Talk:Dog show

message: The practice of breeding dogs for conformation showing has become a subject of intense debate.  Critics charge that breeding dogs for conformation shows is detrimental to the breeds involved.  It is argued that the fact that kennel clubs have closed registries requiring that breeding be conducted within a breed is tantamount to mandatory, continuous inbreeding as all members of the same breed are related.  When breeding pairs are selected based upon the whims and fads of the show ring rather than on the abilities and traits for which the breeds were initially developed unfortunate changes in the breeds are inevitable. 
Critics blame the related intensive inbreeding for, among other things:
* Creating "cute" American Cocker Spaniels at the expense of aggressive behavior now seen among so many of these dogs.  
*Producing an American Cocker with long silky hair and short jaw, rendering the breed all but useless for hunting.  
* Transforming the Irish Setter, once a popular gundog, into a beautiful, long-haired, but foggy-headed caricature  of its former self.  
Many working dog breed organizations such as the American Border Collie Association and the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America have spent great amounts of time and effort in the fight to keep their respective breeds from being recognized by the AKC as they fear that introduction of the breed to the show ring will lead their dogs down the same path taken by the Irish Setter and the American Cocker. The ABCA has even gone so far as to mandate that any Border Collie that is recognized as a Conformation Champion will be forcibly delisted and excluded from breeding programs.
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Quill 22:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism of dog showing

message: The control of points awarded to dogs in most countries is maintained by a national pedigree registry in that country. The Kennel Club of Great Britain is generally recognized as one of the first organizations, if not the first, to register purebred dogs. A second historic registry is the American Kennel Club.  France, Italy, and other countries began to maintain important kennel club registries in the 19th century. 
Establishing and maintaining a separate breed of dog and, therefore, separate breeding stock and separate registries, from the 14th to 21st century, was  not always only a matter of looks or fashion. Dogs have been man's partner for thousands of years. Centuries ago, owners required certain skills and behaviors of some dogs, and many breeds that are recognized today reflect the different jobs that owners historically required dogs to do. A man living in the desert might have needed a dog that could run in sand and last a few days without water or food--that would probably mean a dog with large paws, like a camel, and a very sparse coat to deal with the heat. A man living in polar regions might need a dog that could swim icy waters, run in ice and snow, and survive that region, which would likely mean a lot of coat and a sturdier frame to survive swimming and plodding through snow.
Today, there are dogs who will search the ruins of a bombed building or an avalanche in an effort to find survivors; others assist the blind or the disabled; still others serve as a first defense line to sniff out bombs or drugs. These dogs can do these jobs because they preserve traits historically required of dogs for performing their jobs. A dog standard is a blueprint that describes the physical attributes that a dog breed must have to do its job.
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Ditkoofseppala 00:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History of dog showing

message: Genetic drift is a term used to describe the random change in the frequency of alleles in a population. The term does not really apply to dog breeds from which individuals are selected to be the parents of the next generation. Theshibboleth 04:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetic drift 

message: I propose that best of breed be merged here - we have no article for best in show except for specific lists, so i feel that article would be better served as a section here titled 'awards' or similar. --TKK bark ! 15:33, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems like a sound merge; a lot of information on best of breed is (or should be) in conformation show. —Ost (talk) 21:00, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Way to ignore most of the world. --Pitke (talk) 13:37, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  FCI 

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