| 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.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. |