Dog Show
Our Dog Show operates under Kennel Club rules.
In 1970 Mr. C. J. Bell (Kennel Club Liaison Representative) was
invited by the Stithians President (Mr. J. R. Williams) & the Chairman
(Mr. T. Paget) to a meeting to help and advise on the setting up of a
Kennel Club Licensed Show.
Mr C. J. Bell took over as Dog Section Chairman in 1977 a position he held
for many years.
The first show, in 1971, was a Limited Show (confined to members of the
Dog Section) with 37 classes and a total of 327 entries
from 181 dogs. In the year 2000 this had risen to 194 classes with 739
entries from 662 dogs.
In 1978 the section had its first open show which has been carried on
ever since.
Over the last few years our average number of entries has been eight to
nine hundred with a couple of years exceeding eleven hundred. The number
of dogs now entered is usually between six hundred and fifty and seven
hundred and fifty.
Overseas Judges were first introduced in 1976 with a judge from
Australia, but several years went by before we embarked on a run of
judges from abroad. Over the years judges have been engaged from
the U. S. A., Australia, Canada, Spain, Sweden, Slovenia, Hong Kong,
Finland & Holland.
For information on competing and for schedules please click here