Word from the APKC® Board of Directors:
Many of us have limited or no experience in dog shows. We are painfully aware of how overwhelming it can be to enter the dog show world with zero experience. Unless you’re an experienced dog shower, you may not understand the purpose of a dog show beyond a beauty contest.
Shows are an important aspect of progressing this breed. Attending these functions can be a lot of fun. We hope to keep the stress, drama, and politics away so we all have a clear path to learn more, have a community of fellow breeders to discuss our challenges, and move forward together in unity.
Bringing the Pomsky Community Together!
The official term for dog shows, Conformation Events, evaluates dogs by how closely they resemble the breed’s standard. As we are developing the Pomsky breed, hosting these events will help us ensure that the breed continues to stay on track with the breed standard as defined by the American Pomsky Kennel Club® as found here (APKC Pomsky Breed Standard)
While a dog show may look like a beauty pageant, it serves a much higher purpose. Dogs are not being compared to each other; rather, they’re being measured by how closely they conform to the established standard.
Why? The closer a dog’s appearance is to the breed’s standard, the better that dog’s ability will be to produce puppies that meet the standard. This is also the reason why spayed or neutered dogs that do not have DNA proof are ineligible to compete in the Pomsky Standard Conformation dog shows.
EVENTS:
October 12-13, 2024 - Pittsburgh PA - COMPLETED!
WEST COAST SHOW - Next!
SOUTH SHOW
CENTRAL - NATIONAL SHOW
New to Pomsky Shows?
We recognize many breeders/owners may be new to the dog show world, regulations, or expectations. To ease any jitters, especially for new breeders, we are working to put together a pre-show resource kit — once available you can expect to find links to these resources here on the site within the Show section, and we will publish announcements as these updates roll out to ensure everyone is kept up-to-date and informed. This kit is expected to include helpful video demonstrations of what would be expected of the dog and handler at the show, a checklist of what essentials to bring or buy, and a confirmed schedule of the expected groups and categories that will comprise the competition.
Resources:
Email: Shows@americanpomskykennelclub.org
Please send any questions and comments, and we will provide answers, address concerns, and offer support. If you’d like to donate to the club for events like this, please use this link.
If you’d like to purchase APKC® merchandise, 100% of those profits goes back to the club to help our mission and supports events like these as well. Here’s a link to the storefront.
VOLUNTEERS: We would love your assistance! Please email us with when you could help and if you have any special skills.
Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you at the shows!