Originally posted by curlybackdogs:
[QUOTE Take the Chesapeake Bay Retriever for example. It is the only Retrieving breed that I know of that has individual dogs who are both show Chanmpions and FC-AFC. That is because the American Chesapeake Club so strongly has written the breed standard with an emphasis on what the breed was bred for.
Hmmm...I thought it was 'cause all Chessies were butt ugly and you can't tell'em apart when competing against each other [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]