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Originally Posted by topknot  Good job Mardelin and tegamom1! 
What people must remember and think about is that dog shows provides a forum or target in which allows one can direct their message and reach more people. I feel this is the main reason dog shows/exhibitors are always targeted. What you have to remember is that most breeder/exhibitors love their dogs dearly and try to learn all they can about the breed in hopes to produce healthy, happy puppies. The exhibitors I have meet are very dedicated. They spend long hours reseraching, going to forums to learn, dicsuss with other breeder/exhibitors, read a ton of books on the topic, etc... We study bone structure/movement, health issues, type, and have our dogs tested, spend a lot of money on them, have others evaluate our dogs, etc.. Ifwe do a breeding we hope for the better not worse. And breeding is not one of the things we enjoy. Breeding is only done after great research and thought. Breeding is not done often. We do love our dogs. They come first!
I feel that the ones that need to be looked at and directed toward are the ones that just put two dogs together for the pups they will produce and that is not always puppymillers. But how can one target them, how can they be reached. This is so difficult since they do not go out... to siminars, breed clubs to listen to doctors or learn about genetics, etc....
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Tina,
It's very difficult to attempt to explain what you've said to people that don't have any idea what goes in the show world and the purpose of showing ones dogs.
We show to gain approval of our breeding dogs. But, on the other hand it is up to the breeder exhibitors to take the best specimens into the ring. If we take a dog that has genetic problems that are not visible to the judge, we are only fooling ourselves, and doing an injustice to the breed.
I think it's great that people post about the bad things, such as what the OP posted. But, posting it just for shock affect without presenting where it originated from and a bit of a background on it....is a bit lacking and not thoroughly educating.