Dear Members,

You will be receiving in the US mail a copy of the final draft that has been approved and a Ballot to vote.

We finally have the long awaited "Breed Standard Revision" ready for your vote. It has been approved for "ballot" by the American Kennel club. Also, at this time I want to let you know that if the standard passes, there is a five year moratorium before any other revisions may be made. We are sending the Revisions to the entire membership by email and/or regular mail to those who do not have email addresses, for your consideration.

We have worked constantly on this much needed project for the past three years. When I say we, I am referring to the Committee, the board, the members who submitted input and suggestions, and the four years at the the Nationals where many, many hours were given to do the best that could be arrived at and getting as close to a consensus as any project could. We are aware, there were suggestions by various people that were included and some that were not included, but in a democracy, I guess there will never be a 100% agreeable blueprint. Basically, with the different beliefs, having different eyes for the breed, etc., we can never reach a 100% agreement on what the standard should be. It is a good standard, it has latitude for differences, and hopefully now the language is more clear for anyone and everyone that reads the standard to be able to know what things are important to identify a well put together Toy Fox Terrier.

For those who will still not like the revisions, please come forward and submit your name for a future committee position on the standard committee. Hopefully it will pass and then if you still dislike items, again submit your name to serve on the next committee. It has taken over four years of work and if it passes, you can work on the committee which can be ready for submitting your version within the next five years.

Thanks to all those who expressed suggestions and ideas and especially to Cindy Clark for her continued effort to see that all items were considered prior to submitting a final draft.

Please, don't let one or two things you disapprove of keep this from passing. There is not a PERFECT DOG out there, but we must keep trying to provide the blueprint that will hopefully, eventually produce the PERFECT TOY FOX TERRIER.

Dr Roger S Pritchard, President

Click here for the Proposed Breed Standard