Dog show

[Hettster]

Hi there Hope you good folks can help. I am in the process of organising a dog show for charity garden party in a couple of month’s time. What I would like to know is are there any games/competitions you can think of that I can incorporate into the show

The sitting game
As a group, everyone will walk in a circle, when the judge shouts sit,
You must get your dog to sit as quickly as possible.
The last dog to sit will be out until there is a winner.

The above is an example so you know the kind of thing I am looking for . . . . . thank you in anticipation

[B00]

How about some fun competitions? Scruffiest Dog? Waggiest tail? Biggest 'smile'? Fancy dress, where you say it's famous duo's so the dog is one half of that duo?

[carmalee]

best six legs/dog who looks most like it's owner/dog team relay where owners and dogs carry an object over a course/best trick

[rowanwitch]

timed obstacle courses are fun best trick... dead dog dogs have to lie down (play dead) last one to move is the winner

[jules77]

A scurry is popular at companion dog shows, which is basically the quickest retriever of an item. Make sure you get a show licence from the KC.

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/1822

[lankeela]

Jules, you and usually agree on most things, but I would say don't bother with a KC licence, just call it a 'Fun Dog Show' and have classes for Prettiest Bitch, Handsomest Dog, Waggiest Tail, Best Family Dog etc. If you get a KC Licence then you have to adhere to so many rules and regulations and unless you are in contact with 'show' people they will not enter 'fun' competitions. My favourite game was 'Guide Dogs' which we

[lankeela]

Sorry, keep pressing submit! At our Christmas parties we played 'Guide Dogs' where the owners were blindfolded and they had to negotiate a row of plant pots, weaving in and out with the people on the side calling out instructions - very un pc but hilarious.

[lankeela]

Also fastest sausage eater, and the dog who can hold a dog chew the longest without eating it.

[jules77]

I know some people dont bother L, but then you get show people who wont enter if there is no licence.

[Sir Alec]

I think obedience tests are one of the funniest, because dogs just aren't!

[lankeela]

Unless you advertise this and promote it at shows and ringcraft you are not going to get show people anyway, if its a charity garden party I suspect you will only get local 'pet' dogs anyway. If you do go for a licence then make sure the show people know about it and make sure the classes are suitable for them.

[lankeela]

Last week we held a Companion Dog Show with 20 classes, five for just pedigrees and the rest open to all but geared towards show people such as 'In Their Prime', Best Movement, Special Yearling rather than too many 'Waggy Tail' type classes. We had about 100 dogs and only about four or five of them were just 'pet dogs' rather than show dogs. Had we relied on them we would have made very little money, but we eventually made almost £500. At Game Fairs we attend we put on a 'Fun Dog Show' with all 'novelty' classes and get only one or two show people who get very miffed when they don't get placed! We take entries in the ring rather than bothering with paperwork and have classes of 40 or 50 in some cases.