Could someone please explain why the AKC does not

oregonweim

recognize the Long Hair and Blue varieties of the weim? I am not sure if it is a weim club thing or akc issue. Everytime we see 45 'color' versions of cockers and spaniels and what not my wife and I wonder the same thing.

DanniGirl · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

The blue coat was accepted standard before 1972 but....Anne is a pro at this. Visit her website, it explains everything! Wink

Here is a quote from her blue weimaraner website,

"By 1951 the WCA was distracted by another coat variety controversy, whether to accept the Longhaired Weimaraner. Emphasis was placed on the recessive inheritance as being the major reason for seeking disqualification (Wood). Attempts to change the standard to disqualify the Longhair were made in the early 50’s, with the Blue Weimaraner riding on the coat strings of the Longhair issue. The reason offered for seeking disqualification of the Blues was that the gray shade was preferred and that the acceptable Weimaraner color should be of a narrow range and not to include Blue (Wood). Though the WCA’s reasoning for disqualifying the Blues had nothing to do with the mode of inheritance (dominant), somehow around this time, perhaps solely to do with timing, blue was erroneously characterized as a recessive trait. And even though the AKC rejected the WCA’s attempt to disqualify the Longhairs and Blues (See proposed 1952 revision), both were subsequently classified as a very serious fault in the approved 1953 standard. The 1953 standard reads, “Any long-haired coat or coat darker than mouse-gray to silver-gray is considered a most undesirable recessive trait."...

A letter from the German Klub regarding the Blue Weimaraner - PDF was published in the April 1971 issue of The Weimaraner Magazine, along with an English translation of the letter. Read by the entire membership, this translated letter was probably one of the most influential pieces of “op ed” that the magazine published. Unfortunately, the English translation of the letter was highly biased and slanted towards the WCA’s desire to disqualify the Blues.

Anne Taguchi
The Blue Weimaraner Website;
http://www.blueweimaraner.com/history.html

anne

oregonweim

anne · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

Yes that is true. Blues are also shown in IABCA.
LH's are allowed in every country except the US.

oregonweim · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

DanniGirl · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:22 am Post subject:

LOL!

peppernaei · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

anne · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject:

peppernaei · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject:

megthered · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

I think the Blues are absolutely beautiful.

Kiarazoom · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

AWWWW My baby has many faults but none of them are his long hair ! Rolling Eyes

I luffs him anyways!! Laughing

SparkyTansy · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:31 am Post subject:

It's such a shame - the longhairs and blues are both gorgeous...
LH's are becoming even more popular now at Australian shows. Ari's breeder also sent over two LH's to Canada last year and one of them was the first LH to obtain a title!!
I wonder, if the blues were allowed to be shown, would they be shown with the Weimaraners or as a separate variety (like the LH)

nskyba · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject:

I've shown against a few LH and the sad thing is that they weren't very nice looking Weims.

I was sad at the quality of the LH that I have seen at the shows. Now mind you I have only seen 3, but they did leave a bad impression in my head. I found that they didn't have nice feet (too splayed and loose)

Weimwayz · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: