The purpose of the Vizsla Club of Illinois is to promote the breeding of the Vizsla Pointing Dog and to monitor the practices and method of persons interested in breeding, registering, exhibiting and running purebred dogs of the Vizsla breed and to protect the interest of its members and the breed in which they are interested; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by the Vizsla Club of America as the only standard of excellence by which Vizslas shall be judged; to do all in its power and to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, field trials, hunting tests, agility trials, tracking tests and obedience trials; to conduct sanctioned and licensed field trials, obedience trials, bench shows or any specialty shows agility trials, hunting tests, or tracking tests under the rules of the American Kennel Club; to work in the conservation and restoration of our natural resources, in the propagation of fish and game, in the development of true sportsmanship in our citizenry, and in developing a spirit of mutual understanding between all.