each dog will have his/her own look and knowing what a judge likes and dislikes will save your on your entry fee.

then you have the husband wife team who like showing. I would rather enter one in the puppy classes and the other in BBE that is not always easy either.

right now i have 1/2 sisters both in Open, i co-own one and show the other for her momma. If im on the one i co-own then she is in BBE but i can not show the other in BBE as im not the owner.

I look at showing 2 in the same class if you own them both throwing away a entry fee.



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You just want to give dogs, both of them, the best shot at getting in the winners ring.

Only one can win. If you feel both are good examples of the breed and should be shown, dont show them in the same class. Say put one in the 12-18 and Bred by or Bred by and Open, for example.
I have been fortunate to have multiple dogs or bitches in the winners class, this is nice! Usually there are enough good handlers present that didnt make the Winners class to help out.
With that in mind I usually will make provisions to have someone ready with lead in hand just in case I do get two or more of my entries in the winners class. It is not being presumptuous, it is being prepared. Not preparing, which I have also done, can lead to a hectic few minutes. Which results in loss of focus and usually a bad performance in the winners ring.

I don't think there is anything wrong with showing litter mates of the same sex, whether in the same or different classes as far as sportsmanship goes.

Personally if I was going to do it I would likely enter them in different classes. Yes you will still have to compete against yourself if they both win, but better to possibly have 2 shots at winners than get a 1st & a 2nd in the same class.

The conflict issue for me is really about showing alone. Though Bulldoggers are great about helping each other out with a handling assist whenever needed, it is just easier for me personally to only have 1 bitch entered and 1 dog entered at a time. Especially at smaller shows where there may not be as many friends free to help if needed.

In situations where someone and their spouse, partner or traveling companion can both handle, they can work out ahead of time how they are going to deal with multiple entries in the same class or sex a little easier than someone in my situation.

Having said that, I'll certainly show multiple dogs of the same sex if they are both ready to be shown at the same time or if they are dissimilar in confirmation and I don't have a good idea which the judge at a particular show might prefer. I just know going in that I may have to do some juggling ringside to make it work.

Dan

With a couple of female litter mates of the same age, would it be wrong to enter two of them in the same class? First, I want to know if it is wrong from the sportsmanship side of exhibiting dogs. Is it better to put one in an age class and the other in bred by? But then they're still up against each other if they win their class. So, what do people do when they want to show more than one dog? Or should you focus on one dog at a time? The only problem with that is, where I live it is very hard to show often and year round. I want to take advantage of all the shows I can.


~Heather


Only one can win. Don't put them in the same class. Doesn't make much sense.

There is no issue with it from any other standpoint.

We are showing three class dogs right now. They are in different classes, and yes, if all three win, we are short one handler.

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