More on dog shows
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By india est
Published on 10/11/2007
More on dog shows
If u intend to be a showman, u must know that dog show is nothing but a sport. Thus dont grumble if u lose. Learn to be a sportsman. Dog shows in India earlier were an occasion to socialise, meet frens and their dogs and talk endlessley abt dogs. Many times the clubs used to arrange accomodation for outstation exhibitors and people used to talk all night abt their wins and losses and of course the dogs. But those days a dog was a pet and not a source of earning or a something to show off. Anyway bygones are bygones. If u want to be showman, first know the standards of the breed u are going to show. Then observe whether ur dog has all the points or not. Ask ur frens to do so, bec it is very difficult to find faults with ones own baby. Learn the language of the standards. For tht u must know the doggy terminology very well-know its morphology. U must know wat is a muzzle and wat a square muzzle means. U must know wat is an otter tail and wat does it look like. If u have a cocker spaniel (english) then u must know wat is meant by a Merry Cocker gait. U must know wat it means when the standard says a well angulated dog, wat are the hocks and set on of the tail, wat are flews and wat is a cat eye. Etc etc the terms are endless. Once u have learnt and understood the breed standard and satisfied urself tht ur dog is worth a trial, start training him for the show. As i said in the very beginning tht there r the breed and the obedience shows. Right now we r still talking of the breed shows only. The obedience show will be a separate chapter. Most dog owners presume tht a breed show means tht u go and stand in the ring with a well groomed dog and self and just let the judge do the rest of the things. It is not so. I will tackle tht in some detail. Grooming for the show itself is a big job for breeds like cocker spaniel, where hair need to be trimmed,or the poodles or the Afghan Hounds and Lhasa Apsos where 'Hair care' counts. We will know how to train ur dog for the show next time. A feed back fr readers is welcome
If u intend to be a showman, u must know that dog show is nothing but a sport. Thus dont grumble if u lose. Learn to be a sportsman. Dog shows in India earlier were an occasion to socialise, meet frens and their dogs and talk endlessley abt dogs. Many times the clubs used to arrange accomodation for outstation exhibitors and people used to talk all night abt their wins and losses and of course the dogs. But those days a dog was a pet and not a source of earning or a something to show off. Anyway bygones are bygones. If u want to be showman, first know the standards of the breed u are going to show. Then observe whether ur dog has all the points or not. Ask ur frens to do so, bec it is very difficult to find faults with ones own baby. Learn the language of the standards. For tht u must know the doggy terminology very well-know its morphology. U must know wat is a muzzle and wat a square muzzle means. U must know wat is an otter tail and wat does it look like. If u have a cocker spaniel (english) then u must know wat is meant by a Merry Cocker gait. U must know wat it means when the standard says a well angulated dog, wat are the hocks and set on of the tail, wat are flews and wat is a cat eye. Etc etc the terms are endless. Once u have learnt and understood the breed standard and satisfied urself tht ur dog is worth a trial, start training him for the show. As i said in the very beginning tht there r the breed and the obedience shows. Right now we r still talking of the breed shows only. The obedience show will be a separate chapter. Most dog owners presume tht a breed show means tht u go and stand in the ring with a well groomed dog and self and just let the judge do the rest of the things. It is not so. I will tackle tht in some detail. Grooming for the show itself is a big job for breeds like cocker spaniel, where hair need to be trimmed,or the poodles or the Afghan Hounds and Lhasa Apsos where 'Hair care' counts. We will know how to train ur dog for the show next time. A feed back fr readers is welcome