100th Dog Show on Jan 27, 28
Below is the article from Daily news on the 100th Dog Show. Being the Centenary event we would have thought it would have been better organized, but it wasn’t. It was totally disorganized. A few of my friends had, had their dogs in the show. The place was crowded as usual, with so many beautiful dogs.

The organizers for this club poorly handled the whole event. Planned events weren’t held on time, for example some of the morning events were held late in the evening. Some owners do stay their but some of these dogs are not used to being around so many dogs and this is also a hassle for the owners and their dogs, we usually bring our dogs when it’s close to when our even is usually held as my dogs are not too comfortable with all the others dogs around and also the heat. I’m just getting into the dog show thing but have had dogs for many years.

Some of the participants are not told when their events are or if they are taken in and are meant to participate. The committee members also don’t have a clue, they always say hold on and say they’ll get back but never do.

Some of these owners spend a lot of time and money looking after their dog and getting them to a certain level. These events are very important to some of the dog owners and when a club that has been there for so long can’t keep their standard it looks very poorly on them and also it doesn’t help the dog owners much.

Is it fair for committee members to have their dogs in the show ? Could it mean unfair judging towards their pets ? Of course those who would be in the committee would be great dog lovers, with pets who would usually be in these shows but is it fair for them to put their pets in their shows ? There are other shows in the country, and it gives them an opportunity to take part in those but I think it is not fair for their pets to take part. This I brought this up, as one of the key committee members won a big part of the show, when we clearly saw many other dogs that were much better than the one that won. But then again we are not professional dog people but this is how a lot of us would see this, when it’s a key persons dog that wins. Wouldn’t you think ?

There are a few more shows coming up in the year, hope these are organized much better than this one. The ones to come up, are usually better organized. Lets have our fingers crossed and this time I want to enter my dog, hope he wins something 

I hope the CKC will get back to the standard they had some time back.

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100th Dog Show on Jan 27, 28
The Ceylon Kennel Club will hold their annual dog show at the Western Garden of the BMICH on January 27 and 28.
Two well-known judges from the US will take part in choosing the winners. Dogs of all pedigreed breeds will be judged according to their categories on January 27 and those chosen as finalists from each breed will be taken into the finals on January 28. These programmes will commence at 8.00 a.m.
Over 203 dogs will take part this year and winners will receive certificates and trophies made of pure silver.
A minimum of three dogs should be present for the Club to put them into a separate category. Thus there will be an AOV (Any Other Variety) group, which will include pedigreed dogs, which will not have a breed group.
The categories are as follows:
* AOV Category - puppy dogs, puppy bitches, imported dogs, imported bitches, open dogs, open bitches.
* Specials - Best Armed Services, police handler
* Teams
* Best Junior Handler
* Best Exhibit Owned and Handled by a Junior Member
* Best Conditioned Exhibit
* Best Novice Exhibit
* Best Novice Exhibitor
* Best Exhibit Shown and Handled by a Lady
* Hounds
* Best Hound Dog
* Sporting Exhibits
* Best Non Sporting Exhibit
* Best Imported Exhibit
* Best Country Bred Exhibit
* Best Dog in Show
This programme is held as charity for the security forces. The sponsors of the event are “Eukunuba” dog food.