The Wire Fox Terrier for the win!
I also really liked the Boxer, of course they’re all pretty nice by that stage of the game, and what do I know about judging? :lol:
I loved how the judge praised everyone, told them they all had wonderful dogs, and said “you are all best in show!”
wire fox and the boxer were my favorites and alas, the skipperke
I felt the Doxie and wirehair but oh that boxer was exquisite
[B]WOW … loved ‘King’ !
Wire fox terrier perfection !
EXPRESSION !!! [/B]
Are you sure Terrier’s tails are longer? They have always been kind of long as a “handle” to pull a dog out of a hole, in theory, anyway.
Ear cropping might go away someday but tail docking probably won’t. Scotland reversed its tail docking ban because of working and sporting dog tail injuries. Some breeds were docked for a reason.
Honestly, compared to cat declawing, both of these are minor, especially tail docking.
I thought the Dachshund showed his heart out but was VERY pleased that the Havanese got Reserve.
The fox terrier was just too good to pass up.
Glad the judge choose to put him first.
Not my breed, but he was really just outstanding, that day, there.
Others may have been first, another day, somewhere else.
They were really a top group to judge as they should have been.
In the general public there’s a huge reduction in cropping and docking.
In these type conformation shows they want to see them groomed/presented for the purposes they were bred for.
Tail wounds and torn ears may very well be the most difficult to heal
I always follow this thread every year, sometimes I have to start it. but as a non breeder, owner or shower of purebred dogs, I have learned SO much about dogs, and the AKC. I never realized for example, the difference between the show Border collies, and say the ones in agility. They look nothing alike, and I have read here I believe, that the true border types didn’t want recognition because it has changed the standard. Same with the Jack Russells. And how they keep bringing in new breeds to make more money. Some are cute, but most of them look like mutts to me. And that Neapolitan Mastiff?! UGLY dog!!! OK, vent over. This business about the conflicted ownership is sad. That little dog was adorable.
I heard them say that the American Hairless was developed from Rat Terriers that came out hairless. Now WHY would you want to develop a breed from something that was a defect of another breed?
A lot of the “new” breeds aren’t new at all…some alhave been around foe a very long time. Just newly recognized by AKC. Typically it is because they need a certain number of them to be registered so the new proposed parent club has to demonstrate that they have enough dogs, members, an agreed upon standard, etc… I have nevwr heard that AKC approves new breeds “for the money.”
I thought I read it here in earlier threads, that the BC people and the Jack Russell people didn’t want to be recognized because it would change the breed standard. And the JR people still don’t want to be recognized. I am sorry that is what I understood.
I think there have been threads or at least posts here about it in the past. When they first became popular they were called Jack Russells and that is what I still call them.
I think it is kind of funny (at least ironic) that with the other name changes, the Rhodesian Ridgeback is still called the Rhodesian Ridgeback, even though there is no longer a country called Rhodesia and hasn’t been for a long long time. I noticed in the movie “The Jane Austen Book Club” one character called them Ridgeback Hounds; presumably the movie people were trying to be PC…
When I was a kid there was a breed featured in the National Geographic called a Treeing Walker Foxhound. Now it is a coonhound. And Louis Dobermann spelled his name with two Ns so why are American Dobermans spelled with one?
Whatever. 
Good question. Rat Terrier used to be a generic term for a little terrier that wasn’t a purebred anything or whose people didn’t know AKC breeds. Like a “feist” or fice terrier or however it’s spelled.
Look back over the years at Terrier pics.
As to declawing vs docking, two wrongs don’t make a right.
Why would anyone develop a terrier breed with no hair? Aren’t terriers supposed to work in rough terrain and underground? Don’t they need their coat for protection?
There are different reasons for breeds to join akc or split. And there are probably people on both sides of the issue every time. My breed is in that same situation right now…akc registered brittanys include French Brittany which most people consider a separate breed (and some consider it only a variant on type.)
There are two French Brittany groups right now - one is recognized by UKC and the other is new and seeking AKC recognition. They need our parent club’s permission and people are falling on both sides for different reasons. (Some more about people than dogs). The UKC club doesnt want AKC approval for a variety of reasons as well.
I suspect there arare similar stories behind other breeds. If/when the Epagneul Breton gets AKC recognition it will seem like a new breed but they aren’t. One could argue they are the older breed.
Well there is a good reason to dock tails. Ask anyone with an English Pointer about tail injuries. If they haven’t had one yet they probably know others that have.
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