This is true for all species of animals. Before standards are set, everyone has different opinions on what is the best. And even after the standards are set, people will have different opinions on what is and is not the best. The standards only show that you can breed a certain type of animal a certain way, and you compete against other people who have the same goals.Originally Posted by Scimthar
I've said before, it won't stop people from breeding animals the way they want, and it won't force people to accept one snake as better than another. Just that when (for argument's sake) a black python is up against another black python, and the standard says the blackest one is prefered, that one gets awarded. People can breed the black pythons to be gray if they want, and even petition the club to get 'gray' approved as a variety.
I think a lot of the problems people are having with accepting a standard, is they seem to think it means that one snake is absolutely better than another (ie black vs gray). When it's not. It's just a goal that is set, and aimed for by people who want to reach the goal.
Even MOUSE breeders disagree, when the standards for mice were written over 100 years ago, and competitive breeding has been going on for upwards of 300 years.
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