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This article was originally published in Showsight Magazine, June 2021 issue.
This most important thing is adherence to the AKC Standard for the breed. We are so very proud that we have never changed our Standard. (The only thing we have ever done is, back when AKC demanded that all standards remove the point system to conform to each other, we (myself, Bobby Lewis, and Craig Heugal) revised the point schedule to include the current “Faults” section.) It is so important to breed to the Standard and not to change the Standard to match whatever is being bred. It is a great tribute to breeders that Sussex Spaniels in the 1800s could compete with the Sussex of today—and no one could tell the difference. May this continue, forever.
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