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Originally Posted by Butcher'sDog2  I'd like to add that the pursuit of an invented ideal in conformation and temperament is impossible. However, people still attempt it and in the process realize that they'll have to let something go to keep something else. The rottweiler having turned into a show dog the first thing they carelessly dropped was willingness. |
the breed eventually will evolve into two seperate breeds in one like the gsd if you stand a show gsd and a working line gsd side by side they are totally differant dogs in all ways. people believe that because there show dog has dogs with working titles scattered through the pedigree that they have a working dog and i believe it is vurtually impossible to have a dog that excells at both and the few that do are misunderstood by there owners and never make progress in either venue its been my obsevation over the years that show people think that conformation is everything and that a dog will work because its a certain breed but working people know that without proper conformation(not always the prettieast) the dog cant hold up to the work over time