[PinkMartini]

Originally Posted by centralnewyorki

What I don't understand is if so many dogs get cancer if they're not altered, why do dogs have to be intact to show? I would think that AKC, etc. would take this into consideration and change their policies. Or have I misunderstood, and dogs don't need to be intact to show?

No, you haven't misunderstood. Conformation showing requires the dogs to be intact. The point of conformation showing is to evaluate breeding stock. I'm not too familiar with the other events (Flyball; agility; obedience; ect) so I'm not sure if you can enter an altered dog into those shows, maybe someone here knows