If a dog (as an example) flies into the U.K., they get quarantined for 6 months at the owners expense before they can be released into general population. And that’s with current health conditions certification.

A dog show judge should look at the dogs and be able to see minute flaws, and outstanding individuals.

Show dogs generally get treated way differently than your average pet

Dogs breeder and seller should provide guidance but something like a written guidebook would be best.

Newer judges looking to get experience in a breed will sometimes do it for free to get experience, otherwise expenses are all covered by the dog show

When employing a groomer make sure to check anal glands, the Nails and cleaning of ears.

A judge’s responsibility is to make the exhibitor and dog as comfortable as possible in the ring

Person wanting a dog for ‘image’ reasons should go home from a breeder without a puppy or a respective conditions of care sale contract

An ethical breeder should screen you and get you enough to offer you the tips, tricks, advice, or other resources (books, training classes) that they feel will be necessary for you and the pup to have the best shot at working out well together.

A good quality/ethical breeder might be a person you ask lots of questions before you buy a puppy from them but a good ethical quality/breeder will in turn ask you* several questions to make sure you are capable and wanting to care for the puppy properly.

There is no global decentralised offenders registry for ‘bad actors’ in the world’s dog breeding Industry.

Breeders might charge less for a puppy that has some issue that excludes it from shows altogether (like an unrecognised coat colour, eg: a white German shepherd)

Today owners who abuse dogs are only recorded if reported to that country’s dog protection unit, normally not a governing body but a charity. No blockchain registry exists.

Dogs are thought to have originated some 15,000 yrs ago from China, where researchers believe wolves were first tamed as pets. The first recorded dog show was in the United Kingdom in 1859.