Caleb,
That show in Houston was one I wanted to go to but I thought it was in November from a breeders web sit I found. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Since I've never gone to one I'll not have high expectations and we'll just see how it turns out. I have looked at the schedule and know what times and rings the breeds I'm interested in are showing so I'm hoping that if I wait until after their show time they will have a few minutes to chat.
There are 18 mastiffs listed then a separate listing for bull mastiffs I think it was. Does that mean that if it just says mastiff it is an EM? If I remember correctly there were 3 newfs listed as well.
If I actually get to Little Rock next weekend I'll let ya'll know how it goes.
dawn[/QUOTE
Yep, It was 2 weekends ago in the Reliant Center. I went about 930 and knew the Cane Corso were showing in ring 10 at 1045, and unlike the previous show, which was in 2007, they held pretty close to the schedule and ring locations. In 2007, it was all screwed up and we were chasing Mastiffs, Dogues and Neos and we missed all of them because they didnt hold to the schedule. We had pretty high expectations at the time, and figured we were gonna be surrounded by dog people, willing to talk dog....not the case at all! We also didnt have kids at the time and we were a little more mobile and less frustrated. This time we drug our kids with us and it seemed like people were scowling at us. We actually got chewed out for prowling thru the grooming areas with a stroller. Im all about rules and regulations, and I follow policies, but if its worth getting ugly with someone about, I think there needs to be a sign or something...anyway....so I found some mastiff people and asked them if they had seen any Corsos hanging around and they told us to read the schedule and find their ring, and catch them when they were done showing. We did exactlly that, and as soon as they left the ring, the handlers literally ran away with the dogs, and exited the center completely. It was a bummer!
---------- Post added at 08:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:32 AM ----------
...and for all I know there might be another show in November...I just got lucky driving back from Conroe and saw a sign, so we went. But you can bet, come November, Im gonna be spending that time with MY DOG! LOL.
watch where you are stepping in case someone missed cleaning up after a dog. Good luck and have fun. Ask lots of questions of the people who have the dogs and are there. 
