Holly Lee from the Kennel Club said electric collars delivered a painful shock to dogs.
Animal welfare groups such as the RSPCA and the Kennel Club support the ban on shock collars.
Margaret also paid tribute to the Kennel Club for introducing the new category for mongrels to the competition.
"All of those dogs that were shown on the programme were taken to be to do with the Kennel Club, " she said.
Caroline Kisko, spokeswoman for the Kennel Club, said it welcomed the campaign.
Pedigree Dogs Exposed, which aired last month, said physical traits required by the Kennel Club's breed standards, such as short faces and dwarfism, lead to inherent health problems.
In a separate interview, Ms Kisko told the BBC the Kennel Club currently allowed inbred dogs to be registered with them - a requirement for entry into Crufts.
"The Kennel Club regulations state that the use of products that could 'alter the natural color, texture or body of the coat' may not be used, " she said.
The Barbet is already a recognized big-time breed in some European kennel clubs, including major clubs in France and Finland, but not the Kennel Club of the United Kingdom.
Ms Kisko said the Kennel Club had recognised that "things had gone too far" with some breeds several years ago and was making efforts to address their health issues.
"We have never, to our knowledge, had an incident at our show where a dog has become ill or was harmed as a result of being poisoned, " the kennel club said in a statement.
"The Kennel Club set up a working party to look at the rules surrounding the use of hairspray, chalk and other products at dog shows, and whilst this review goes on the strict prohibition of these substances remains in place, including for Crufts 2013, " club secretary Caroline Kisko said.
On its website, Dog News publishes the American Kennel Club breed points, the box scores of the dog world.
Last year, right about this time, Craig Savino, the American Kennel Club archivist, got an email from someone exploring the history of the Clumber Spaniel, a hunting dog developed in the U.K. and beloved of the monarchs Edward VII and George V.
WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman
The Westminster Kennel Club show starts Monday, with Mitch set to walk the show ring on Tuesday morning.
The American Kennel Club and a group called Dogs for Defense appealed to owners across the country to donate their pets to the war effort.
Mr. Savino reviewed the AKC stud book records they track the ancestry of every dog and bitch that's been party to a registered blessed event since the late 19th century then checked earlier stud books from the National Kennel Club (available only on microfilm) as well as a bound catalog from the 1878 Westminster competition.
WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman
"A collection devoted to dogs and to the American Kennel Club may seem somewhat esoteric, " Mr. Savino said.
WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman
Dog News also goes to every judge approved by the American Kennel Club.
The AFL is expected to draw less than 2% of households, on a par with the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Nobody cared that Yessie was the most winning black poodle of all varieties in the history of the American Kennel Club.
After you've transformed your dog into a docile companion, see if he passes the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen certification program.
The little affenpinscher with a monkey face added to his world of success Tuesday night, winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.
From there he hawked credit cards for FirstUSA, which issued more than 55 million Visa and MasterCards on behalf of groups like the American Kennel Club.
So, the inquiry began, was the first Clumber registered in the U.S. an orange-and-white canine answering to Bustler also entered in the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show to include the breed?
WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman
Many big favorites laid an egg at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
"It would humanize the breed, " Westminster Kennel Club President Sean McCarthy said.
Kennel Club figures show the number of Staffordshire Bull Terrier registrations have dropped from 11, 000 in 2003 to 6, 000 in 2012.
Kennel Club spokeswoman Caroline Kisko told the BBC it was not "a tenable position" for the broadcaster to show Crufts - a programme "celebrating dogs" - when it had also aired a documentary "which was clearly so heavily biased against dogs".
Utilize your local Kennel Club, Federation of Dog Clubs, or the AKC as resources to find that caring dedicated ethical breeder.
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