SURVEY says
IS THE NUMBER OF SHOWS YOU ENTER DETERMINED BY THE JUDGE, THE DISTANCE, THE VENUE? ON AVERAGE HOW MANY SHOWS DO YOU ENTER ON A MONTHLY BASIS?
Judges are the main factor. The venue is a factor, weather conditions for the area of outdoor shows and AC/Heat for the indoor shows. If the judges are good and the show site is good we do not mind driving 3-4 hours. —Anonymous Judge and distance. Don't care about venue...most impor- tantly, do they offer NOHS? If not, chances are I will not go. —Anonymous The number of shows I enter is determined by the judge (not the case when I started out and bigger show budget, haha). When I have something showworthy I try to make it to two weekends a month to cluster venues. —Anonymous
It’s a combination of all 3. Usually 2-3 days average amonth for the year. —Anonymous
The judge, 2-3 show per month. —Anonymous
Mostly by judge try to avoid judges who are not well versed in the breeds we show. Distance is also a consideration but will travel for more shows with good judges. Do about 8 shows a month. Average distance to shows 6 to 8 hours. Will travel to the nationals where ever they are. -John Rawleigh
The distance, the venue and judge. —Anonymous
Judges and distance. 3-4. —Anonymous
Primarily distance, but if I don’t like the judges I might skip and go to the next closest. The other thing you didn’t ask about is day of week. Recently I picked shows with three shows on the two day weekend over longer clusters that I would have had to use vacation days for. I prefer to use vacation days for Royal Canin, Westminster, and the Na- tional. I think distance (because driving time might mean days away from work) and days of the week affect a lot of owner handlers. —Anonymous
All three, 8-10. —Anonymous
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