[bren]

I don't show but a good friend of mine is getting into that with her Glen of Imaal Terrier puppy and she said that it's expensive. All of the costs just keep adding up. I don't know exactly how much but she has to take the dog to classes, and just the costs of going to shows for travel, hotel, miscellaneous things etc. add up. I think it would be neat but it's not something I'd ever do. She also said that it's REALLY competitive...people will do things to get your dog all excited right before he/she is about to show to disrupt the dog so the dog won't do well. At the most recent show she went to, following the show someone ran back into the hotel for a brief moment to grab something and she left her dogs in the car just outside the front door and someone STOLE the car and set it on fire!!!! The 2 dogs died from smoke inhalation so sad