I simply disagree with you. And, I'm quite aware of the German system. We looked into getting a Munsterlander before we settled on spinoni. But, the whole breed club warden thing seemed rather unAmerican to me!
susie
I personally think we'll never get the IMPORTANT part of the dog under control unless we impose PERFORMANCE requirements on them before they can have conformation recognition. What's wrong with simple obedience? Gee, EVERYONE should be doing that anyway (especially in America, which doesn't have a *true* dog culture and hence, spoiled-rotten dogs which half the population despises because they think it's "just how dogs are").