Hi Everyone!

Hi!

I'm Victoria and own two 1 year old shih tzus, Rooney and Roxy. They are really great dogs.

I am interested in showing Roxy but she is not kc registered. Any advice on showing would be appreciated!

Look forward to chatting to you!

Kind regards

Victoria

Hi and welcome to the group, good that you are interested in showing your little dog, its great fun and you meet some lovely like minded people. As your little girl isnt registered I guess you will be looking for exemption shows, if you look in your local paper then you should see them advertised. very often they are run alongside a county show. You dont need any experience to enter as they are purely for fun. enjoy yourself....Pat

Hi Pat,

Thanks for your welcome.

I should have really thought about showing before I got them. I have done a few pet dog competitions and I am hooked! They both came fourth in one of the classes at Newark County Show so I will be going to shows just for the dogs! Victoria

Hi Victoria,

I don't know anything about showing but wanted to say welcome to the forum

Tracy

The Newark and Notts show ground is my local so I may even see you there should have said also I got hooked by attending an exemption show so watch out, you may end up as mad as we are

I noticed you were in Notts! Let me know when you are there! Your shih tzu is gorgeous! Mine are honey and white, bless them I love them all!

Thanks Debbie, Tatton Park looks great!

Hi Victoria, roony and roxy, exemption shows are great fun, we hav'nt taken molly but we went alot with our collies, look forward to meeting you at tatton

love maggie and molly

Hi Maggie,

Thanks for your welcome.

Just tried to post a photo - hope it works!

Hi and welcome. Your little ones look so cute.

Hi, Rooney and Roxy are lovely.
Sandra

welcome from me,Tia and Heike

Ohhhh Victoria how cute are Roxy and Rooney?! They're gorgeous, you must be very proud of them.

They are gorgeous

Hi ya Victoria , Ronnie and Roxy , welcome to the forum and the girls are lovely,
A little about showing to actually attend most dogs shows they do have to be k c registered apart from exemption shows and companion shows which are advertised in papers , shop windows or boards ,and in your local vets ,
They are not so dear either to enter them in , as for the other shows are at least £9.00 for one dogs (which is what i paid recently) plus you have to pay for the other dog to actually go into hall , becuase of insurance purposes, Hope this helps a little,

Hiya Victoria - your babies are gorgeous

If your babies are not registered you can register them with the Kennel Club companion Dog Club and they have a lot of companion dog shows around the country as well as exemption and fun shows. here is a link to the kennel club page for Companion Dog Club - Click Here!

Another way you could go is to do some agility or obedience with them and compete in those areas because any dog can be registered on the activity register.

If your dogs came with transfer papers I think you can still register them with the KC but if they didn't I would suggest you use the fun and exemption shows to hone your skills and look towards another dog to show in the future

Hope you can come to Tatton - that would be great

hi Victoria, and welcome from me and my gang.
Look forward to hearing all about you and your gorgeous pair

Thanks for all your welcomes!

victoriae wrote:

Hmmm something tells me you are going to fit in quite nicely thank you very much

Hi Victoria and welcome, your babies are gorgeous, so cute. I see they are both 1, are they brother and sister?

Thank v much for your welcome and nice comments. They are from different litters - Roxy is two weeks older than Rooney. I got Rooney when he was 8/9 weeks old and decided another dog was needed a month later and Roxy was 12 weeks. It has taken more time to train Roxy being that bit older when I got her. They were so different until they had their first clip and they looked identical, bless them.