DISQUALIFICATION DIRECTIVE
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TO: AKC Judges, AKC Judging
Operations
FROM: Yorkshire Terrier Club
of America Board of Directors
DATE: September 26, 2007
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SUBJECT: Clarification of the
Yorkshire Terrier DQ to be initiated on
October 1, 2007
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The Disqualification reads as
follows:
Any solid color or combination
of colors other than blue and tan as
described above.
Any white markings other than
a small white spot on the forechest
that does not exceed 1 inch
at its longest dimension.
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DIRECTIVE;
The new Disqualification is
an ADDITION to the Yorkshire Terrier
Breed Standard. It is there
to disqualify Yorkshire Terriers with
colors OTHER THAN those as described
in our Breed Standard. The
American Kennel Club is registering
parti-colors, solid colors, and
chocolate and tan dogs as Yorkshire
Terriers even though they do not
meet our Breed Standard as written.
AKC will not deny registration on
color alone. These dogs have
been shown at AKC matches and non-AKC
events. Immature dogs not having
a totally clear tan or immature dogs
that are not yet totally blue
are acceptable under our Breed Standard
and should NOT be disqualified.
To do so would be a misinterpretation
of the Disqualification AND
of the Breed Standard.
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The Yorkshire Terrier whose
coat is of prime importance has a slow
metamorphosis from the black
and tan puppy to the blue and tan adult.
Some of these dogs take three
or more years for their coat to mature;
therefore our YTCA Members chose
NOT to specify an age for color
maturity. Only dogs of solid
color, unusual combination of colors,
and parti-colors should be disqualified.
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In summary:
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DISQUALIFY
„X Solid color dogs such as
a solid color gold or solid color chocolate
„X A chocolate and tan dog or
other unusual combination of colors
„X A white dog with black and
tan markings (parti-color)
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DO NOT DISQUALIFY
„X Puppies, Class dogs and young
Champions whose tan has not yet
totally cleared. This is typically
seen around the head area where
thumb prints may exist. Young
Puppies may still have an intermingling
of black hair in the tan.
„X Puppies and young adults
whose black body coat has not yet totally
turned to blue.
„X A dog that has a small white
spot not to exceed 1 inch on the fore-
chest.
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A Blueprint or Guide (Illustrated
Discussion) as to what the Parent
Club considers to be the correct
Yorkshire Terrier can be obtained by
contacting the club secretary.(Address
above) You may also check our
website YTCA.ORG (with frames)
under Judges Education. |
