What is really needed to protect a working breed is not a pedigree written by blue-blazer rosette chasers, but a sales contract with potential owners that says "NO WORK, NO SALE."
You cannot "protect" a working breed by placing your dogs with people that are afraid to work them, or are physically incapable of working them.
How many people "co-own" dogs with a requirement that the dog be shown?
How many "co-own" dogs with a demand that the dog be worked?
There's the problem!
You want to know why Border Terriers, Irish Setters and so many other show breeds have gone into the toilet?
It's simple: There are a thousand and one co-owner and sales agreements that require dogs be shown (example here for a border terrier), but not one that says the co-owned dog is required to work.
You cannot "protect" a working breed by placing your dogs with people that are afraid to work them, or are physically incapable of working them.
How many people "co-own" dogs with a requirement that the dog be shown?
How many "co-own" dogs with a demand that the dog be worked?
There's the problem!
You want to know why Border Terriers, Irish Setters and so many other show breeds have gone into the toilet?
It's simple: There are a thousand and one co-owner and sales agreements that require dogs be shown (example here for a border terrier), but not one that says the co-owned dog is required to work.
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** What Flint Can Tell Us About Working Terriers
** Reality Comes to the Rally
** Show Vs Working Size
** A Brief History of the Patterdale Terrier
** Joe Bowman's Patterdale
** A Bit More on the Border-Patterdale Connection
** These Are The Good Old Days
** Old and New Border Terriers?
** A Question of Breed
** Border Collie Owners Battle What Doesn't Work
** Four Legs, Not Two
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