BittyMooPeeb Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 There are no local shows here over summer (Canberra) so I show in Sydney during this time. This is my second year showing at Erskine Park in Summer, and I have found it very different to showing anywhere else (Brisbane, Canberra, southern NSW, Victoria) in that I can guarantee that at every show, at least one person will be unnesessarily rude to me! :D Other exhibitors, judges & stewards (both EP 'locals') have all had a go at one time - all (IMO) without good cause. I know it is not me as it doesn't happen anywhere else LOL. Do others experience this? Is it Sydneysiders way of telling the non-locals to b*gger off? (and if so, what does it take to become a local?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamSnag Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Oh i found this also.. god help if i asked for help again.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyMooPeeb Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Looks like it only happens to you and me TeamSnag :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Awww we are not all like that Most of us there are a friendly bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaY Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Looks like it only happens to you and me TeamSnag :D It's because you both smell ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owned by Shelties Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I hope it doesnt happen to me next year when I show in NSW... I heard they were friendly and very welcoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janba Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) I once made a comment like this and got accused of breeder/shower bashing I venture up to the show rings from herding now at EP only to buy food. ETA I am a local just a very infrequent shower. Edited December 31, 2010 by Janba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I guess it depends who you ask! There have been a few rotten apples that I've met particularly when I was new to showing, but since then I've found an awesome amount of people who are more than willing to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySoaringMagpie Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I hope it doesnt happen to me next year when I show in NSW... I heard they were friendly and very welcoming Regional NSW is great fun as a general rule. I really like doing regional NSW shows, generally very easy going and people usually don't get their knickers in a twist. I show in the Southern Region of NSW, can't really speak for the North or Central. Sydney is a bit different in my experience. While I've never had anyone be rude to me personally (that I can recall anyway - perhaps they have and I didn't notice :D) I usually find Sydney more humorless and less forgiving. Sydney is 3 hours each way for us so we only go for Specialities, or rarely, for a specialist judge in our breed. Summer heat is also a problem, we are used to dry heat, and the sticky humid heat of Sydney is heavy going for us, never mind the dogs!! In short, if people with cats bum expressions were the only "problem" we'd probably go each week, but the petrol, time and weather are the other factors against frequent Sydney showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 A lady won Group with her Saluki recently at Holbrook Show and she and her mother were SOOOO excited. I congratulated her afterwards and she said that, apart from having won Group, it had been the nicest show experience she'd ever had. She said that she normally shows in Sydney and that people were rude and nasty all the time but that she would now choose to show rurally more often. Obviously that is only one person's viewpoint but based on what BMP says maybe it is not an isolated view . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySoaringMagpie Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 A lady won Group with her Saluki recently at Holbrook Show and she and her mother were SOOOO excited. I congratulated her afterwards and she said that, apart from having won Group, it had been the nicest show experience she'd ever had. She said that she normally shows in Sydney and that people were rude and nasty all the time but that she would now choose to show rurally more often. Obviously that is only one person's viewpoint but based on what BMP says maybe it is not an isolated view . That's nice for the lady and her mum, was it a red fringed dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benshiva Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 How sad It certainly is not that way for me and I would NEVER make anyone feel uncomfortable. Come and find me around the Working Dog ring and I'll say hi Not that I venture to Sydney a great deal anymore, but I never find people around the Working Dog ring mean when I do go there. :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamSnag Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have met some wonderful ppl down there.. but some omg ... I asked for help within my own breed and yes they didnt know me but if someone asked me i would of helped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Amazing - just had this conversation with someone else yesterday. She had been to Melbourne to show a bit lately and commented that it was crappy, the people are often unfriendly or two faced etc etc. I passed the comment that that is the main reason we dont go out of our way to travel to Syd or Melb for shows. Here is Sth NSW SMP is correct, we are very friendly. I like rural shows, we get relatively good numbers, great weather (most of the time), its not stressful, its good company, great friends, a picnic lunch, a couple of drinks if you like, finished early and home without panic. I see no reason to rush to big city shows unless ( and this is not directed to anyone inparticular) maybe some people feel they a have a point to prove or want bigger or better competition. I'm not a very compoetitive person so it doesnt worry me. And Trisven, that lady was over the moon at Holbrook, and its a great little show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancyk Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 You are quite right - showing in Sydney, particularly Erskine Park can be Toxic. Many people no longer show there and numbers indicate that is correct - interesting that many country shows have increasing numbers. We decided long ago not to put up the garbage. At one show a person who was on committee for the show we attended had set up her Gazebo ringisde. We went to set up behind as all the ringside spots were taken. I put out mat down leaving a good 1.5m gap and the next thing was told by this person "I hope you aren't setting up too close cause your dogs are savage". Needless to say we went ahead and guess whose dogs behaved well as usual all day and whose dogs barked, growled and almost tipped over their crates everytime a dog or person went past. Nasty, just like their owner. A few weeks previously with person had judged our group and when examining a grown male suddenly stepped forward, bent over really quickly (I thought she was falling) and flpped her hair all over the dogs face, touching his head with her forehead. The dog backed away to the end of the lead and looks at her in astonishment. Just as well he wasn't savage!!!. She apologized profusely at the time, but after the event at the next show we wonder if she did do it on purpose. Anyway to cut a long story short I "outed" her on Ozshow. Worked a treat and if anyone wants to play games with us will do it again and again. Bad behaviour shouldn't be tolerated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 A lady won Group with her Saluki recently at Holbrook Show and she and her mother were SOOOO excited. I congratulated her afterwards and she said that, apart from having won Group, it had been the nicest show experience she'd ever had. She said that she normally shows in Sydney and that people were rude and nasty all the time but that she would now choose to show rurally more often. Obviously that is only one person's viewpoint but based on what BMP says maybe it is not an isolated view :D. That's nice for the lady and her mum, was it a red fringed dog? Possibly - it WAS an unusual colour and she said that she gets bagged in Sydney for his colour. It was the nicest win I've seen in AGES - like I would be if a Fauve won - she cried, her Mum cried - it was just gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Honnestly I've not found it any different from any other show I've been too. There are good and bad everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantiah Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 The nastiness in Sydney is just one of the reasons I rarely show in Sydney anymore. When I do its not with the toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 The nastiness in Sydney is just one of the reasons I rarely show in Sydney anymore. When I do its not with the toys. Now if YOU say it I believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySoaringMagpie Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Possibly - it WAS an unusual colour and she said that she gets bagged in Sydney for his colour. It was the nicest win I've seen in AGES - like I would be if a Fauve won - she cried, her Mum cried - it was just gorgeous! Yes, that's the one I'm thinking of, we shared the shelter near the canteen at Junee and had a chat in the pouring rain and mud last year. They would have been chuffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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