Thread: Fat Labs

That is why I feel, @HF1, that more people with minority breeds should attend ribbon parades where you give trainee judges the opportunity to see examples of the breed. Certainly there is no challenge point to possibly win, but at least the judge will know for next time!!

Unfortunately not many clubs run ribbon parades or open shows these days. With the cost of entries and travelling people want to go where they can get a challenge point towards their championship title. If any ribbon parades or open shows are held, they are usually in conjunction with another show and you can only find out the information from the NZKC magazine which not everyone gets.

A bit like club field trials. I still can't remember how I managed to find out about club trials but unless you join a club you don't get to hear about them. It's a shame because I think we could attract more people to the sport if the information was more readily available.

I'd like to see clubs making use of their local newspapers to let people in the area know that they exist and what they do.