Spirit of the Standard

Last week I went to Portugal for a breed seminar. We talked Podengos for two days. The official name was “Portuguese Podengo International Breeders Seminar” and it was hosted in Veiros, Portugal by the a group of Hunters that are also judges and respected breeders.

One thing that was said and really stuck into my head was “if you are not reading the standard with the spirit of which it was written you will not understand why it was written in such a way.” Very interesting. I will post more on the seminar and the things I learned but right now I’m mulling over that statement. I love it.