
With my own numerically small breed I would enter puppy and maybe junior plus the puppy stakes class. The stakes gives your dog a chance to be in with lots of other dogs and they take a fir time so they leqarn to relax in a class. You also learn a lot by watching other handlers of other breeds.
At open shows I tend to enter 3 classes, usually the lowest breed or not seperately classigied class, then the appropriate class for the group, eg AV Hound Puppy, and the puppy stakes. If they are all under diferent judges all the better.