[SengirV]

Dog shows are evil. They are sponsored/endorsed by the AKC. The AKC is only interested in money at the expense of animals lives. The AKC accredits EVERY puppy mill in the United States. The AKC would rather get more money instead of speaking up against the hiddeous practice of the puppy mills. The AKC will talk a good tale abou how they are concerned with the well being of animals, but they only want one thing - puppy mill $$$. F'em. If these dog show people had little girls, they would dress them up like a whore ala Joan Bennet instead of their dogs.

Sorry, I just did some investigating of the whole AKC/puppy mill thing, and it is enough to make you cry.

[SCalGal]

The AKC does NOT accredit anyone. More and more puppy mills are not registering with AKC because they don't like the AKC's inspections (facilities and paperwork).

Further, the AKC is just a registering entity. It is not the "dog police".

[Wolfstar]

Having gone the dog show route with my German Wirehaired Pointers for some years, I agree with you that the AKC is a crock. Dog shows are about human egos, not about "improvement of the breed." In fact, many breeds have been seriously harmed by the way dog shows divorce a dog's original function from its appearance.