I thought it was in Queen Victoria's time, that dog shows or the sport of breeding and showing began. I too either read or saw a special on that, but for the life of me, can't put my hands on the book/books.
And it was definitely mentioned it was by the rich and or titled classes.
I'll see if I can find an article on that.
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