Crufts canine competitor Jagger was intentionally poisoned (poison sewn into pieces of beef that was fed to him) ,
fell ill and died before reaching Vet. Postmortem determined cause of death as poisoning.
Speaking of bad apples :( !
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Crufts canine competitor Jagger was intentionally poisoned (poison sewn into pieces of beef that was fed to him) ,
fell ill and died before reaching Vet. Postmortem determined cause of death as poisoning.
Speaking of bad apples :( !
How could a so called dog lover , assuming it was competition , Do that to another Dog , Just awful x
This is not about dog loving here, it,s business. The stud fee,s for a top class dog are unreal. I use to do a bit of breading years ago and a top Field trial chamion could fetch fee,s in excess of 5000 irish pounds in 1985 so God know,s what a cruff champion will make !!!
One just has to just look at the conditions of some so called Puppy Farms to see how a section of supposed Dog Lovers treat their animals. As Westsidex It's For the Money & Glory.
It's for that same set of reasons that many people do not want to see American Style Beauty Pageants for little girls get off the ground in the UK & Ireland.
Similar in horse world :
I own a horse as a hobby : He's a treasure ; can feel his soul !
Others I see treating a talented (or not so talented) horse only as a means to "a few bob" -- as they say.
The conditions of some horses in Ireland (and I'm sure elsewhere) are abysmal.
Same for race dogs , hunting dogs.
Heart wrenching.
I have a cousin who breeds dogs and she would show some at Crufts.
It is very cold bloodied and is about competition and money. The winners make a fortune from dog-food adverts.
It has also been suggested it may be an attempt to discredit Crufts.
I live in the countryside and I have always had dogs, but dog owning and dog breeding for profit are two different things.
In this particular case, the owners are saying that the dog was a beloved family pet as well as a show dog. You need to be a dog owner yourself to know how much a loss the death of a dog is. It is only an animal, but when a beloved pet dies its loss is sorely felt.
"No doubt dog was poisoned"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31792152
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0309/685594-crufts/
http://news.sky.com/story/1441018/cr...rs-devastation