Anyone Else Show Dogs? Other Animals?

[rilly10]

I used to show Morgan Horses, and Mini Schnauzers growing up, now I just show Dwarf Hotot Rabbits

Here is one of my bucks...Percy's Leo

 

[carolinagirl58]

I show koi (ornamental pond fish). I will be showing dogs again in the near future (Anatolian shepherd).

 

[SilkieGirl]

I only show chickens and ducks right now but next year I will be showing geese and rabbits too.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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How are hedgehogs shown? Is it like a rabbit?

Ditto!!! Never heard of hedgehogs being shown!! I love them though. They are soo cute.

I breed and show french angora rabbits.

Well, I'm not sure how rabbits are shown!

Perhaps the biggest requirement with shows is TEMPERAMENT. Hedgehogs are nothing but prey animals with a hair-trigger "HOLY JEEZUS IT'S GONNA KILL ME" thought process. It doesn't actually count for the most as far as points, but if the hogs won't unroll then the form can't be determined anyway and they are DQ'd from what I've been told.

What is judged -
Face - 5 points (Wide, deep)
Eyes - 2 (spaced correctly, alert)
Ears - 2 (large, no nicks or chew marks from littermates)
Body Shape - more commonly referred to as form or conformation - 25 points. Not obese, no rolls, to breaks in the flow of quills, tear drop shape is what you're going for.
Legs/Feet - 5 (well spaced, nice toenails preferred, correct amount of toes)
Color - 15 points. (Each hog is put into it's color class. They are judged seperatly for their merits, not against each other, for how uniform they are with the color standards. Pinto classes have 9 points for color and 9 for the markings - symmetry of them, which I think should be changed).
Temerament - 33 (unrolling, quills flat, personality)
Quills (thick, rich coat cover) - 10

You want as many points as possible.

Color classes are Pinto, Standard (Black-Brown), Apricot (Apricots, Champagnes, Cinnicots, Cinnamon), Snowflake, White (forms of total pinto or high snowflake), Albino, And AOC or all other colors (double whites, confetti, tris). All age groups are shown together, but from what I've been told it's better to wait until the hogs are 1 year+ before showing to let them mature and calm down.

 

[BorderKelpie]

Wow, never occured to me that you could show hedgehogs, although, I shouldn't be surprised since you can compete with mice and rats.

I used to show a QH, rabbits, and dairy goats for 4-H and FFA, I showed and trialed dogs (Australian Shepherds) several years ago.
Right now I am working my Kelpies in tracking and considering a sport dog for Shutzhund in the future. I love to compete.

 

[gaited horse]

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That one of my best friends favorite breeds. She's hoping to buy some on our cross country rabbit shopping trip.

 

[gaited horse]

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I love Harlies. How hard is it to get the markings right. I would love to start the breed some time in the next 10 years.

 

[la dee da]

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You'll have to keep us updated on that! I love Anatolians

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

horses

my old Quarter Horse gelding, Goldie (RIP)
btw this was our first show when I was 12!! Im 21 now!

My last show on February 15th,2009 on Rain

 

[bogielousa]

I'm a competitor

I love to show!

I've shown horses since I was 8, have shown nearly all the western events, Pleasure, Halter, Barrels, all the speed classes, Reining and Working cow horse (both of which are my FAVE!) Trail, Cutting, Roping etc. Lately been focusing on Ranch horse competitions, which combines all my fave classes

(only thing, I haven't done...mounted shooting

but maybe one day I will,) and some of the English ones (I've never jumped in a class, other than if you count a small jump in a trail class.) My next adventure into showing something new will be Combined driving with minis! It looks like so much fun!!!

Until I can get mini's, I'm gearing up with the dogs, we're going to be competing in agility trials (my older Aussie is ready to show Novice right NOW! lol, too bad the next trial withing a reasonable distance isn't until the fall!) and I'd love to do herding trials eventually.