It’s showtime again for dogs, handlers
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This article was published 20/02/2022 (1667 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Competitors filled the Keystone Centre Saturday for the first dog show in the Wheat City since November.
The Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club Dog Shows and Trials began Saturday and featured hundreds of handlers and dogs from across the Prairies, British Columbia and Ontario for the three-day event.
“It’s nice to see people you only see at dog shows. You’re seeing your friends again and just getting out and doing stuff with our dogs,” said show committee member Stephanie Inkster. “We’ve been working our dogs the whole time so it’s nice to put what we’ve been doing to the test.”
Dog shows offer a different environment for the canines, she said. While training is important, it cannot replicate the exciting atmosphere of a dog show.
During Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club Dog Shows and Trials teams were able to participate in Conformation — which looks at the canines structurally ranking how good of a specimen they are of breed standards — or the Rally and Obedience, during which the dogs get to “use their brains” and do as their trainers tell them in a series of tasks.
To participate in Conformation, handlers must have a purebred dog, while Rally and Obedience trials can have mixed breeds participate.
Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club hosts training classes in Brandon to help prepare for shows and work on obedience.
“It’s fun if you have a dog, try it out,” Inkster said.
Visit crocusdogs.com for more details on Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club’s upcoming shows and classes.
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