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The Standard and the Ring
Crufts, Westminster, the written breed standard as a document, Pedigree Dogs Exposed and what changed after 2009.
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The 2008 Broadcast and the Review It Triggered
The BBC's Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary as a documented event — its broadcast date, the Kennel Club's response, and the 2009 Bateson Independent Inquiry report: its terms of reference, its findings on conformation and health, and the specific standard changes the Kennel Club made in the years following.
What the Standard Said Before, and What It Says Now
A comparison of selected Kennel Club breed standards before and after the 2009 revision process — the specific language removed or added for brachycephalic breeds, and how the FCI standards for the same breeds have or have not moved in the same period.
The Standard and the Ring
Best in Show: The Crufts Result as a Published Record
Crufts Best in Show winners from 1928 to the most recently held show — the group breakdown of winning breeds, the repeat-winning breeds and the years when welfare-flagged breeds won, as a factual chronology rather than an argument.
The Standard and the Ring
The Ring and the Field: Two Versions of the Same Breed
Documented morphological divergence between show and working lines in breeds including the Labrador retriever, English springer spaniel and border collie — the published measurements, the separate registration streams and the positions of the Kennel Club's breed standards relative to working-ability testing.
The Standard and the Ring