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When a
Breed Standard is written it is vitally important that those writing
the Standard have a thorough understanding of several major factors
which influence the development of any breed of dog. This
important undertaking should not be entered into lightly and never
by any other than the most experienced of dog breeders who have a
depth of personal and physical experience in the breeding of dogs
and in observing the way that inherited traits are carried
throughout succeeding generations. This is no light matter and
the inexperienced should never be trusted with anything as
critically important as the future of a developing breed if the
breed is to reach and then maintain the level of suitability that
its origins ordained.
They should completely understand the purpose for which the breed
was founded and is being developed. Any trait which deviates
from this original purpose should not be tolerated.
It is critically important that
they have a deep understanding of the dynamics of movement and the
way that particular conformational traits have a direct bearing on
the future soundness and health of the developing breed.
It is just as critically important
that they also fully understand the implications of temperament
inheritance. The future of any breed is either protected or
jeopardized by the experience or lack of it, in those who put
together the Breed Standard.
Those who undertake the awesome
privilege of writing a Breed Standard, should be intimately familiar
with the reasons for and the possible repercussions of
every requirement they write into the Standard.
SOME BRIEF EXAMPLES
Let us suppose that 'someone' thinks
that a dog would look nice with big heads, flat faces, chunky
shoulders, wide chests and narrower hips...the result would be
bitches who have trouble giving birth and would need Caesarian
Section to deliver their puppies.... i.e. the British Bulldog.
Read about the Bull Dog's short lifespan and
Caesarians
Let us suppose that 'someone' thinks
a dog will look cute if its eyes are extra large and protruding and
its nose is as flat as possible....the result would be frequent
blindness from any slight accident, eyes which fall out of their
sockets and require surgery to put them back in and serious
breathing difficulties especially if the dog needs to go under
anaesthetic.....i.e. the Pug Dog.
Read about the Pug Dog's Eye Problems
Then let us suppose that 'someone'
thinks a dog will look super cute if it is much longer than it is
tall and has sweet little short legs......result would be a dog who
suffers from chronic back pain.... i.e. the Dachhund.
Read about the Dachhund's back problems
Now let us suppose that 'someone'
thinks that the Australian Labradoodle which was originally designed
to be athletic so as to enable it to perform the work it was created
for, would 'look' nicer if it was much heavier set, so they decide
in their wisdom to introduce a heavier set breed such as the Golden
Retriever, ......result would be the introduction of boning which is
too heavy to support the athletic structure already attained, the
introduction of a massively heavy shedding coat, a whole new group
of life- threatning hereditary diseases such as epilepsy, straight
stifles and shoulders which result in debilitating OCD's and the
ruination of a dozen other traits carefully set into the breed over
two decades of judicious breed selection by the pioneer breeders who
designed it and the early breeders (a seriously small number) who
maintained ..... and still maintain, its outstanding and
balanced qualities.
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Labradoodle
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