VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS FOR JUDGMENT

• Each breed's parent club creates a standard and a written description of the ideal specimen of that breed.
• Generally relating form to function, i.e., the original function that the dog was bred to perform, most standards describe general appearance, movement, temperament, and specific physical traits such as height and weight, coat, colors, eye color and shape, ear shape and placement, feet, tail, and more.
• Some standards can be very specific, some can be rather general and leave much room for individual interpretation by judges.
• This results in the sport's subjective basis: one judge, applying his or her interpretation of the standard, giving his or her opinion of the best dog on that particular day.
• Standards are written, maintained and owned by the parent clubs of each breed.