hi folks
i have just been to my first show training session. i have a 5 month old staff and would like to show him.
as i have never shown a dog before i don't know how to go about finding shows or what classes to enter him in.i live near the dartford tunnel in kent
any help welcome
thanks
mav

Hi Mav
Take a look on staffords.co.uk site as they list all the shows for the year throughout the country

or try prodogs.net as they will list general shows too :)

Any more info just ask :D

Mav

How did you get on at the Ringcraft? Did you go to the one in Wilmington??

Theres a show in May at Towerlands which is in Braintree, Im showing my girl there for the first time.
Its on the 2nd May. Maybe try and come there???
We can be the two novices!

Lisa

Hi
I'm taking my pup to towerlands in may, it will be his first show aswell,

Whats your dogs name? what category are you in??? I'll have to keep an eye out for you!

Be nice to meet all the champ doggers!

Hi, my pups name is witstaff bully boy, his out of Valglo albertini & my bitch who is out of Valglo casanova at crossguns
i'm going to be showing him in puppy dog class

hope to see you there

My bitch is out of Valglo Cassanova of crossguns too, that boys been around abit eh!! ha!

Rose is going to be in Minor Puppy class Bitch!

Good luck!! Be nice to see you there, shes Bordbass Creating Havoc!

Oh gosh another one!!

He is in my bitches pedigree too!! - which I will dig out soon - promise!

ooh another one!!  Hi Staffyman, I know that this thread is from ages ago so you may not see it.....
since then I have had quite a few chats with BF's and I too have a bitch out of Casanova... and I'll be going to the show in Braintree too!
As Blondiflops said, it will be nice to meet a few champdoggers (!) and some staffie lovers!!!  Could talk staffie all day long!!

TT

hi sorry for sounding dumb but whats towerland???

ooh my dogs name is buster he is 5 months old and his dad is well all i can say is valglo has been very busy

hi blondiflops
we went to that one at willmington it was ok but i think that staff one you go to might be better just because it's a staff one
thanks for ya help
martin

Hi towerlands is a equestrian arena, in braintree

how do you enter and what class for my pup????

You can get a schedule from chelmsford & district canine society, and you could enter into puppy class as there isn't a minor puppy class at this show

Just purchased Staffy, and guess what? Hes from Valglo Albertini and his grandparent is Cassanova!

He certainly is living up to his name!!!! Made me chuckle.....
Jo

god!  Yet another out of Casanova!  Did u get him/her from Jo and Bill, sherwoodbaggies?

Wow he does get around! amazing!

Hehehe  my bitch is also out of vinnie (casanova)

If everyone who owns a Staffy out of Cassanova wrote on this message board I think it would make the server crash.  He is an extremely busy lad!  It will be interesting in the next 3 -4 years to see the problems that people will enounter when it comes to trying to cross the breed lines.

I've spoke to people at my Ringcraft class and they have all said the same thing!

I've been advised if I breed from my bitch to stay away from Crossgun bred dogs...

I beleive he's sired something like 300 litters + hasn't he
Archer

so if his owner charged the price of a pup, say £400 for each mating they would have made over 120,000

Good for his pocket...wether its good for the breed will be seen in time
Archer

can i ask why you've been advised to stay away from croosgun breeding if you breed your bitch?   as casanova is valglo breeding, not crossguns

Is that possible for a dog to sire 300 litters? seems rather a lot, its a wonder it didnt kill him off!!

I may have made a mistake there, I was just told if I bred her to breed with something not related to Cassanova..

I honestly dont know enough about it to say why??? I think its because it limits the gene pool or something, this was just something I was told...

I know nothing about breeding dogs so I cant really explain it Im afraid

Actually the stud fee is more in the region of £250 not £400, and he hasnt sired THAT many litters :) I have a pup by him too, and IF I ever decided to breed her there would be plenty of other dogs she could be bred to, still within her lines, but discounting the Valglo element. I agree he has been used too much, but I doubt it will affect the gene pool too much, I believe the majority of pups will have gone to 'pet' homes. There are plenty of other studs producing quality pups now ;)