Originally Posted by
dxboon
Have fun! Looks like obedience is in the same location and ring as breed (Pier 94, ring 10) but on Monday (8:30am) and the breed is Tuesday (9:00am). This is both one of my favorite, and least favorite times of the year. I enjoy the show, because it focuses a spotlight onto the sport of dogs, and I simultaneously hate it, because it tends to bring out armchair quarterbacks and internet gurus who want to talk trash and engage in online bullying about purebred dogs, dog shows in general, breeders, etc.
All the same topics get rehashed every year by people who do not participate in the process, and therefore are not doing anything meaningful to make a difference in the sport. Every year it's the same things -- Gasp! Why are all show Labs so fat? Show breeders are ruining German Shepherds -- why are they all walking on their hocks! (Most are not; talk to German Shepherd breeders about their structure, stacking preferences, and flying trot.) What's happening with Bulldogs?! Their faces are so pushed in. They can't breathe! *eye roll*