02-16-2016, 08:37 PM
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Steve Byk
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Greenwich, NY
Posts: 42,602
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Secrets of a Westminster Dog Show Judge
http://gardenandgun.com/blog/secrets...dog-show-judge
As defined by the American Kennel Club, a breed standard is “a word or picture describing how the perfect dog of a breed should look, move, and behave.” When it comes to Labs, Threlfall notes the dense, straight, and short coat, exceptionally thick skin, broad, chiseled skull, and powerful tail as some of the breed’s chief defining characteristics.
“We’re not just giving the dogs a nice massage while they’re on stage, you know,” Threlfall says, laughing. “It’s anatomy. We’re feeling for irregularities and differences from the standard in the dog’s skeletal structure, coat, skin, and a variety of other factors.”
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