Originally posted by cali
yup if they are shown in the same class the coated ALWAYS gets chosen over the short, all ya gotta do is look at the BC breed ring to figer that one out lol smooths and roughs are in the same class, and the smooth could be easily suprior however if shown againt a rough the smooth will not even get looked at.
The show ring isn't even the place for BC's, period. Smooths probably are discriminated against by a lot of judges, as are lanky, erect-eared, long-muzzled working BC's are discriminated against. This is mostly in the AKC. In the ABCA, they seem to be a lot fairer in judging the overall structure and quality of Border Collies... they also judge based on the idea that these are working dogs and are supposed to work (which could be difficult for AKC-winning BC's, with 20 pounds of poofy hair).