AKC registrations have collapsed by 70 percent and the collapse is speeding up, not slowing down.
Americans are walking away from the AKC in droves; only 13 percent of all dogs in the U.S. are AKC registered at all, and that includes all those puppy mill dogs which the AKC has created a special computer program in order to help register.
Who wants an AKC dog when AKC dogs are identified with disease, deformity and defect, to say nothing of pretension and fantasy?
So what is the AKC's response to the disqualification of a few dogs at the Crufts dog show in the U.K. -- a move being widely applauded by dog writers, pet owners, and working dog enthusiasts who want dogs to be returned to health? Here you go:
Right. Neeeeeevvvvaaaah!
Dennis Sprung is Baghdad Bob of the Kennel Club -- losing and surrounded, his troops fleaing and falling, he thinks that if he only blusters with nonsense, maybe the nodding Know Nothings will believe it. Never mind the declines in registrations -- that just make it easier for you to get a ribbon!
But the time for Baghdad Bobs in this world has come and gone. Ditto Dennis Sprung. Even his name is in the past tense.
Dogs may yet spring forward, but I am afraid the AKC era has sprung. And Dennis Sprung is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Snap a jelly pack -- with leadership like this, the AKC is toast.
Americans are walking away from the AKC in droves; only 13 percent of all dogs in the U.S. are AKC registered at all, and that includes all those puppy mill dogs which the AKC has created a special computer program in order to help register.
Who wants an AKC dog when AKC dogs are identified with disease, deformity and defect, to say nothing of pretension and fantasy?
So what is the AKC's response to the disqualification of a few dogs at the Crufts dog show in the U.K. -- a move being widely applauded by dog writers, pet owners, and working dog enthusiasts who want dogs to be returned to health? Here you go:
From: Dennis Sprung
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 08:44 AM
To: Robin Stansell; Sheila Goffe; Margaret Poindexter; John Lyons
Cc: Gina DiNardo
Subject: Re: Any advice for Bulldog Club of America (BCA) and the other targeted breeds??
We should prepare a statement after all facts are in. However you can assure and share with everyone that AKC will NEVER allow any such practice to occur. Our Parent Clubs own their respective standard and we support them 100 percent. Furthermore a Judges' decision is final and we respect that as well. The situation is a very disappointing one here from the point of view of breeders, exhibitors and judges and fanciers from around the world. In summary while our PCs have a right to be upset and concerned I will never allow this wrongful practice in America. Never!!!
Dennis
Right. Neeeeeevvvvaaaah!
Dennis Sprung is Baghdad Bob of the Kennel Club -- losing and surrounded, his troops fleaing and falling, he thinks that if he only blusters with nonsense, maybe the nodding Know Nothings will believe it. Never mind the declines in registrations -- that just make it easier for you to get a ribbon!
But the time for Baghdad Bobs in this world has come and gone. Ditto Dennis Sprung. Even his name is in the past tense.
Dogs may yet spring forward, but I am afraid the AKC era has sprung. And Dennis Sprung is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Snap a jelly pack -- with leadership like this, the AKC is toast.
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