Id love to start showing, im hoping to get a landseer newf in the very near future and was wondering:
how i would go about starting to show her?
would i need seperate classes to the puppy ones?
how old till i could start training her for the ring?

oh and also, i dont want to enter the juniour handler class, so how old would i have to be, to show in the adult handler class??

Thanks in advance! xx

HI, because you are having a Landseer it is important that it is correctly marked so make sure that the breeder knows you want to show and has enough experiance to help you chose a suitable pup.

You can start showing when she is 6 months old
You can take her to training classes as soon as she has the injections well about 10 days after.
You can go to any ringcraft as Newfies are shown as other breeds, nothing special required.
You will need to find someone to show you how to handle the coat for the show ring, may be the breeder.
Any one of any age can show in the breed ring.
The age for handling classes is listed in the schedule  Junior Handling Association is 6 to 11 years and 12 to 16.

thank you jackie that was ever so helpful!
Do landseers have to have precise markings then?  
i thought any combination of white with black markings, with a black head, with or without white stripe, were ok?

im well excited ive always wanted to show!

They should not have any ticking/flecking  in the white. I know my friend who had some nice landseers used to like a black head & saddle & I must admit I found them very attractive

they are amazing! i didnt realise about the flecking, ill have to trust the breeder when the time comes!
is it possible to say if a puppy will be show quality?

It's usually pretty easy to say if a pup won't be show quality, but not easy to say if it will be! They go through so many changes between 8 weeks and 6+ months, and so many things can go wrong, that anyone who guarantees that a pup will be a showdog should be treated with caution.
:)

The ideal, which you wont get, black head with narrow white blaze, evenly marked saddle, black rump extending to tail. Beauty in the marking will be given consideration by the judge, ticking is not desirable. Ticking is flecks of black in the white parts of the coat, when looking at a Landseer in the ring it gives a much better outline if the dog has even markings, lopsided markings can make the dogs conformation look odd.

ok i get it! thanks.
Maybe it will be safer to go for a brown, oh well we will have to see, i was set on a landseer.

again thanks for the help

A lady I know owns and shows Newfies - 1 brown, 2 black. She wanted a landseer for her second dog but found them extremely difficult to come by and ended up getting her first black. She told me that the browns don't do as well in the ring, I don't know if this is still the case. Must admit at all the shows I've been to the biggest majority of Newfies in the ring are black.
Jan

i agree most are black in the ring, thats why i wanted something different, ive actually found a breeder 20 mins from me, that breeds landseer's so thats quite good.

i suppose the brown colouring has to be just right, which is harder to get, than a standard black.

Have to say there are browns & browns, some are a lovely colour and have a good quality coat other are not such a pleasing colour and never seem to shed all their dead hair and the coat all ways seems woolly and not the most attractive. But it is your money and your choice, the blacks will remain black although some do have a bronze tinge, but a brown may look fine as a pup but grow up to be a ginger rather than a brown.

Just to set you straigt on the Handling.  Hadling is an extra class and is judged (or should be judged!) on the way  a handler handles the dog.  The handler is judge and the qulity of the dog is not taken into consideration at all.

Breed classes are judge (or even sposed to be judged) on the qulity of your dog.  There are many juniors who handle in breed classes (as we are better the our parents!! :D )

Good luck with finding a perfect little girl

Rox

i am naw 15 and have been handling yankies and poodles in the breed ring for a few years naw and i have won more this year with my american than my mum with her poodle :)