Pat Hastings described type as being able to know a dog was a specific breed without question if you a) saw only the silhouette of the body and b) saw only it's head above a privacy fence.
I think that while the standards in each country accurately describes what the properties of a typical Cavalier head should look like we as individuals each interpret it differently. This is where style comes into play. To elaborate take for example the color blue, we all know what that looks like. Look around your house and I'll bet you can find at least 10 different kinds of blue. Some will be deeper or darker or brighter or lighter, but they'd all be blue. None of them however would be going more towards green or towards violet because that is not exactly blue now is it. Now apply that same example to Cavaliers. Think of a CH Salador dog, a CH Homerbrent dog, a CH Lymrey dog and an CH Elvenhome dog. They all look different in certain aspects but they are all undoubtedly Cavaliers and each of them possesses the same properties that make a Cavalier a Cavalier and none look a little more like a beagle or a Charlie. Terrie:) ========================================================= "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.
