Staffie showing

Hey guys, Hippo and i went to our first ringcraft last night. Very interesting, as well as hectic and noisy. Met some really friendly and knowledgable people and also some gorgeous dogs. The dogs there all looked so lean and muscular and toned. How do you guys get your dogs to look like that?

road walking, lots of playing, uphill running and general running about in a field (thats what i do anyway )

Thankyou, hippos only 10 months at mo so i spose hes not gonna look like the dogs i saw last night! Mind you, some of them were quite young and they look amazing!

Same as emma except i don't run lol also what you feed them helps!

i dont do the running either Saz 3 miles a day is enough for me, its the dogs i get to run

Just aswell emma lol you'd be more muscly than ya dogs!!

i am built like a whippet Saz, got to jump over drain covers so i dont fall in

What a brilliant name "Hippo"

when is your next ringcraft class with him?

best wishes

Diane

Hi Diane. Next one is one is on 29 March, they have them every 2 weeks and its just staffies so thats good. Benn trying to practice getting hin to stand nicely but all he wants to do is play or have cuddles. Hes such a sap!

Often dogs which look 'amazing' and very mature at a young age are 'overdone' by the time they are adults.You are far better off with a pup looking like a pup and maturing slowly....its a bit like 'the tortoise and the hare'...the fast maturing pups start fast and then 'die off' with the slow maturers make slow and steady progress and staying all the way to the finish line!
My youngest elkhound was placed last EVERY outing as a pup and in junior because he was very 'backwards'.As soon as he was in post grad he started to win and place at champ shows and now hes 4 years old is rarely out of the first 2 in Limit and has 2RCC.