I'll agree ... but to suggest that the only difference is in primping, is like suggesting that any woman out there can be a super model with a little make up. (As much as we all wish it were so... it just isn't.)



Good genes are good genes. Breeding them into an exceptional looking animals; be it dog,or snake takes experience,hardwork, many years, lots of luck, patience, patience, and patience (did I mention patience?)



This analogy hits me strangely. Generally, people don't consciously breed with other people just to produce babies with certain characteristics. Obviously, people tend to marry people who have traits that they find attractive. For most of us, at least in today's society, the attraction is not in hoping to reproduce those traits in a child. In fact, we now see that attitude as being wrong. I've heard of women in the past telling their daughters to marry a blond-haired, blue-eyed men so that they wouldn't have "those horrible dark babies." I doubt many women would give the same kind of advice today. I've reached a point in life where I'm not attracted to any particular hair color in a woman, but even when I had a preference, the point was not that I would want to control the coloring of any kids that I had.



While not just "any woman out there" can be a supermodel, I think many women that one meets in everyday life can be just as attractive physically and certainly tempermentally as any supermodel. While genes may disqualify some women from being supermodels because these women just don't have the height or the cheekbones, there are many women in everyday life who have those cheekbones. A very rich guy looking for a so-called trophy wife may want only someone who has walked the catwalk in big-name fashion shows, but most of us aren't going to see things that way.



I don't know dogs well enough to know all the terms that you are using, but I think the point of the post was that only a few people are going to know or care about those terms. If I wanted a dog, I'd want something that could live outside, that wouldn't bark too much, that would eat burglars but not neighborhood children, and that wouldn't shed too much or break stuff when he came in the house. I wouldn't care whether he held his tail a certain way that his breed is supposed to hold their tails. For dog show people, this apathy towards their viewpoint on dogs may be incomprehensible, but I think gardenmum's message was simply that this difference is what separates those who will pay for show dogs and those who just want a regular dog. To you, the difference is more than primping. To me, for my purposes, the difference is just primping.





Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

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