{"id":730,"date":"2026-03-09T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:30:27","slug":"crufts-was-ruff-for-the-rkc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/en\/crufts-was-ruff-for-the-rkc\/","title":{"rendered":"Crufts Was Ruff for the RKC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claudia Winkleman was magnificent. Her love of dogs shone through every moment she was on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"962\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37.png\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37.png 816w, https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37-768x905.png 768w, https:\/\/unionofgooddogpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-09-at-12.25.37-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the corners, the haters were busy shredding the reputations of some of the winners with obvious glee. At times it felt as though the judges had decided to give the press office a very long weekend indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And honestly, there are no spin doctors alive who could easily tidy this one up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Royal Kennel Club\u2019s rules allow people with spent cruelty convictions back into the system. They allow people to breed from dogs without carrying out all the health tests their breed clubs recommend. Those are longstanding rules of an ancient registry. The people currently running the organisation didn\u2019t create them overnight, and they certainly can\u2019t tell Crufts judges what to do in the ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, some critics seemed almost delighted by the controversy \u2014 as though Disney had just announced a sequel to&nbsp;<em>101 Dalmatians<\/em>&nbsp;and they all owned shares. I\u2019ve rarely seen them so happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Union of Good Dog People isn\u2019t here for the drama. We\u2019re here for the dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for the breeders who quietly do the right thing \u2014 the ones who health test, plan their litters carefully, support every puppy for life and put the welfare of their breed above everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those breeders are often horrified when headlines suggest that&nbsp;<em>all breeders are bad<\/em>. They know that isn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many shades of bad breeding in the world \u2014 from large-scale puppy farming to the occasional rosette collector who forgets that winning isn\u2019t the same as responsible breeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are also good high-volume breeders \u2014 think of guide dog programmes \u2014 and many outstanding show breeders whose dogs win because they represent the best of their breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union\u2019s tribe is simple to define.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are the breeders who sign our pledge.<br>The ones who put dogs above everything else. \ud83d\udc3e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;\">In the end, rosettes fade \u2014 but the responsibility for every dog bred lasts a lifetime.<\/span><br><br>Click here to sign up: <a href=\"https:\/\/beverleycuddysmith.typeform.com\/JointheUnion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/beverleycuddysmith.typeform.com\/JointheUnion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claudia Winkleman was magnificent. Her love of dogs shone through every moment she was on screen. But in the corners, the haters were busy shredding the reputations of some of the winners with obvious glee. At times it felt as though the judges had decided to give the press office a very long weekend indeed. 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