Hi guys does anyone find showing catty?

HeHe!!!! :D Only had this conersation with someone afew hours ago!

I find lovely and not such nice folks, just like in any walk of life! :D

Me too, just thought i'd air my views, what do use do then when you meet this type of person/people?

I keep my friends/acquaintances in circles!  The closest are the nearest and they progress further awy, until those whose manner or attitude I don't like get pushed out of the furthest circle and I don't even know that they are there!!!

There are enough nice people about to be able to enjoy and share knowledge and experiences with.

i agree with you val there are good and bad people everywere ,i love showing its a great day out win or loose  regards dawn

I find most people nice but yesterday at a show there was a lot of catty remarks said behind me. To make it worst it was two junior handlers moms and they were saying really horrible thing about the other junior handlers. Some of the thing that they said were terrible! And considering they were saying them about young people who some hadnt been showing very long and we only about 7, well i though it was awful!

sarah xxxx

hi sarah i agree thats not on the only time i have heard bad things about people is when they deserve to be spoken about (cruelty and so forth) regards dawnx

Well maybe they should handle the dogs, and see what comments they received....... I have no time for people like that, in any walk of life..........just as well I don't show

I could understand people commenting on peoples handling, saying this like 'that dog should be moved faster ect..' but what the people behind me were sayin was really not on! There was alot of comments that were very personal things, i was really shocked. Im a junior myself and round the ring you can normal see the juniors chatting away to each other but a fair few of the parents bitchin about each others children! It was also ashame to see how some of the parent took it so seriously! One girl was in the ring as she was obviously being told that she wasnt doing it properly or something along those lines, because she was whispering 'Im trying! Im trying!' And she looked really upset. I think when it gets to be that serious then its time to stop for a while!

sarah xxxxx 

That's just it, i dont find there's any need for it myself, it's supposed to be a fun day out, espcially for kids, what cruelty are you on about Dawn?

cruelty is a worldwide problem susan ,im not about to start discussing cruelty with you type it in google  dawn p.s personally i dont think showing and kids mix

Hey Susie, like everything there are good and bad in every sport you just have to rise above it! Sarah was handling yesterday in the junior handling class at a champ show and the judge asked her if the dog was safe to handle!!!! So its not just competitors its judges too!!! Thankfully she takes things with a pinch of salt and came out laughing when she wasn't placed and congratulated the other handlers! She said the judge was petrified of him and she didn't even go over him!

Hi Dawn I do think showing and kids mix its when the parents are added that things can go a bit sour. Its a great place for them to meet new friends and like minded people and to learn about responsible dog ownership, grooming  and preparing their dogs and clearing up after them. I always tell Sarah, you take the best dog home regardless of winning, anything else is a bonus!

Couldn't agree more - provided parents keep an eye on children and they are brought up to respect other people, their belongings (and dogs of course ;) ) - it's a great way of bringing a new generation forward into our hobby.

My daughter attended shows with us from aged 7, immediately got involved in JH and learned in a happy and friendly environment that healthy competition and good sportsmanship are very important!  Win or lose it doesn't matter - sadly some parents don't set the best example but again IMO that tends to be a minority.

regards, Teri :)

No more than any other hobby which involves lots of people! :)

i have had catty remarks made about me, do i care  NO NO NO,
it upset my daughter who was sitting in front of them at the time they called me fat, yes i am fat so what, when i came out of the ring she told me what they had said, i just turned my nose up at them and they where very embarrassed when they realised that the person in front of them belonged to me, of course i could not help myself and just had to say, next time you make nasty remarks about someone make sure you can only hear it in your head and not to everyone around you they made there excuses and went,
i think many people say things because they are jelous or they are the type of people that think they know everything, they are not worth getting to know .
everyone makes comments around the ring about dogs etc everyone has an opinion and everyone is a judge outside the ring.
carol

I am very sorry to hear about that Carole but at least you got your own back in the end :-)

Carol I'm fat too and I'm sure I look a right sight hobbling round the ring....I always say, well, I AM fat madam, but unlike your looks I am able to slim, you will have to live with that face FOREVER!! LOL Very Winston Churchillish!

Hi newfiedreams i spotted you in Croxteth park the other day,must say very nice dogs you had two with you

Susan

Why thank you Susan, nice of you to say! You can always say Hello you know? I don't bite and neither do the girls!! I usually have music on though, so it's no good shouting!! LOL

I know I was only just driving in and you where by the toilets, next time i will definitely come over and say hello

Regards Susan

Hi Susan,

There's always a minority in any competitive area that brings out the worst - but it is a minority ;)  Ignore them if you find yourself on the receiving end.  More often than not it is the least successful who feel the need to gripe about anyone else - take it as a compliment if anything as perhaps they see you as a threat :P

regards, Teri

Hi Claire glad to see your computors working. I totally agree with you it's an excellent place for kids to be, it gives them socialisation skills aswell.  Well done to Sarah Hi Carol that's awful, dont worry i'm fat too, i'm on a diet trying to loose weight for when i start showing these youngsters i dont mind good constructive critsim, it helps you show to your full potential.  Big thanxs Teri for the advice and everyone else

Regards Susan

Hi I am new to showing just started ringcraft and felt everyone was friendly at ringcraft. Our son is 7 years and we are hopeful he will be a junior handler so we will need lots of help. There is friendly people and not so friendly in everthing we do but we just have to ignore these type of people

teri i see you said 7 i am going off my own family which are just 2 just 3 and nearly 8 now i totally agree that the kids need to learn but for me i show 3 dogs and i cannot keep an eye on 2 toddlers 100% of the time when im showing ,my little ones are 2 young to understand they think all the dogs are like mine at home that are used to them , i will be taking my kids along when they are a bit bigger my 7 year old wants to do junior handleing ,when i mentioned kids and shows not mixing im afraid i had my blinkers on and was just refering to my own family regards dawn p.s hi clare

Obviously children going to a show have to be supervised so if there is only one adult and more than one dog to take care of it's not going to be easy.  My daughter started going to shows at 7 simply because that's the age she was when we got our first show dog ;)

There was a lady in my own breed who regularly brought her young brood to champ shows, including one in the pram and another in the oven :D  She managed very well - but she was a superbly unflappable sort and her children brought up with family dogs so knew well from an early age how to behave around them and not to go wandering off.

Everyone is different I guess - the main thing is any parent or guardian taking a child(ren) is aware of their whereabouts at all times and ensures their safety and that of others.

Hope your eldest enjoys the JH when s/he starts :)

regards, Teri   

My kids got bored with shows -all of them, including the two step kids that I didn't even meet until they were 11 and 13. I think I overdid it, and I've heard other people say that "kennel kids" as we call them in Sweden (i.e. children of breeders, be it dog or cat breeders) sometimes have enough of everything being shows and animals and so grow up to have immaculate houses and no pets, and I do sometimes wonder if that will happen.

I was the person who when pregnant with my first child told the hospital I could NOT go for my ante natal appointment at such and such a date as it was the same day as Crufts, I have changed nappies of babies in most show venues, sent one daughter into the ring for Junior Handling at an exemption show -where they had no age limit- aged just 18 months and dragged all of them to pretty much every cat show there is. I remember carrying my youngest around a cat show when he was about 5 months old, telling him over and over again "Persian cats are best!" so that he'd get the right idea. :)

The result: these days none of them ever want to as much as HEAR the word show. :rolleyes: Which is a great shame as certainly oldest daughter has a knack with animals, and aged 3 she insisted we kept a kitten from a litter we had, a kitten that was so ugly I wanted to sell him as a pet. He was duly kept and became our first ever titled cat. :D

That's what worries me - I'm under some pressure to produce grandchildren for my mum, but apart from the disruption to my show schedule, it would be awful if they hated dogs! On the other hand, it would be fun to have a Junior Handler of my own!! :-D :-D

That sounds familiar! My mum is terrified that there is going to be nodody to pass the affix onto if I don't have kids, which I have to say I don't really want!

I wish that my parents had been show people! lol i was 15 when i started showing so ive only been showing for a year. I would love to have parent that were into breeding and showing, it was all my fault though cause they did start showing one of our wheatens but then i started gymnastics and was training 4 times a week and competing at weekends, so there was no time :rolleyes:

sarah xxxx

Mine have moaned about the dogs (especialy their haor) since secondary school.

Me too, i've got pics of  me when i was eight standing my dobermann prince on a table in a show stance i obviously didn't know much about showin standing a dobe on a table, hehe  I showed horses instead:rolleyes:

out of my three daughters the eldest one no interest in showing the middle one a great handler and trainer and the youngest one no interest in breed showing , but put an agility course in front of her and she if brilliant, that good she will insist on beating her mother every time we are in the same class
carol