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Originally Posted by feminvstr  Only the dogs that are being shown are actually approved to enter the exhibitors buildings. Often exhibitors will bring dogs and puppies theyre not showing (crated) to ready them for the ring side noises or to have other exhibitors evaluate their pup or puppies.
Reasoning behind "no pets allowed" is because of health and welfare of the exhibitors dogs. Family pets, large and small are not often used to the chaos, some can insight bad behavior, some can bring in health problems.
This being said, every show Ive attended or particapted in Ive not seen pets banned or asked to leave. |
The vendors, exhibitors and show rings were all in one large building - just spread out over a large space. There were several dogs there that weren't being shown or entered in other events like agility or obedience. I was with a group of four women and we had 5 yorkies total and we weren't stopped from taking them anywhere. We had them with us while walking through the vendors, had them with us ring-side, and walked through all the exhibitors with them. Maybe this doesn't happen at every show but it did at this one
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