Susan I have no idea which side of the pond you are on, but on the UK side I think what you say is almost a hundred per cent true. I had a dog with four teeth out of scissor who did nothing until I managed to correct it using Heath Robinson type methods.
He was a beautiful dog in every way, with a superbly turned stifle and was in every other way a good example of the breed. The only way I managed to get his first 4th place was to mention to another competitor in the line-up, while the judge was standing in front of us, that the bite had been poor but was now coming right and was down to the last 4 misplaced teeth! I took him out of competition for 3 months while I worked on his mouth. When it was perfect he started winning. His record was good after that, with the same judges who had overlooked him in the past now deciding he was worth of not only first places, but BOB's too. Before deciding to act as I did, I looked carefully into his breeding line, checking for bad mouths or even talk of them. There was none. After getting the mouth right he became a fairly popular stud, fathering not only progeny for my own programme, but also other show people. Only one bad mouth transpired. Considering that I bred for compact dogs with small heads I think I did the right thing, although I am not sure that the British KC would agree if they knew. Doesn't this go to prove the point you make that imperfect bites are considered an unforgivable fault by most judges? With warmest wishes Your very own super wonderful and fantastic Flo Sinclair Plymouth's Premier Waffler and Femme Extrordinaire Alias: Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
