More Dogs Poisoned?

[tinkerbell23]

I hope there is a more reasonable explaination!!!!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/murder-crufts-judge-claims-two-5301024

[RATTER15]

I hate the whole dog showing thing! we have shown our hounds and they have all qualified for Crufts but we have never shown at Crufts. We have very many friends that do go to Crufts and were among the best of breed winners. I will say that these people are totally devoted to their hounds as Carakeel and myself are. Most of these dogs are greatly loved family pets. Not every person showing dogs are in it for the money, some people just love the whole show thing. Also many of these winning dogs are not worth substantial amounts of money, and receive no money for winning at Crufts. Admittedly a winning dog may be able to ask more for their pups but not a lot to be honest. Generally speaking it costs a fortune to show dogs regularly and most will never see any return on that money. I am clearly generalising here and yes, a few of the dogs seen at Crufts are worth a lot of money and some are not treated correctly but I would sat the vast majority of show dogs are loved as pets!

[Dizmo]

I used to work in a social club that had (and still does I think) a dog behaviorist class every other Wednesday. All the dogs there were shown at Cruffs. People poison animals for the sheer hell of it as well as being competitive.

[jno]

snafu, I'm sure the first thing they did was check if the meat was halal.

[Carakeel]

I find it sad that some of you are judging something you know nothing about. Championship shows are a huge money making business for the dog food companies and other stall holders at the shows! This is however not the case for approx. 90% of the exhibitors! I say 90% as obviously larger top breeders will be able to sell more puppies if their dogs have successful show careers, win CCs, have CH before their name. It is very expensive to enter any championship show these days, even with just one dog. Most exhibitors save up to be able to afford to go to Crufts or any champ show and are well and truly out of pocket when they come home again. Exhibitors travel long distances to take part in these shows, at Crufts some coming from as far away as Guatemala, the US, India and Russia. For all of these people, it is the highlight of their year and usually it is also their holiday. Very few shows give any prize money for winning a class and if they do, it is never enough to even cover our costs. This may be different in other countries. But here in the UK we are given a small A5 piece of card. If we are lucky we even get a rosette and if we are extremely lucky we get to put one hand on a trophy for the photographer, before it is snatched back again by an eager steward. Sometimes, the committees feel very generous and let us take the trophy home for a year. And no, the trophies are not worth anything, not even taking to the pawn shop! As for bad handling in the rings and outside of the rings, I have seen it myself. It does happen and it has to be stopped! Luckily we belong to the Irish Wolfhound community and, as there are not many of these wonderful hounds, most of the people at the shows know each other and are friends. So our area is a bit party like, with cake and chocolates for all etc. Some of us are disabled, so the others help by running our hounds in the ring. We really are a community that keeps an eye out for each other and for our hounds. If anyone were ever cruel to their hound, our community would react appropriately. I hate seeing, particularly, the toy breeds and other smaller doge being strung up by the neck so tightly, that their front paws are unable or hardly unable to touch the ground. This to me is cruelty! As for any dog owner / handler being harsh or cruel to their dogs, I wish someone could do the same to them and some! Our hounds are our fur babies and, while we may in the extreme raise our voice to them, we never hit them! Wolfhounds are gentle souls and need to be treated with kindness and love, nothing else! “MERLIN! GET YOUR TONGUE OUT OF MY COFFEE!” Grrr! 

[Retrochic]

My horses are like my family to me and we have shown in all types of events in the past. I would never harm my animals but have seen cruelty at every show. Anywhere money, animals and competition is, there are the minority that want to win at any cost. I know nothing of dog shows but would guess 99% of people showing are loving owners -but only the top 1% will see any benefit from showing -stud fees, puppies, advertising and within that 1% I would guess there is a genuine potential for cruelty and misdemeanors of all sorts. I assume it was an side job ,for what reason I have no idea.

[chaptazbru2]

I hate Crufts and never watch it. I feel sorry for those poor dogs having to pose and stand there being examined. Not natural imo. The only thing I approve of is the flyball (which I've seen as I've flicked channels) as those dogs have so much fun. I hope they punish the dog beaters and bad handlers.