CRUFTS is the world's largest and most prestigious dog show, with almost 150,000 visitors and 4 million TV viewers each year.  

This year, pet supplier LuvMyDog Worldwide will once again hold a trade stall at the exhibition.

Why does that matter?  LuvMyDog Worldwide are proud distributors of a large selection of PRONG COLLARS.

In a statement Crufts said:

Crufts (Friday, 7 February 2014 at 15:52)

"Trade stand holders at Kennel Club events - The Kennel Club does not support the use of negative training methods, does not allow any of the negative devices listed on the link below to be sold or advertised at Kennel Club organised events and does not endorse any such products. http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/our-resources/media-centre/issue-statements/trade-stand-holders-at-kennel-club-events/ "

While we welcome the Kennel Club's ban on the sale of prong collars at Crufts, this action, on its own, is not enough.  

Although prong collars are banned from Crufts itself, the decision to allow a major distributor of prong collars to exhibit at such a prestigious event flies in the face of the Kennel Club's apparent opposition to aversive training methods and undermines its own campaign against negative training methods.

We, the undersigned, ask that the Kennel Club and Crufts ban Luv My Dog Worldwide from holding a Trade Stand until this company withdraws all prong collars from sale via its website and another other outlets.