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Originally Posted by Mardelin  As stated above and on the AKC website. You show to gain approval of your breeding stock. Exhibiting is not to rack up the # of champions you can get. It's to insure your dog meets the standard, prior to breeding. However, as an exhibitor/breeder one must delve deeper and be honest with one's self. Only take the healthiest and the best representation into the ring. |
Agreed!!! the moral and ethical standards of the health, are just as important as how well your dog does in the ring...