Originally posted by cali
my opinion is that dogs shows should not exist. I am extremly pro working, so when show people say they are "improving" the breed while making them entirly differnt breeds, sometimes even crippling them I just go crazy. they pretty much all end up blocky with huge coats and soft eyes. its destroys the working dogs, there are very few dogs left in the world that can actually do what they were bred to do nd do it the WAY they were bred to do it(beardie did NOT herd by bouncing and barking, they are at one point in time wire coated border collies) so I think its cruel noty to the dogs themselves but to the breeds as a whole.
couldnt have said it better myself.

the only dog shows I like are pit bull shows that are heled by ADBA, AADR, APBTC and a couple others that i cant remember. the dogs are evaluated for their condition and structure, the dogs are never stacked or pranced around the ring. they want to see the dog in it's real form and movement.