Crufts - Tips and Advice

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I’m going to Crufts next week. It’ll be my first visit. So excited.

Can anyone give me top tips and advice as to what to see? How to avoid crowds? Do you have to queue to get seats? Etc

Apart from seeing it on tv, and that’s really only the main arena, I have no idea how it’s set up, what to do, so any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Looks brill, we're going tomorrow!

Not to bad. Walking socks and sitting and watching stuff every so often helped.

Wasn’t too busy around the showing rings so managed to sit quite a lot.

Crowds weren’t too bad either. Yes, it was busy, but you could generally get around. I did Discover Dogs in the morning so could see the dogs quite warily. As I left the area, noticed it got really busy, and you had to wait your turn to see some breeds.

Didn’t get to the main arena due to running out of time and didn’t want to waste the time queuing. However, saw lots of good displays in the smaller rings so don’t feel I missed out.

Took someone’s advice unthread when watching some judging to decide which dog looked the best. The one I least liked won! Don’t think I’m going to become a Crufts show judge any day soon.

chatted to some lovely dog owners and stroked lots of lovely dogs.

So pleased you had a lovely day - the biggest question though is how much shopping did you do!

Thanks to this thread I’ve tuned in and I’m loving it!