danisgoat
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Groomed for the show
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danisgoat
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Your puppy looks beautiful.
Congratulations on a job well done. Showing in conformation takes a lot of patience, but well worth it in the end. Keep us posted on how she does in the future!
Congratulations on a job well done. Showing in conformation takes a lot of patience, but well worth it in the end. Keep us posted on how she does in the future!
United Kingdom Kennel Club (the British AKC)
UKC is United Kennel Club, they are the second largest registry in the US.
danisgoat
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BarbV
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She's a lovely girl.
Missjennygirl....can you explain about the throat latch? I looked at the picture and then went to my bible (Guide to Sheltie Grooming) and couldn't see what you saw in the picture. It looked like there was sufficient gap between the underjaw and neck to me. But maybe I misunderstood your comment?
Missjennygirl....can you explain about the throat latch? I looked at the picture and then went to my bible (Guide to Sheltie Grooming) and couldn't see what you saw in the picture. It looked like there was sufficient gap between the underjaw and neck to me. But maybe I misunderstood your comment?
missjenneygirl
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Okay, I am going to try and explain it. Maybe if Tofu Pup reads this, she can add something. If you look at the profile picture at the corner of the mouth, go straight down. Now follow that line back. Ideally it should be parallel with the top skull. If it is trimmed back you can see the parallel lines. Ideally, you wouldn't want a wide open wedge ("<") from the nose to the topskull, and the nose to the throat. I hate to use my own dogs for examples, but on the Robbie profile picture or any of the Annie pictures, you can see what I mean. You don't want depth between the topskull and the throat. This denotes a one piece head,(good) instead of a apple (skull) and a hotdog (muzzle) two piece head (not so good).
missjenneygirl
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BTW, UKC is the United Kennel Club, it is the second oldest registry of pure bred dogs in the United States. In Great Britain it is "The Kennel Club".
Justicemom
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Thanks eveyone. Yes UKC is the United Kennel club. I have a special place in my heart for it as they allow spayed and neutered mixed breeds which they call AMBOR(american mixed breed obedience registry) in compete in performance events such as obedience and agilty. It was were I fisrt started showing in obedience with my mix. The obedience has some different exercises what make it a bit more challenaging than AKC. Justice needs only 1 more leg to get his Grand Obedience Championship,the highest obedience title they offer. We hope to get it in Jan.