I, thus, watched the show for about two and half hours, while I felt sorry for a young Indian lady of my regional company, who accompanied me to guide in the city, for making her very bored.
The show site was a kind of sports ground amid a woody area. It was a outdoor show, but the climate in New Delhi at this time of the year was quite comfortable, and the very day of the show was blessed with gorgious sun shine.
The catalogue is luxurier than I expected with 40 pages without ads. It lists 267 entries to the show.
Unfortunately, there was no Scottish Terrier entry, and only 4 terriers, one for each of Wire and Smooth Fox Terriers and 2 Bull Terriers, were shown.
My first impression in the show site was the dominance of large dogs.The catalogue tells the numbers of entries by breed as follows.
Top: German Shephard Dog (33)
Top tie: Rottweiler (33)
#3: Labrador Retriever (26)
#4: Beagle (20)
#5: Saint Bernard (17)
then, Boxer, Great Dane, Pug follow, each counting 14, follow.
I noticed the difference to the show in Japan as follows.
(1) There was no paddock. Few people groomed and finished up their dogs at the site. They only combed their dog when they bring them into the rings.
(2) Because of the above, there was no diesel enginge generator, and the site was comfortablly quiet only with voices of dogs and people.
(3) There seemed to be no professional handlers, and owner handling seemed dominant.
(4) The clothes of the handlers were fairly casual. There ware even some handlers in T-shirts and blue jeans.
The examination of the small dogs was done on an ordinary table, not on a trimming table. This photo shows the examination of American Cocker Spaniel.The organization home pavillion also shows the local taste.
A couple of glances of the site.The atmosphere of the show was quite genial and homey with family outings.
Far more elderly people and children were around than in the shows in Japan.
Although I can not judge the qualities of the dogs shown, I felt that their gaits were of somewhat low level, as I saw dogs refusing to walk or wandering.
A couple of breeders were showing and selling puppies at a corner of the site, which I have not seen in Japan. The poster of one of them shown above told that one of the dogs they had bred won in JKC Bibai Dog Fanciers Club Show in Japan, which means Indian-bred dogs are running in the Japanese show scenes. I was not able to make it sure as I could not talk with the breeder under the fear that I might have to buy one there as the Indian merchants are famous as alert businesspersons!
Out of the fence of the site, a guy, who seemed not to be certified as a breeder, was selling puppies.I had a great break and relief during my business trip to the unfamiliar country.
