Quote:
Originally Posted by Nancy1999  According to the AKC rules of conformation/showing: |
A dog is considered changed in appearance by artificial
means if it has been subjected to any type of procedure
that has the effect of obscuring, disguising or
eliminating any congenital or hereditary abnormality
or any undesirable characteristic, or anything that
improves a dog’s natural appearance, temperament,
bite or gait. Interesting, I just reread again this paragraph, "anything that improves a dog's natural appearance. Strictly speaking shampooing and conditioning your dog would qualify under improvement. After all a dirty dog doesn't look too pretty. Then we can step down a bit, and look at shampoos where the ingredients are made to provide shine, and or to thicken the hair, conditioners that can help tame frizzy locks, the list could go on and on. Then you have color enhancing shampoos, and or conditioners. All this before you get to color washes, rinses, and outright dyes.
Temperament: umm I wonder is such herbal supplements as Rescue Remedy, or Stress Relief would qualify?
This regulation seems
absurdly broad, and almost impossible to enforce. For Example it can be argued that good food, and supplements, improves a dog's "natural" appearance.
In terms of the question asked by the poster, that video, certainly looks like a type of temporary color was applied to the coat.
I'm not sure how one would rewrite the regulation, to reduce the unwieldy breadth of it.
IMO anything that is so broad as to be ridiculous, sets the stage for that regulation to be ignored.
Practically speaking; I feel that if you don't want exhibitors to dye the hair say so: the use of products that artifically change or enhance the color of a dog's coat is expressively not allowed, specifically but not limited to dyes, rinses, bleaches, permanent or semi permanent color.