What with the price of petrol/diesel going through the roof, and the general price of living going up too, is anyone going to be cutting back on their showing this year?

We definately are going to have to cut back a bit, and we will be taking the caravan to more shows through the summer to avoid multiple journeys as we have breeds in 3 groups We will be picking and choosing shows and judges more carefully too..

Lets hope the show societies think about dropping the ever rising entries fees to make things a little easier on the exhibitors...

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I'm thinking about not doing loads of things now because the costs are escalating so much and in the South, you end up driving everywhere for everything! I can't imagine what the government are thinking, let alone show co-ordinators. I hope they do make some changes or numbers will be lower for many things this year

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Yep we will be and did at the end of last year to! such a shame. will still do all the club shows as their cheaper and a wonderful friendly day out. But will defo be picking my general champ shows more carefully - and how many dogs I take at a time, have two pups to get out this year and all the other adults -- argh!

Im only just starting out but I will have to too even compared to what I done last year
And as someone else said, sadly I think the fuel especially will effect some of the nice things I like to do

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yep we will b choosing our shows wisely this year, we bought a dog van so we could all travel together 2 try and keep costs down a bit, we all chip in 4 petrol, but it's still expensive

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Keep saying i will, then a schedule pops through the letter box.....and off i go again! lol

i am this year. not too much of a decision really as we have some crap judges!

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I've not been entering as many. I know they are only a few pounds a class at open shows but it soon adds up and now with 2 dogs I'm going to be even more fussy. I'll probaly cut back to 2/3 open shows a month but we normaly go to one every week. Friend shows 5 dogs every week at atleast 1 open show a week. How she affords it I'll never know

Champion show wise I'll be doing Crufts, SKC May, Border Union, Blackpool, Poodle Club of Scotland, SKC August and if I don't get them qualified for Crufts and I can afford it BUBA and LKA. Only got a chance to qualify at SKC May and PCOS. Will be pulling out all the stops at those 2 so there is no more expenses

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Last year i only done three Champ shows, and a few more open so didn't go too mad
This Year i would like to do a few more Champ shows really ...as my wee man has started to mature quite nicely but i will cut back on Open shows.
I also love to take my male Lab to companion shows he absolutely loves showing
Not so bad i only have one to show really at a higher level, i imagine people with a few dogs it would cost a fortune!

We cut back quite a bit last year. Time was we would be at just about every champ show - ahh, those were the days! - but we just cannot afford to do that now. Like DD we will do the club shows, and then we will pick and choose our champs shows very carefully, taking into consideration things like distance to travel, what classes they have for our dogs, whether or not they are holding YKC stakes/handling qualifiers. We are also looking for local open shows (there are usually quite a lot a Newark) that hold YKC qualifiers.

Sigh - the times they are a-changin'!

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