Nepotism has made its way into the competition
Dog-judging has always been subjective. Judges at the first modern dog show ever, in Newcastle in 1859, were also the owners of the show’s two winners. Today, the Westminster Kennel Club website acknowledges that’s it’s not a precise science. “Each judge, applying their interpretation of the standard, gives their opinion on that day on which dog best represents its breed,” it explains.
