That is to say that what I like, might not be to your taste.
If you look at general dog ownership in Ireland, everybody has an opinion on what (or maybe what is acceptable in “Some Peoples” eyes) is the best way to rear, train, feed, house, and exercise your dog.
You can even narrow this search down, by applying the above to the small percentage of dog owning people in Ireland that show their dogs, and the vast differences of opinion that the owners of the 1800 or so dog’s at an all breeds Championship Show in Ireland, will have.
Narrow it down again to the other people in your dogs breed.
Some people house their dogs outside, and only get to see them twice a day at meal times.
Some people only care to their dogs teeth and nails the night before or morning of a show.
Some people breed indiscriminately, in order to finance the rising costs of entering every Championship show in the dog show calendar year.
Some people leave the mother with the pups out in a wooden shed, and only bring the pups into the house to show prospective buyers.
Some people breed from dogs that haven’t had the breed specific health tests.
Some people let their stud dogs be used on non IKC bitches, or with a different breed completely.
Some people breed from a bitch on her very first season .
Some people sell a bitch in heat or one that is in pup, for the right money.
Some people feed poor quality dog food and never give the dogs any exercise.
Some people never worm the mother of the pups before mating, nor the pups when they are born.
Some people keep quite a few different breeds, and add and switch between a few of the latest fashionable ones.
Some people advertise them for sale on one of the general classified web sites as well socialised even though the only person they have come into contact with is him or her.
Some people tell the prospective buyer that the will receive a lifetime of support, and that’s where that promise ends.
Some people don’t carry out home checks on prospective buyers
We all know “Some People” in our breeds that tick some of the above boxes. How often have you heard it around the show ring, where one exhibitor labels a fellow competitor a puppy farmer or that they don’t care for their dogs properly.
There is a lot of talk at the moment in the UK regarding the Kennel Club only accepting registrations from people that do things by the book, or if you want to phrase it another way, from reputable breeders.
The 6 Million Dollar question is though, whose job is it to educate, monitor and if it’s not too strong a term, control “Some People”, that it has to be said, are the minority when talking about dog show folk ?
