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Originally Posted by Autaven  I won't lie and say that I've never been interested in going to Crufts, all those animal lovers in the same place with stalls etc. But then you see things like this and it makes me ill. |
Hi I have attend crufts to show my german sheppard fopr obidience and in my opinion the owners arent all they are cracked upto be i took my dog to classes as he is a large breed and we wanted to be able to control him. It just turned out he enjoyed it and saw it as playing so we did shows and ended up at crufts. The other owners i witnessed breed train and use there winning dogs to be able to ask for more when selling there puppies. Im not saying they are like this but the general opinion i got was once i have my trophy her/his next litter will sale for double! You will also notice that some of the dogs are trained and shown by someone else and the owners name is shown on screen when the dogs enter. The only nice bit about crufts was the rescue dog ring a little ring not mentioned much on the televised bit in which you can show your rescue dog. I would like to say that even though i brought my dog as a puppy i brought him for forty pounds from a women who kept them in a tiny kennel. So i like to think i rescued him. German sheppards are a large breed but my duke will be 11 this year and is still going strong. As a family we have rescued many german sheppards not all of them easy but we never turned one a way as we were the house to bring your out of control dog to in are area. My father has had his hand ripped apart and i have ben bitten a few times but dont all animals deserve a chance the only one that was put to sleep was the female kara who ripped my dads hand apart but only after we discovered she had a whole in the heart that couldnt be fixed. (sorry to ramble but my main point was dont pay to go to crufts its not all its cracked up to be!)