Welcome to the 2010 Class for
BEST LURCHERS AND LONGDOGS
Your Judge for this class is Dogsey member
Honeysmummy
ELIGIBILITY
Any Sighthound breed crossed with
any other breed or mixture thereof,
and in
any percentage, is a Lurcher
Longdogs are any Sighthound x Sighthound
If your dog is, or you believe to be, [ ie a rescue dog ], a Lurcher or Longdog as per the above definition, you are eligible for this class, but not the Crossbreed class
Your dog does not need to look like a `traditionally recognisable` Lurcher or Longdog,
each dog will be judged on his or her individual merits
regardless of the mixture involved
Entries for this class should be of dogs over the age of 6 months
For this Class you may enter
TWO photos :
one in a show pose (side on) or as near as you can get.
the 2nd photo is to suport the first and can be a head shot, a shot to show your dog's gait or any other photo which will help the judge decide.
`Show Pose` can be free standing or stacked.
Examples of what to aim for in terms of poses can be seen
Here
and
Here
You may need a friend or family member to take the pic for you, [ unless free standing ], or you can have someone else stand the dog while you take the pic, so long as the photographer is not a professional as per the general rules of entry here
Virtual Companion Show FAQ
Don`t worry if your dog doesn't stand `just so`, the main thing is to enter a nice clear side-on pic of the dog standing up and it does`nt matter if its indoors or outside, but preferably not on a formal `showing table`
but don`t include any identifying faces of handler -
as gorgeous as you owners are, its your dogs we want to see
In this particular class :
You can enter more than one dog, but only two photos per dog.
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NB NEW WAY OF SUBMITTING ENTRIES
For this class we are trialling a new method. So, instead of submitting your entries by PM, you need to 'create a new thread'
post your entries here
Please head your thread with the class name (Lurcher and Longdogs) and in the post include:
1] The mix of breeds (if known, if not, best guess of at least one, e.g. 'greyhound cross'
2] Dogs Age [ as near as possible ] at the time the photo was taken
3 ] Dogs name
Please do not post your entries in this thread - they will be moved from the post entry' section for you.
If you do then need to make contact about your entry, please post an additional post in your thread.
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Closing date for entries for this class will be 07/04/2010
Good luck to all, especially to our Judge for this class
