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10 – March, 2024

By Tom Grabe

In February 2006, the AKC Board of Directors voted to adopt the AKC Code of Sportsmanship which had been proposed by the Chairman’s Conflict of Interest Committee.

The AKC Code of Sportsmanship was formally announced and implemented later that year. They provided a brief explanation that accompanied the bullet points of AKC’s definition of a good sportman and proper conduct. It said:

The Code of Sportsmanship is an affirmation of how registrants and participants should behave, and violations will be handled pursuant to the Charter and Bylaws and the Dealing with Misconduct at AKC Events booklet. Complaints will be handled by sending a copy to the subject of the complaint and giving him/her an opportunity to respond. If the number or seriousness of the complaints against a person rises to the level requiring formal discipline (i.e. conduct prejudicial to purebred dogs, AKC events or the AKC), AKC will consider preferring charges. Infractions of a lesser degree will be dealt with by an educational letter sent to the parties involved, affirming the Code of Sportsmanship.

The statement also said that principles of sportsmanship is why the sport thrived for over 100 years and it was useful to “periodically articulate the fundamentals of our sport.” This is all well and good–noble, in fact.

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