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22-04-2010, 06:03 PM
Are the type of dog showers who trot their dog up and down in front of a judge just too wussy and unable to train their dogs to do 'the real thing' like agility or obedience?
There was always a lot of friction between the showers and the hunters/showjumpers/eventers in the horsey world-the latter actually being able to compete the fitness, training and skill of their horse, not just tart it up and trot it up and down! a being a lot more fun for both IMO
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22-04-2010, 06:05 PM
Originally Posted by akitagirl 
Are the type of dog showers who trot their dog up and down in front of a judge just too wussy and unable to train their dogs to do 'the real thing' like agility or obedience?
Our dogs do shows, agility and are trained in obedience!!!
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22-04-2010, 06:06 PM
Originally Posted by akitagirl
Also, is it the same in the dog showing world as the horsey world always used to be?
Are the type of dog showers who trot their dog up and down in front of a judge just too wussy and unable to train their dogs to do 'the real thing' like agility or obedience?
There was always a lot of friction between the showers and the hunters/showjumpers/eventers in the horsey world-the latter actually being able to compete the fitness, training and skill of their horse, not just tart it up and trot it up and down! a being a lot more fun for both IMO
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22-04-2010, 06:07 PM
Originally Posted by akitagirl
Also, is it the same in the dog showing world as the horsey world always used to be?
Are the type of dog showers who trot their dog up and down in front of a judge just too wussy and unable to train their dogs to do 'the real thing' like agility or obedience?
There was always a lot of friction between the showers and the hunters/showjumpers/eventers in the horsey world-the latter actually being able to compete the fitness, training and skill of their horse, not just tart it up and trot it up and down! a being a lot more fun for both IMO
Perhaps you havent been lucky enough to have dogs that can "multi-task!!"
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22-04-2010, 06:09 PM
a few of our showing babies hate agaility so dont do it, plus we only do it for fun for them..we dont compete
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22-04-2010, 06:12 PM
Originally Posted by Borderdawn
Perhaps you havent been lucky enough to have dogs that can "multi-task!!"
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22-04-2010, 06:14 PM
Originally Posted by DevilDogz
But you dont agree with showing because of what you have seen by a few people..
does this mean you dont agree with breeding because of a few breeders.
you dont agree with agility because of a few things that some people competing do.
Does it mean you dont agree with raw feeding dogs because what has happened to a few dogs.
You cant just not agree with something because of what a few people have done..surely? If so it means you would disagree with me having a great day out with my dogs at shows, and my dogs having a great time meeting new dogs..wow they spend 10/15mins in the ring and have a 10min bath the night before!
It`s good that you like showing and have had a positive experience. So let`s agree to differ.
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22-04-2010, 06:31 PM
The people in my heelwork to music classes were very anti-showing and quite rude if I mentioned anything about dog shows!
I know there are some extremes in the show world and some bad breeders but also some good ones too.
Parker's breeder imports dogs from overseas as there is only a small number of Kerries in the UK and it's not a good idea to use the same dog all the time. I have noticed that there's not so many dog shows on since that "pedigree dogs exposed" programme. I think people are very much anti pedigree dogs now, not just shows.
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