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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  As pertaining to newbies, how does 'buying a show quality dog' fit in with the route of having a mentor and getting started like that? Are there really good show prospects available to a newbie any other way? And why would someone sell show quality dogs to a newbie? Do some breeders have the problem of too many show quality dogs?
I can see how someone that is a ring veteran could acquire show quality through acquaintances...but I didn't see top quality dogs available when I was acquiring mine without strict s/n contracts. If I had known there was another way, maybe I could have saved myself a lot of trouble LOL.
Excuse the ignorance of these questions, but I have no shame at this point as I'm trying to learn more about the 'show world' in general. Plus, if I don't get one of mine to pan out, I'll be that newbie looking for a good prospect. |
Great post and questions!!! Yes, unfortunately there are breeders out there that do sell "show" "quality" and not the newbie being their study or protege. We see it all the time in the show ring! We see newbie exhibitors selling show quality or prospects how weird is that? Just because a breeder has a couple of champions makes them think they have show quality or show prospects available to newbies. Here's how I see it, those newbie's that want to show and don't have the patience to find the right mentor or take time to go to the shows and find one of the great mentors and help them out and want to jump feet first there are going to be breeders that are just waiting on that type of person to sell them a dog. Once again, we see it all the time in the ring.
This is a great thread!!! Good posts!!!