What Way Now?
What way now for the Glen?
I urge you to think about this sincerely. If the direction of the Glen is to be influenced by the show winners, then you are putting the breed under the judgement of men & women who are merely generic show judges.
is it not enough to see how many breeds have been destroyed by the ongoing pressure of show driven breeding? Why does the glen an already rare breed have to be driven down further?
Please i urge you to start training & testing your dogs for the field, show champion or not and start selecting for the best workers, the hardest workers, the easily handled dogs at the dig, the fittest and healthiest dogs after a hard day in the damp and the chill.
it may show you something that ma transmute your breeding programme into a drive for health in the raw & vital sense, health of body & mind.
If you do not actively select for these traits it is pot luck if you get them. Work with terriers will help you select, you see how coat quality, dog aggression, size, build, agility, courage, inquisitiveness, obedience, stamina, hardiness and physical overall fitness affect a living breathing dog. Not one of many to be made up, please!
Don't think i live in an absolute vacuum. I have many serious show people mates & friends. That is their path, work & performance is mine. But show breeding degenerates a dog, body & mind, INEVITABLY. Please even if you show enthuasiastically consider selecting for performance.
None of us breeders, work or show or pet are perfect.
but please let us make every new generation of glens better than the last, body & mind.
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