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While we enjoyed both shows last weekend, the weekend was tinged with a big disappointment for us. Our beautiful Whippet "Silver " won the Champion of Champions " at Newtownards Show " a month ago. The Tullylish W.T.C NI Champion of Champions decided the qualifying class would be held at the Donemana show on Sunday. I worked on " Silver all week previous to the show to have her looking and standing well for the judges on Sunday in the Champion of Champion s class, only to be told on arrival at Tullylish show that Whippets would not be included in the Champion of Champions. What a gunk, I just could not beleive it. I thought it was only a joke at first, but learned there and then they were dead serious.
We attend and support and pay our way into all the show, as do all our Whippet owner friends and take pride in our dogs.
We partake in the Whippet Classes as advertised by the show organisers, and pay our fees in the ring as do all our Whippet owner friends. If we are lucky on the day we may win our classes, as do our Whippet owner friends, but when we and our Whippet owner friends win our way to the Champion of Champions qualifer with our Whippets, because our dogs are born into the Whippets breed, they are not allowed to take part.
Tullylish, I think you need to wise up and smell the roses. This is total discrimination against the Whippet breed, and as these creatures are dumb animals, we in the Whippet fraternity here have to speak up for them. They are entitled to the same treatment as any other breed in the show who qualifies. Whippets race/hunt and show.
Why advertise classes at your show, when you know if a Whippet wins, they will not
qualify any further, yet Terriers, Lurchers and strong dogs can go all the way. Crazy and bitterley disappointed and aired my views to the organisers at the show on the day.
What is the rules in England at the qualifer, do they turn Whippets away to. Maybe our Whippet friends in England would enlighten us on this.
We attend and support and pay our way into all the show, as do all our Whippet owner friends and take pride in our dogs.
We partake in the Whippet Classes as advertised by the show organisers, and pay our fees in the ring as do all our Whippet owner friends. If we are lucky on the day we may win our classes, as do our Whippet owner friends, but when we and our Whippet owner friends win our way to the Champion of Champions qualifer with our Whippets, because our dogs are born into the Whippets breed, they are not allowed to take part.
Tullylish, I think you need to wise up and smell the roses. This is total discrimination against the Whippet breed, and as these creatures are dumb animals, we in the Whippet fraternity here have to speak up for them. They are entitled to the same treatment as any other breed in the show who qualifies. Whippets race/hunt and show.
Why advertise classes at your show, when you know if a Whippet wins, they will not
qualify any further, yet Terriers, Lurchers and strong dogs can go all the way. Crazy and bitterley disappointed and aired my views to the organisers at the show on the day.
What is the rules in England at the qualifer, do they turn Whippets away to. Maybe our Whippet friends in England would enlighten us on this.