Gee, this catching up is making me post a lot....
When we speak of influential dogs, it is well to keep in mind that some dogs who could
have and should have been influential did not become so because they belonged to
people who may have been disliked, or to people who did not accept all comers for
breeding, and therefore did not get used much. This happens more here in the US (and
maybe in Canada) than in other countries, where it seems breeders have a better sense
of what is important. I've known bitches to be sent to dogs when
their owners just about hated one another...but not in this country. Here, often it
is who the owner is that determines whether a dog is used often enough to have an
effect on the breed...and I'm not just speaking of Cavaliers here. Also, here in the
US, there are always the people who rush to breed to a dog imported from a famous
kennel overseas, sometimes without even seeing the dog or his pedigree.
It is easy for a dog to have an influence on a breed when he is used 30 or 40
times a year, or even just used a dozen times by the same owner who makes sure that
the majority of the get are shown to their titles. This ensures that a dog will
appear in dozens of pedigrees as time goes on. One can only hope that the dogs so
used will be a good influence, not just an influence.
Over the years I've been involved in this sport, three dogs come to mind as having
had a MAJOR impact on their breeds...changing the look of the breed entirely. They
were the German Shepherd, CH Lance of Fran-Jo, the Golden, CH Cummings Gold-Rush
Charlie, and the Smooth Fox Terrier, CH Ttarb the Brat. Brat was an import from
Tasmania (we bow again to our friends down under)...the other dogs were American Bred.
I don't think we will see anything like those dogs in
Cavaliers...those three STAMPED their offspring unmistakably and literally changed
their breeds. That's what I call having an influence........
Peggy
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