GSD best of breed debacle
After watching the video...they surely need to do something..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnE8EkevHnc
Quote:
THE KENNEL Club was forced to swing into damage-limiting action after the German Shepherd best of breed at Crufts attracted widespread criticism.
KC footage of Stuart and Susan Cuthbert’s Cruaghaire Catoria (Tori) moving was edited out of Saturday evening’s Channel 4 coverage of the group; every other breed was televised. But footage could be found easily on the internet, and it drew scathing and dismayed comments.
And 24 hours later the matter was discussed at length by the Channel 4 panel – KC veterinary advisor Nick Blayney, KC secretary Caroline Kisko and Crufts commentator Jessica Holm – with judge David Hall taking the brunt of the criticism.
Mrs Kisko said judges who were not doing what the KC asked would have to be ‘sorted out’, and that she hoped next year’s GSD judge would be ‘doing a very different job’.
Mr Blayney said he was ‘quite frankly appalled that a dog like that should be put up as a good specimen of the breed’, and that Mr Hall had ‘widely disregarded’ Breed Watch advice to judges on the GSD.
http://www.dogworld.co.uk/product.php/154591/
I should hope so....
Quote:
“The KC Charitable Trust has recently funded a study by the University of Surrey looking into the conformation and movement of German Shepherds, as part of our commitment to improving the health of this breed.”
