| Re: Going to show my tailed rottweiler in AKC
There is no standard for the tail other than "tail docked closed to body 1 to 2 vertebrae". How do you expect to overcome that description.
A judge can not imagine what a proper tail would look like when there is a clear description already given, so you cannot just remove the tail from the picture. It is either correct or it is not. If it hangs or curls back over the back or stands out straight, is thick or thin, is feathered or tightly coated, how would the judge know based on the standard in front of him?
He may want to copy a page from other club standards, but that wouldn't be correct - UKC, USRC, ARV, AIRC don't use our standard either.
What should he do when presented with something that does not exist in the standard - for instance a cropped rottweiler or a tailed one. The opposite of what the standard states?
Hopefully you have a superior dog in every other way. |