 Conformation and Skin Quality
It seems that japanese breeders pick tosai based primarily on "body confirmation" and "skin quality". Pattern seems to be largely overlooked, at least in young tosai under 6 months.
My questions are as follows:
How to appreciate "confirmation" in practice?
What is exctly skin quality and why is so important?
How to appreciate "skin quality" in practice?
Let's asume you are in front of several siblings -gosanke, from the same spawn. Which points would you check/assess to appreciate both confirmation and skin quality?
I will appreciate your comments on this subject, which somehow also apply for older Koi.
Diego |