Saturday 8 March 2008

The Animal Planet Dog Show: Must Love Dogs

A dog is man’s best friend. Sometimes even more than a friend and more like a son or a daughter. The relationship between man and this four legged beast has a history as rich as that of any age.

It is no wonder that with man’s fascination and love for dogs that a TV show created simply for advice, tips, and generally everything about dogs. The carrier network is the animal planet. It’s the animal planet dog show.

The animal planet dog show not only promotes dog loving ways but also delves deeper and gives man the ability to care for their pets. The show has a number of researchers focused on sensitive issues as well as the usual features.

There are a lot of dog show competitions around the world. The best and most important dog show in the world is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show held in New York. 2,500 dogs and their owners come from all over the world to attend this two day extravaganza.

The Animal Planet Dog Show’s Guide To Your Dog

According to animal planet dog show, dogs have a sort of sixth sense. Their sense of smell, hearing and vision are even better than ours. Smells for dogs are amplified at around 1000, to 10,000 times. A dog’s sense of hearing is up to 16Hz to a 100 Hz. Dogs maybe color blind but they can see 250 degrees.

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

According to the animal planet dog show, beauty is not enough to be acclaimed as the best in show. A dog must conform to their breed standards, standards that have been set by the esteemed committee. The guidelines are very specific, the smallest spot or discoloration may be sufficient to disqualify your dog.

To win, your show dog has to beat all the other contenders in the same breed category. After winning the breed category, your dog will enter the breed level and again beat other dogs in the breed level. Categories are usually the sporting, non-sporting group, working, hound toy and terrier. After qualifying for each of these categories the dogs are then qualified to best each other for best in show.

Dog Shows Criticized

The animal planet dog show, far from merely applauding everything about people's dedication in showing off their pets also has a few choice words on people obsession in winning dog shows.

Dog shows are often criticized because owners, in wanting to keep the quality of their dogs usually resort to inbreeding. Inbreeding creates genetic problems in purebreds.

The competitions are not based on a dog’s performance, but more on how they look. What ends up happening is that dogs such as Irish setters loose their ability to hunt and instead they develop temperaments from participating in too much dog shows.

Information, such as given above is in the animal planet dog show website. You should watch the features and gain insight into making your petting skills even better. The animal planet dog show also expounds on the importance of exercise and what your dog needs as these may differ with every breed.

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