Blenheim palace show
BLENHEIM PALACE SHOW
As a result of the Cavalier Blenheim Palace Show, never again will some in the Cavalier World be able to blame the Puppy Farmers for all the that is wrong in the Cavalier Breed with their Health Problems.
Never again will some Cavalier Breeders be able to use the Excuse ,OH, I won't be an Accredited Breeder because of the Bad Name the Puppy Farmers ,who are Accredited Breeders give to this Scheme ,when a Top Cavalier Breeder and Judge has been charged with Cruelty in a Public Court to the Animals in her Possession.
Has it just been the case that for many years Lip Service has been paid to the Public about the SM and MVD Problems in our Cavalier Breed,but because of the Blenheim Palace Show at the Week-End ,the Cavalier buying Public and Cavalier Owners have now been made so aware of the Huge Cavalier Problems of SM and MVD affecting Cavaliers because of the Publicity that was given at Blenheim Palace to the Health Problems in Cavaliers.
SO, let's give a Big Thank You to the Orginizers of the Blenheim Palace Show,for making it possible that all Cavalier Lovers are now so aware of the Health Problems facing our Lovely Cavalier Breed,and what is needing to be being done to give the Cavaliers the chance of a Future
It sure was a great PR Exercise to be able to get this Information across about the Serious Health Problems in the Cavalier Breed to all who Love Cavaliers.
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If breed club members want their pleas about puppy farms not to sound just like a hollow spin exercise to deflect attention from the serious health issues in the breed, then they absolutely cannot have one set of standards for welfare, cruelty, neglect, abuse and the evils of puppy farming for everyone else, then another standard when it applies to 'their own'. To re-elevate someone who was convicted in a public court of 83 -- 83!!! -- counts of cruelty -- on the basis that well, she really does like dogs and it was all a misunderstanding and the person was just overwhelmed... just beggars belief.
This was not someone caring for say, rescue dogs who might accidently end up suddenly inundated with too many to manage, but someone *breeding and selling these dogs* over time. One does not end up with 83 dogs, much less 83 neglected dogs, simply because a family member is ill and you forget to look after them. It takes a lot of time to accumulate that number. Few show breeders would ever have such numbers, and you'd need a large hygienic kennel to keep so many. Not stacks of filthy plastic dog crates. This was large scale neglect which is why 83 separate counts were brought against this woman and why 83 counts were upheld. By contrast the notorious Michael Vick faced nothing like as many counts of cruelty.
It is truly an indictment of the legal system though if judges only think this level of neglect warrants just banning someone from owning a dog for two years and a tiny fine. Consider what the taxpayer had to pay to cover the costs of rescuing 83 dogs. I know what the cost is for ONE dog -- on a very conservative estimate I would guess the ultimate cost was close to if not more likely well over £10,000. :shock:
Curious that it was our old friend, the Kennel Club's Caroline Kisco, who also defended her judging at Crufts only two weeks before her conviction on the basis that she hadn't yet been proven guilty. Had the person been a teacher or carer charged on 83 counts of cruelty, they would have at least been suspended from duty til after the outcome. Astonishing that the Kennel Club defended having such a person judging when they knew the trial involved 83 counts of cruelty to dogs!! But how much has that whole 'protect our own and blame the outsiders' system changed if this woman is back being rolled out as a judge and given prominent recognition at the Blenheim show? What does that say about any commitment to the dogs as opposed to the people in the show world who are not just quietly supported but publicly re-elevated despite, let me say it again, conviction on 83 separate counts of cruelty to the very breeds they judge. Surely the breed club and decent breeders must draw a line somewhere -- and the world can only judge it immoral not to draw it at a point that stops such a person from ever judging the breed she was convicted of *abusing*!!
I am glad that Blenheim clearly provided a wonderful opportunity to cherish and celebrate this breed -- but it has also provided yet another appalling own goal for the club, reminding that the KC and breed clubs clearly do not even have their house in order and lack any credibility to lecture about puppy farmers when they give not just safe harbour to such people but stick them back up in the show ring. It is really beyond shocking.
BLENHEIM PALACE SHOW
As a result of the Cavalier Blenheim Palace Show, never again will some in the Cavalier World be able to blame the Puppy Farmers for all the that is wrong in the Cavalier Breed with their Health Problems.
Never again will some Cavalier Breeders be able to use the Excuse ,OH, I won't be an Accredited Breeder because of the Bad Name the Puppy Farmers ,who are Accredited Breeders give to this Scheme ,when a Top Cavalier Breeder and Judge has been charged with Cruelty in a Public Court to the Animals in her Possession.
Has it just been the case that for many years Lip Service has been paid to the Public about the SM and MVD Problems in our Cavalier Breed,but because of the Blenheim Palace Show at the Week-End ,the Cavalier buying Public and Cavalier Owners have now been made so aware of the Huge Cavalier Problems of SM and MVD affecting Cavaliers because of the Publicity that was given at Blenheim Palace to the Health Problems in Cavaliers.
SO, let's give a Big Thank You to the Orginizers of the Blenheim Palace Show,for making it possible that all Cavalier Lovers are now so aware of the Health Problems facing our Lovely Cavalier Breed,and what is needing to be being done to give the Cavaliers the chance of a Future
It sure was a great PR Exercise to be able to get this Information across about the Serious Health Problems in the Cavalier Breed to all who Love Cavaliers.
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