Westminister Kennel Club Dog Show - Tuesday Three Blogs to Help you!

Pictured is the Shih Tzu from the Toy Group - A Lovely Companion Dog. (Unless you are showing your Shih Tzu, you probably keep him cut down.)

During the day on Tuesday, the breeds in The Sporting, Working and Toy Groups will be judged and there will be a Best of Breed chosen in each. In the Evening of Tuesday, Feburary 10, 2009, the winners of Best of Breed will advance to Group. In each Group, there will be four placements - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. When these three Groups are finished, the dogs who have placed 1st in each Group will move on to Best in Show.

Sporting Breeds include Cocker Spaniels, GoldenRetrievers, Labrador Retrivers, Vizslas.

Working Dogs include Boxers, Great Danes, Giant & Standard Schnauzers, Siberian Huskies

Toy Breeds include Bichon Frise, Cavalier King Charles, Shih Tzu, Brussels Griffons, Pomeranians

So, the Best in Show ring will have seven dogs (Four who won on Monday) competing. for Best of the Entire Show.

By the time a dog reaches the Best in Show Ring, one assumes he is a pretty good dog and save something unusual happening, you will be looking at seven fine dogs.

Any dog can have a bad day and it is generally felt that the dogs who have competed for Breed and Group on that same day, (in this case, Sporting, Working and Toy) have a slight edge.

The other four had had 24 hours to forget they were at a dog show, eat something that didn't agree with them, stumble on something and be limping. Those are the things that can sometimes happen.

The one thing that discourages me the most when watching the dogs is to see one who has no clue why he is there. Now, at this level of dog shows, it doesn't happen very often. Most of these dogs LIVE to be at a dog show!

At the Best in Show level one assumes there are no bad dogs and that whichever dog is chosen is deserving.

Hope you enjoy the Show as much as I always do!