Alpaca breeders who are truly interested in creating a useful set of breed standards should enjoy reading a piece written by Thomas Shaw more than 100 years ago. Shaw begins by saying:
"It is absolutely impossible to attain marked success in breeding domestic animals without breeding them to a certain standard. The man who makes the attempt to do so is like the mariner who sails the seas without a compass. He, himself, cannot tell whither he is drifting. He is playing at what may be termed a game of chance."
The article is written in an unfamiliar prose style and takes some patient reading. But, his discussion of Standards for Purebreds, The Makers of Standards, Advanced Registration, Fancy Points and Receiving Benefits from Standards are worth the effort.
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