I may be naive - but if the dog is legally docked, what's the legal basis for banning it from shows of any sort, paying or non-paying....
has anyone considered mounting a legal challenge? (I don't have strong feelings about docking, but I do hate the perpetual interference with the small stuff that really doesn't matter, when there's no restriction at all on, for instance, brother-sister matings, father/daughter, mother/son (banned in Sweden, or at least, not registrable) or the almost criminal over-breeding of dogs.)
If the Powers that Be spent less time sweating the small stuff and stood back and looked, they might get a grasp of the larger picture and be able to do something useful.
sigh
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