Agreed, the only bit that angered me. I show my dogs, not for vanity but for a nice day out with people in the same breed I love. The way he came across, he will just anger and alienate people, where all the others in the program had something to say which was worth listening to.

I think it was very fair. Showed good breeders, explained that some good breeders had been aghast at the last programme. Showed what the KC had done and ended by pointing out that the KC are not in a position to help enough.

The members of the independant committees etc were all in agreement it seems.

Also good that it pointed out that it was more or less a worldwide problem.

rune

I think this second one was more balanced and did acknowledge what the KC has been doing. But I agree that the KC are not doing enough. The dogs welfare and health should come before the breeders. It would be so easy for the KC to build on what they have already done and now stipulate that all health tests are to be made public and that they will not register any pups unless all known health tests have been done on the parents or proof of "clear by parentage" has been submitted. If any breeders were unhappy about that then they're not good breeders as all tests should be done anyway.
They should also do a follow up on these so called designer dogs (cross breeds) as well. If the original pedigree dogs have health issues, then crossing two problem breeds is just sheer madness. The programme looked at vanity in the ring, just as much happens outside the ring with people wanting dogs that look a certain way. The KC can make a difference within the world of pedigree dogs, the government also need to take a stand to improve what happens outside that, something that the programme only touched on in the last few seconds of the programme.

Pedigree Dogs Exposed - Three Years On was largely a repeat of the original programme and did not highlight the numerous changes that have been made in the mean time

Should have been on BBC 1 ...
On a personal note ,i did go look at the pedigres of the boys ..
Paranoid a bit....

I didn't see it,however the kc's response is

I dont think that was a fair comment at all, it was mentioned a fair few times what they had done to improve matters . .