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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  The 3rd pic is exactly how long Uni's hair is on the body and looks just like that texture, but not color wise. Uni started breaking very early, about 3 months old. she is very light blue (that's what Mary told me  ) and tan. I did wish before she was darked but now I have grown to love her coloring. |
Of course you love her
When one breeds to the standard and for showing you strive to get everything correct BUT that just doesn't happen. One will always have that pet quality not just right for the show ring but they should still be good representatives of the breed. One can usually tell if they know what they are looking at and for within one's breeding program which one will go too light. Some however do take longer to break or clear on the head to that nice rich gold on the head. I don't mind a lighter or darker dog IF they have good health, structure, movement, ear set, scissor bite/or level bite, good angulation, top line ect....I wouldn't toss it out of my breeding program if all that were into play with health of the utmost importance. I've always said the way the dog is put together and health are more important to me than if the dog is not exactly the "dark" steel blue. I want both my dam and sire that I do breed to be both champions so I do have to have all componets necsessary to show
Yorkie color is probably one of the hardest to judge in the show ring...
Donna