Training to Show

Master the essential techniques for preparing and presenting your dog in the show ring, from grooming to movement and stance.

Dog Handling Courses

It’s all very well buying a puppy and deciding to try your hand at showing. However you need training in your new sport as well as your puppy! You didn’t...

Find a Ringcraft Club

Hopefully you would have purchased your future champion from a breeder who will guide you through your first attempts – if not research is even more import...

How to Find a Dog Show

For someone starting out on his or her dog showing career, every step can be daunting. You will have questions every step of the way. After a year or two in...

The Dog Show Entry Form

You need to complete an official entry form for each dog show that you enter. These forms are found within the schedule of the show. Your first entry form ca...

The Importance of Show Dog Nutrition

It goes without saying that every dog should be fed good quality nutritional food. However, when an exhibitor is preparing a dog for the show ring it is vita...

The 'Open for Dogs' Scheme

Open for dogs is an exciting new scheme whereby businesses and tourist attractions are promoted as dog friendly places to visit. Being able to pop to the sho...

What Class to Enter Your Dog in?

You’ve received a schedule for the dog show, where you wish to exhibit your puppy but what class do you enter? There could be hundreds of classes at an Ope...

What to do When Training for a Show

You can introduce ring training into your dog's every day activities. Whilst out walking, hold your lead as you would in the ring. Break into a pace suitable...

What to Expect at a Dog Show

So it’s finally here, the day of your very first dog show! It may be an Open Show close to home in which case you can leave home early in time to arrive at...

When to Start Training to Show?

No one wants to be the person in the show ring with an uncontrollable dog. We’ve all seen the one that refuses to let a judge ‘go over’ him and will no...