Would your dog be a good show dog?

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DDog seemed to be interested in Crufts this year, I told her that I tried to enter her but as she was so perfect they refused as it wouldn't be fair on the other dogs.

The truth is she would be a shocking show dog.

1. She wouldn't want the judges to touch her and would wet herself if they actually did touch her.
2. She would definitely crap on the arena floor
3. She is really stubborn and would most certainly just refuse to do any of the agility course. at the agility course,
4. Would probably spend the whole time just crying to be picked up as she would hate being around the other dogs and strangers.
5. She also hates being groomed.

Him...him?? She is a lady named Rose!!

She is a rescue we have had her 2 and a half years, she is wreck of a dog but we love her very much.

Sorry, I thought your post said he not she!

Aww, I'd quite like a staffie. There was a lovely black one Crufts yesterday.

Here is as pic of her being lady like and one of her before she was due to be put down but a rescue took her at the last minute.

No, if a judge tried to cup his balls like I kept seeing on crufts they'd lose an arm.
He also takes massive umbrage if another dog looks at him funny.
I mean, he's generally pretty chilled, but sometimes he's just like an angry drunk man in a bar and wants to smash a pool cue over someone's head.

Mine's a mutty crossbreed so she wouldn't be allowed to darken their doors!

My last dog was Crufts qualified the year I got her, incredibly. She won shows all over the UK and Ireland. The breeder parted with her as her sister was even better - and she is now so legendary in the breed, I sometimes get FB messages by people who study bloodlines, asking qs about my dearly departed beautiful girl! We retired her from the show ring the day we got her. I paid half price for her as I agreed to take her back and let the breeder breed one litter from her. One of her babies went on to win Westminster, the US Crufts, and I think he remains the highest winning dog of the breed in the US.

A lot went into training her as a show dog. When we got her she could loose lead walk perfectly. But she didn't know "Sit"! Not needed in the show ring so she was never trained it! She also struck a pose - proper Vogueing - if enough people started admiring her which made walking her in town a nightmare as she was very, very striking looking and people would stop us constantly to admire her. (With my staffy cross, the only looks she gets are dirty ones for being a devil dog!) So we'd be walking along and if one or two people stopped to look at her, she would go into "The Stance"...

She was also walked on a treadmill daily to build her muscles (when I got her I just walked her!) To her dying day she hated being bathed and having her nails done (she once fainted at the groomer's). Maybe harking back to those two years as a show dog. One good side effect was she was brilliant at long car journeys as she was used to being driven all over the place to win her shows!

You need to be an experienced dog handler to even show up at Crufts so even though she had the required three CHs to go, I would never have taken her.

Here she is looking not very Crufts-like.

She is cute, is she EBT crossed with something?

I have a beautiful dog, he was bred from two champions for stud. Unfortunately the poor sod had a shocking underbite and the breeder didn't want to take the risk that it wouldn't correct itself. Brilliant for us, he was CHEAP, couldn't give a monkey's about his jawline. It's corrected itself now so is perfect example of the breed but he would make a crap show dog.

• he would def wee in the arena
• if there was any sniff of flyball he'd be off like a shot
• he is a sucker for attention, all those people and other dogs to play with he would be so excited he'd wee a bit more
• he is a terrier. Most of the time he does what he wants, when he wants

I reckon he would win for cuteness but would horrify all the show types

Hell yeah. She'd love it. As long as she was the only dog in the ring and everyone was watching and admiring her and telling her how clever she is when she performs her version of flyball.

Otherwise, not really.

Claimed, she was a mini bull. She's the Crufts qualified one! My current dog is a mutt...

If they could introduce a singing category I'm certain my dog would win that. He's already been banned from the dog-walkers car as he starts his song as soon as they move off and normally at least 2 of the other 3 join in.

Despite being devilishly handsome he would fail all the other categories as he is not keen on being fussed and well bless him, he's just not clever...