a vicious dog guarding my livestock.  And
> neither would I want to show a non-standard Pyr (why waste your money
<g>).
>
>
> --- Robyn Allwright
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> --- Ziffany Great Pyrenees
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