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BEST OF BREED line up CACIB show Czech rep. In 2022
attributes. They reward it one is completely correct.
when they get it, and others The knowledgeable and
follow suit. In due course constructive judge will
“As soon as a dog whose breeders see this dog and all know enough about the
type deviates from correct the winning it is doing, and breed to be able to say with
starts winning, the ball is they think that they had better conviction “This one is right
set rolling.” start breeding something like – the others are wrong” and
That dog appears in the it. They rush off to use said judge accordingly. Many
big ring and other judges dog, and within a matter of other judges, however,
comment on its great years the rather deviant type perhaps lacking depth of
bone, long neck, fabulous has got a foothold in the breed. knowledge of that breed,
angulation, ultra-short back, It takes a little time, but soon will take the easy option,
high tailset, fantastic profile, judges arrive at a situation assume that the five must
great open side-gait or where they get a class of six be right as they form the
whatever, even when these dogs – five of them are of the majority, and the sixth dogs
may not be breed-specific “new” rather off-beat type; gets left out of the awards.
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