Do you HAVE to cut off a dogs whiskers for the show ring?

Something I noticed whilst watching the English Springers go round the ring was all but 1 had no whiskers!

Is this just reserved to certain breeds or does it happen in all circles?

Do you have to do it? I'm just not all that keen!

I always snip my girls whiskers off, I think without them it shows their true face shape. My Bella has the thickest white whiskers I have ever seen.....lol.

I find that shocking.

I have never heard of that before!
Mind you I only know about showing Irish Setters, and they dont do it with that breed.

In some breeds they trim the whiskers to give a cleaner look to the face - I never did. I prefer whiskers on.

I know I wasn't too chuffed either.

No offence CC.

In America Pugs are always shown with the whiskers off, and some exhibitors here like to do it. I never did with Delilah and she did just fine. They have whiskers for a reason and i didn't see the point of trimming them just for a show class

As far as i know, Labs and tollers dont get whisker trimmed!! We have been told that we "have" to trim the tip of the labs tail though Again, we ignored that advice, our dogs have lovely shaped tails without having them trimmed!

A lot of times its personal preference, but if your dog is a pet mostly i wouldn't worry about it. They use their whiskers to judge distances like a cat i believe, so you wouldn't want him having an accident out on a walk

thats ridiculous - they have whiskers for a reason - cant believe they are cut off for the show ring - unbeleivable

Yeah that wouldn't be very good when she's out on a shoot either!

I dont take the whiskers off my lot either!