looby73
Well-Known Member
Although Zeus has been in a couple of the TM Club Shows we've never done any proper ringcraft training with him. We didn't get him as a show dog but everyone says he's a good example and we should show him.
I was going to start him a month ago with a view to entering him in a champ show at the end of July. Unfortunately a dislocated kneecap (doggy incident!) put that on hold.
So we took them (Hades came along for the ride) to a local class last night. Unfortunately it was 'match night' but thought I'd have a go anyway. Zeus won the Junior class, woohoo!!
But then while we were waiting for the overall final he took great offence to a red setter. We'd been stood infront of it when being judged and Zeus had never bothered and all night sat across the room he paid it no attention. It was only when the setter was running up and down the room in it's group that he set off barking and trying to lunge at it (the setter was a male too). It's most unlike Zeus to be aggressive with other dogs and it's made me a little worried about going to ringcraft and shows if he's taking dislike to other dogs.
I'm not sure if it was because it was another largish male dog and the running made him think there was some threat, whether he just took a dislike to that particular dog or whether he'd just had enough (we'd been there a couple of hours).
Any thoughts/tips?! Should I persevere and maybe more exposure to this type of environment will help?
I was going to start him a month ago with a view to entering him in a champ show at the end of July. Unfortunately a dislocated kneecap (doggy incident!) put that on hold.
So we took them (Hades came along for the ride) to a local class last night. Unfortunately it was 'match night' but thought I'd have a go anyway. Zeus won the Junior class, woohoo!!
But then while we were waiting for the overall final he took great offence to a red setter. We'd been stood infront of it when being judged and Zeus had never bothered and all night sat across the room he paid it no attention. It was only when the setter was running up and down the room in it's group that he set off barking and trying to lunge at it (the setter was a male too). It's most unlike Zeus to be aggressive with other dogs and it's made me a little worried about going to ringcraft and shows if he's taking dislike to other dogs.
I'm not sure if it was because it was another largish male dog and the running made him think there was some threat, whether he just took a dislike to that particular dog or whether he'd just had enough (we'd been there a couple of hours).
Any thoughts/tips?! Should I persevere and maybe more exposure to this type of environment will help?
