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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie I was intrigued by this ethical dilemma but avoided answering it right away because of my lack of experience in this area. Everything I know about showing dogs I learned from your post.
However, since you posted the question to "all" and no one has weighed in, here's my .02. (I realize your question is hypothetical. Any references to "you" are just for lack of a better word):
The person in that position would have to spill the beans, if for no other reason than the alternatives are worse.
1. The owner fires the person who did it. They seek retribution and spread rumors how the owner consented and won points by cheating.
2. The owner doesn't fire the person who did it. He or she becomes a willing participant in the deception, making him/her every bit as responsible for cheating. And if that person has done it once, they might as well do it again. Also, it gives the person who did it reason and motive to do it again, to yours or another dog that might be competition.
The downside is you don't know how officials are going to react. Maybe the owner or their dog will be disqualified for life, and that's not a just penalty for the honesty and class it takes to "come clean." But I think the owner would have to take that chance, if for no other reason than the owner and the person who cheated (and whoever they decide to tell) will know that you knew about it and did nothing.
I think the circumstances would be the same whether you won points or not. The person who did it should be exposed. However, if you can't prove it, then you shouldn't slander anyone in public. Tell the judges it happened and you don't know how and take the heat yourself. And fire the hell out of the person you think did it.
Not being in that position, I don't know that's how I'd react. But I like to think so. |
Wasn't my dog. I was responding to a post that someone stated that a handler colored a dog that they owned when being shown. Ethics were being thrown around- but I did not hear the rest of the story. Question was one of those put up or shut up things that come up in the conversations
I have not had to resort to changing the color- or enhancing or filling in the color for me to win. My dogs are shown by a handler who is often gave the dog the day of the show. My handler and I have a strict guidline of what the rules are and what can and can not be done- all part of our written contract with each other.