ARTICLES

Although the pawn is the weakest piece in the game of Chess - you don’t have to be in the Dog Show game. Perhaps it’s time to

Up Your Dog Show Game!

We are here to help you work on your game, improve your performance skills, and breeding program through education, careful study, and by finding and listening to good mentors.

By strategy, skill, and patience, your success in the show ring will improve.

GREAT READS TO HELP YOU SUCCEED

All of our articles are divided into the four areas below.

Choose an area of interest and let the learning begin!

BREEDING BETTER DOGS

UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE & MOVEMENT

Do you feel like you’re not progressing in your breeding program? Are you having a hard time consistently putting wins on your dogs? Are you having trouble understanding structure and movement? Although there is no such thing as an “overnight success,” we have collected a series of articles written by successful breeders and judges to help you begin to improve the quality of your breeding program and understand the nuances of structure and movement by giving you time honored advice that works!

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PRESENTATION

It is never acceptable to allow one’s dog to look like anything less than a winner when it is in the show ring. Learn to present your dog so well that the dog’s qualities stand out. A good dog can be made to look bad, and although a bad dog can never really be made to look good, a lesser-quality dog can be made to overshadow all of its flaws. Faults can be made to all but disappear or blend into the overall picture of quality so well that they become inconsequential. It is up to the exhibitor to make that happen!

LET

YOUR DOG

SHINE!

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DEVELOPING AN

EYE FOR A DOG

This concept is the single most important to the success of a dog breeder and judge. Is is the ability to recognize specimens that epitomize the best of a particular breed, including breed type, structure, movement, and soundness. Individuals in various breeds who have not achieved a great measure of success, this is the one most easily identifiable factor. Through the years this innate ability to assess breed type has become known as “having an eye.” It’s a sense of the ability to recognize a fine animal. But yet, even beyond that, it’s a highly developed sense of proportion, symmetry, and balance.

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JOIN A BREED CLUB - FIND A MENTOR

Joining a local all-breed club or specialty breed club can be fun and help you not only learn the basics, but will contribute to your on-going education of the sport. Even if they own a different breed from you, experienced breeder exhibitors knowledge of raising dogs, training them for competition, and putting on shows is invaluable to all new and old. alike!

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QUOTES

“I learned early on that you couldn't ever guarantee that you'd have the best dog in the show… but I could have the best-conditioned one.

That was in my control.”

-Pat Trotter

AKC Judge and breeder of top winning Norwegian Elkhounds