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Can someone explain to me why there has to be 10 dogs entered before a show will run?

This seems rather silly in my opinion and counterproductive.

My goal was to have a Silky Terrier Specialty every night this month to help promote the breed.

Even with 3 breeders we only had 8 dogs so now I've lost the $200 for sponsoring it plus We didn't get to show.

Perhaps we could discuss removing the limitation. I feel that if someone is willing spend the money and people are willing to pay entry fees they should be able to show regardless of how many are entered.

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Last edited by Silk N Denim Terriers on 9/1/2015 10:27:00 AM

Yes I agree, it doesn't encourage people to pay for specialities. I remember paying out for specialities in the past that didn't run due to a lack of entries. I didn't know about the minimum of 10 entries at the time, I messaged Admin but didn't get replies & carried on paying out for specialities. Then I finally figured it out. This put me off sponsoring shows for a very long time & I would only do it if I had enough showable dogs to pile in the show to make up the numbers & could afford to do that too. Surely that ends up being counterproductive for a breed as creating your own specialities and then swamping them with entries is hardly conducive to other people to then enter their dogs - especially if you have good dogs & are likely to beat them.

Speciality shows for the popular breeds are great additions to the schedule, but for those breeds that are struggling to survive they are a tough decision to make.

Maybe the 10 entry limit could be reduced for all the breeds that are currently deemed to be Rare Breeds within the game?

I 100% agree! Maybe make a poll?

I'm in total agreement with removing the limit for all rare breeds.

I was never aware of the 10 dog entry limit.

I think the suggestion for removing it either all together or at least removing it for the rare breeds is a fantastic idea to help encourage more people to sponsor shows.

I think the OP should make a poll for this

rats - a specialty in my breed and I didn't enter enough dogs?

Sigh.

Entering heaps of dogs to the rest.

I will make a poll so we can all vote on it.

Silk we didn't have enough dogs the first night for it to run. Least night I entered a brood girl to make ten. She was dismissed for not being sessioned but at least the show ran lol.