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Originally Posted by ASTPhi877  Soooo....
I think, to start slowly (and dip just the very tip of my big toe into the almost overwhelmingly vast ocean that is breeding  ) I'm going to research shows in my area. Per your and others' suggestions, that seems to be the best place to start. So if you have any tips about which sorts of shows would be more beneficial than others to attend, I'd love to hear them!
And thank you again for all of the wonderful advice! |
You are most welcome.
The best show to attend is a Yorkie Specialty; if you go to
www.ytca.org you will see if any of their upcoming roving specialities are near enough to you to attend.
Next is an all breed show (AB) is the short form that you will look for when you go to
www.akc.org and do a search under events for conformation shows.
www.infodog.com is also a good source, as well as
www.onofrio.com. These last two are dog show superintendents and will post a judging schedule once all entries are closed for that show. Once the judging schedule is up 7-10 days prior to the show date, you can go online and see how many Yorkies are entered. To learn about how a dogshow works there is a good article on that in
www.akc.org.
If you can go with a person who is already familiar with dogshows, that would help orient you to this new world.
Also just a thought; but often times on the net you can see past specialties held all over the world. The world dog show is in Paris this year and there will be a large number of entries; and likely (at least I hope they will televise over the net). One day I want to attend a World Dog show and also Crufts.
I've posted before by one good book to read is called "An eye for a dog", also the video "Dogsteps" is a great tool as well. These two are not Yorkie specific, but very good tools none the less.
Good luck and have fun.