THE GREATER PITTSBURGH POODLE CLUB, Inc. CODE OF ETHICS

I will always as a member of the GREATER PITTSBURGH POODLE CLUB

1. Keep all dog in my care in clean, safe housing with attention paid to their emotional, nutritional, grooming and medical needs.


2. Strive to improve the quality of the Poodle in my Breeding Program, according to the A.K.C. Standard. This includes all genetic screening prior to breeding.


3. Be honest when representing my dogs in registration, breeding, exhibiting, selling or advertising and adhering to all municipal, state and federal dog regulations.


4. Be supportive and loyal to the Club, it's members, and always exhibit good sportsmanship.


5. See that all animals with genetic diseases and abnormalities are not used for breeding.


6. See that color experimentation shall be left to the experienced breeder as to minimize the incidence of parti-colors.


7. Be a responsible breeder who is concerned with the type of home offered the puppy and shall be discriminating regarding whom the puppy is sold.


8. Believe, because the commercial breeding of poodles as a item, is deplored and since the improvement of the quality then causes to be a breeding aim, poodles are not to be sold or placed with a pet shop or anyone who buys puppies for resale.


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Revised 1993, 1994


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