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**Samba** · 03-20-2010, 10:59 PM

I have not seen outsized dogs rejected out of hand by working dog folks. They are the first to accept variation in favor of work ethic. The show folks obviously don't mind an over sized dog as I think they may finally have been required to wicket as the dogs were getting so large.

But I think this is a somewhat different thing than the type of grossly outsize breedings for generations for what appears very much a market niche.

Of course there can be criticism of types of show breedings and working breedings. It is not necessarily a bad thing or everyone will just drink their respective koolaide and sit happily in their world with their fellow groupies and the breed be darned.

03-20-2010, 10:59 PM	#406 (permalink)
Samba Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,447	I have not seen outsized dogs rejected out of hand by working dog folks. They are the first to accept variation in favor of work ethic. The show folks obviously don't mind an over sized dog as I think they may finally have been required to wicket as the dogs were getting so large. But I think this is a somewhat different thing than the type of grossly outsize breedings for generations for what appears very much a market niche. Of course there can be criticism of types of show breedings and working breedings. It is not necessarily a bad thing or everyone will just drink their respective koolaide and sit happily in their world with their fellow groupies and the breed be darned. Last edited by Samba; 03-20-2010 at 11:02 PM.