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PREAMBLE
This Code of Ethics is established to
set a standard of acceptable behavior for Bulldog Club of America members.
The code is designed to protect the integrity of the Club and to protect and
enhance our Breed.
The objectives of the club as stated
by the founders are:
- To maintain a standard of excellence for the
guidance of breeders, owners and judges.
- To improve the Breed through encouragement of
effort directed toward the approach to, or attainment of the degree of
excellence set forth in the Standard of the Bulldog Breed.
- To stimulate interest in competitive public
showing of the Bulldog.
- To further the interest of the Breed.
- To work for the general good of breeders,
owners and exhibitors of Bulldogs.
It is in this spirit
that the Bulldog Club of America expects adherence to the code of ethics.
- Members of the BCA have an obligation to
protect the welfare and the best interests of their breed by conducting
themselves in a manner designed to reflect credit to themselves, their
breed and the BCA.
- Members who exhibit are expected to observe
the highest standards of sportsmanship; conduct themselves in such a
manner as to reflect positively on the sport of showing dogs; and
exhibit goodwill at all shows and obedience trials.
- Members who contemplate breeding a litter, or
who allow the use of their stud dog for the same purpose shall direct
their efforts toward producing dogs of quality, of even temperament,
vigorous and free of health problems. They shall be familiar with the
bulldog breed and its BCA/AKC approved standard and breed only those
specimens which conform to it.
- Members shall not engage in false or
misleading advertising or misrepresentation of their breed, nor shall
they malign their competition by making false or misleading statements
regarding their competitors dogs, breeding practice or person.
Blatant disregard for
the standards set out in this code shall be considered unacceptable behavior
and not supported by the Bulldog Club of America.
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