Arvindology

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116 – April, 2023

By Arvind deBraganca

Many in our sport complain that dog shows today cannot compare to days gone by. I am grateful. With evolution comes change, and with change comes a new perspective. Not all change is positive nor welcome, but we have incredible advances and growth driven by necessity. Nothing stays the same, so to lament the loss of the past only paralyzes us and stifles our ability to evolve. The time for complaints has passed, and the time for solutions is upon us.

We are sorely lacking communication and open discussion amongst those in our sport–exhibitors, owners, breeders, and judges. People today are so sensitive, and they lack gumption and resilience. Temerity has no place in any sport because the very nature of competition is to be bold! Communication and frankness can be very intimidating for those who do not have the character to take it without internalizing it. There was a time when we listened, processed, contemplated, ignored, or used information directed at us. Sometimes we so vehemently opposed it that we rallied against it and changed the course of the sport.

Education and knowledge allow us to comprehend the information given to us. Do you know the rules of the sport/hobby you participate in? Have you read the rule books? What about the purpose for which your breed was developed? The functionality of that purpose? Do you understand their place in the society that developed them? Have you read the standard for your breed? Do you know it so well that you can recite it–part and parcel–at any given moment correctly? Do you discuss it with your peers? Knowledge and facts allow us to speak frankly, look with educated eyes, and discuss a subject passionately without personalizing the process. This is the beginning of a solution.

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116 – April, 2023

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