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Breed standard question

If a leopard is 1 inch under the height standard is that a disqualifying fault in a show

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Yup, that's what the standards are for where it concerns bench shows.

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Dan McDonough
507-261-9121 (C)
jagdlep@yahoo.com
Superstition Mtns., AZ
American Leopard Hounds
& Lurchers

Disqualifications
(A dog with a Disqualification must not be considered for placement in a bench show/conformation event, and must be reported to UKC.)
Unilateral or bilateral cryptorchid.
Viciousness or extreme shyness.
Albinism.
A dog that is more than one-third white.
Excessively long hair, silky or wavy hair.
Overshot or undershot bite.
Deafness.
Blindness.
Any color or combination of colors other than described.

It's a fault, but not a disqualification. Also, dogs in the puppy class (under 12 months) are not to be faulted for being under height standard.

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Effrem & Haley Creasman
Thunderstruck American Leopard Hounds
Sylva, NC
creasmankennels.weebly.com

Haley, that's a great answer and very true as I understand it.

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John Cox
580 284 8378

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Why would you want to promote something that is outside the standard?

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Dan McDonough
507-261-9121 (C)
jagdlep@yahoo.com
Superstition Mtns., AZ
American Leopard Hounds
& Lurchers

Dan, I'm surprised you would even go there with that question it might be a super dog or a throw back shucks who knows it could be a great dog other then its an inch one way or the other. Compared to a dog that's out side of the color standard tied behind a barn that's a super dog that someone wants to use in the Gene pool. LOL

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John Cox
580 284 8378

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Thought we were just talking about the bench show. I don't know what the dog is like in the woods.

If the first principle of a bench show is to show a dog that most closely approaches the ideal of perfection, laid out in the breed standard, then showing a dog that walks on with a huge fault is antithetical to the first principle of the show.

When you elevate the lesser to the greater the greater is lessened, not the other way around.

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Dan McDonough
507-261-9121 (C)
jagdlep@yahoo.com
Superstition Mtns., AZ
American Leopard Hounds
& Lurchers

LOL its all good I know you know what I was getting at

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John Cox
580 284 8378

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I guess I jumped a little to soon. It depends on two things. Is H DOG a member of the ALBA and does the ALBA allow dogs to be registered that are out side the breed standard? I don't have a copy of the current bylaws, so I can not say what the current rules are...which also means I shouldn't be answering at all. It's just that no one else seems to be stating the proper route to take to answer the question. Aren't you glad to have a busy-body like me around?

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Dan McDonough
507-261-9121 (C)
jagdlep@yahoo.com
Superstition Mtns., AZ
American Leopard Hounds
& Lurchers