I hope you all don't mind a newbie jumping in on this AKC conversation. I just spent three days at the shows in Ft. Worth this past weekend. Before this, I'd been to one AKC show and one Club show, each time as an observer. The AKC show was last November, so I really didn't have much of an eye for anything (not that I do now either LOL). The Club show was in Columbus, so was more recent. I thought the cavaliers at the Club show were gorgeous. I used my time watching to try to pick up on differences in structure and movement. I was even lucky enough to sit next to a couple from the UK who gave me an informed running commentary -- one of the best "lessons" in cavaliers I've ever had!
So, then there were these three days in Texas. There were some nice looking cavaliers, but in general, I was struck at how "different" some of the entries looked. One blenheim entry was almost entirely white, with only one marking on the show side and "blonde" versus chestnut coloring on ears. Another blenheim was not heavily marked, but had *lots* of ticking all over the body. A third cavalier had *no* stop, not a cavalier head as far as I could tell. As I remembered the beautiful heads and markings of the blenheims I saw in Columbus, I found myself wondering if I was seeing a difference in the quality of cavaliers in AKC versus CKCSC? If that is the case, it still doesn't make sense to me that Club breeders would place "show" potential cavs for AKC shows that they wouldn't mind seeing at a Club show. Am I making sense here? I guess as a newcomer, I am expecting to see cavaliers that first exhibit *type* at an AKC show. Then judging is on structure and movement? But then maybe I was spoiled by all of the beautiful cavs in Columbus. Or, maybe I just have a *lot* more to learn. It just doesn't make sense to me to see "cavaliers" in the AKC ring that don't really look anything like the beautiful dogs I've seen, and then complain that judges don't know *type*. How will they ever begin to consistently recognize *type* when exhibitors aren't bringing typey cavs to the ring? And, how will newbies like me ever know better about bringing a nontypey cavalier to the ring if a breeder sells something like this as a show-potential cavalier? Set me straight please! Robin (and Teddy) Minnesota __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ ========================================================= "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.
