Who Can Have a Pregnant Pet?

First: Showdogs do NOT merit an exemption to mandatory spay and neutering, nor any other law.

Because: a) WHAT IS THE BREEDING GOAL OF SHOWDOG BREEDERS?

Is a dog who wins a ribbon at a dog show, a better pet, better worker, or just better at dog shows?

The stated breeding goal of showdog breeders, interviewed both at show grounds, and in private, is to produce more showdogs, to breed more puppies who will win showdog ribbons, or to produce a line of dogs that are better winners at dog shows.

I have heard a few showdog breeders state the classic "I breed to improve the breed." I am wary when different individuals, from different places, across years of time, quote me the exact same answer. I am even more wary when I ask them what that means and then I watch them falter for an answer that they can't seem to be able to think of. When I ask showdog breeders, who are at dog shows, what is being improved the answer boils down to: the ability of their line of dogs to win better at dog shows.

I guess that's self evident enough. If you choose breeding stock because they win at dog shows, you are aiming to produce dogs that are good at dog shows. The bottom line here is that show dogs are an end in themselves.

b) HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHICH DOG WON THE RIBBON?

A dog who wins a championship without ever leaving home, by having a ringer enter the show under the newer dog's name, is a champion is name only, he will not suddenly start producing puppies better at anything, just because his name now has a degree dishonestly added to it. In America, show dogs do NOT have to be microchipped nor tattooed. It is a honor system. An honor system with cheating might be better called a dis-honor system. You can't really believe that you can just trust people not to cheat.

3) ARE DOG SHOWS USEFUL TO US, THAT WE ARE WILLING TO LET THEIR BREEDING BE A TAX SHELTER THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO BUY RVs AND WRITE OFF TRAVEL EXPENSES?

Dog breeding is a known and used tax shelter. Much revenue is lost this way through the buying of big RVs, gasoline, and travel expenses. You can breed dogs fine without showing them.

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