At this point, I have to admit that I am not the greatest ferret handler! I was never brought up with small mammals, so am useless with them, but ferrets are rather cute. However, at a show (or at least at our show) the handler just hands the ferret to the judge who "handles" it, checks it's teeth, feet etc, feels it for condition, and checks conformation, looks at its eyes; all the things you would check when assessing a dog really.

If it were a child handler class, they might ask how often they clean it out, what they feed it, if it goes for walks etc

It's all up to the judge on the day what they are looking for though, and although we say it's for fun and for charity, we aim to promote responsible dog/ferret/pet ownership and there are qualifiers up for grabs in the ferret classes too.
Come along and give it a go!

okay cool, atleast it gives me some sort of idea of what to do. I've got some bathing to do

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Should be good and if there's a child you can drag along that can handle a ferret, they could win a lovely trophy donated by last year's champions expecially for the child handler!

unfortunatly i dont know any children.

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