I am doing my first champ show at manchester and it says benched....I know that means that a bench is available for my dog but do they have to stay on the bench all the time apart from doing their classes and going the toilet ? Thanks

no they dont have to stay on their bench infact mine wont stay benched at all so they go where ever i go lol


im suppose to be doing manchester but Shadows really out of coat so not sure i'll bother

Good luck to you and yours and hope you have a fab day

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Rules and regulations number 23

23 Dogs should be present on their benches at all times except when being judged, being prepared for exhibition
and/or being exercised. In certain circumstances dogs must be present on their benches at all times if required by
the show management. The show management must ensure that gangways are kept clear at all times.

http://www.highampress.co.uk/manc.pdf

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oops ive never ever taken notice of these rules in all the time ive been showing cept at Crufts where someone stays at the bench with em

normally i just wander round chatting to friends,shopping etc with dogs in tow

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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

I'm sure you.re not the only one

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Mine come with me everywhere. No way would I leave them alone! Mean too much to me just to go leave them sat on a bench unless mum watched them.

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Too right. It's not unknown for dogs to be knobled

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Can't remember what show it was at but it got accounced that puppies had been stolen from their benches! Think it was the National. At SKC when we were there looking for a breeder it got announced a dog had been stolen aswell. Not just the risk of being stolen but you don't know what some people could feed/put in your dogs coat

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no im not

on a serious note tho ive also known of dogs getting knobbled and another reason i wont leave mine unattended is my friends sibe almost strangled herself with her benching chain she swallowed her tongue and everything it was awful.

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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

It's not nice to think that winning means so much to some they would hurt the competition

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