Planning Your

Dog's Show Career

Create a clear, achievable path for your show dog with advice on everything from classes to branding

Learn how to map out your dog's show 'career' from the puppy classes to the veteran classes and everything in between. We will talk about how to set goals, achieving championships and rankings, how to decide which shows you will attend, attending Specialties and the 'big' shows, and much more.

Topics will include:

  • When to enter Baby Puppy and Puppy classes
  • Getting your dog's Championship and Grand Championship
  • Earning Breed & All Breed / Top Dog points
  • Photos, advertising and branding
  • What is your goal? How to set a goal!
  • When to reconsider, when to fast track
  • Having multiple goals for life stages
  • Working with others / your breeder
  • Attending National Specialties and larger/prestigious shows i.e. Westminster, Orlando, Crufts, etc.
  • Considerations of local shows vs travelling
  • The National Owner Handler Series
  • When to “retire” and coming out of retirement
  • Veteran, National Specialties, great opportunities
  • Considerations with breeding your dog & showing your dog

If you're ready to create goals for yourself and your show dog and map out what you'd like to achieve, this is the webinar for you!

This webinar was originally broadcast live on June 25th, 2025. Enroll today to instantly access the webinar recording and ebook!

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Curated Q&A

As always, our curated Q&A is here to help with any and all questions. Enroll now and learn from your peer's submitted questions, photos and videos on a variety of topics.

Certificate of Achievement

Receive a certificate of achievement to recognize your completion of this course!

Allison Alexander

Believing that you should always do what you love, Allison Alexander became a professional handler in 1987 and presented Canada's top dogs for over 30 years. Allison has bred, owned, groomed and handled many breeds across all seven groups and has finished more than 2000 champions!

With more than 750 All-Breed Best in Shows, she is proud to have been highly awarded at such prestigious shows as Crufts, the World Dog Show, Westminster Kennel Club, and the AKC Invitational.

In 2017, Allison launched Leading Edge Dog Show Academy, the world's first online dog show training school. Her mission is to help mentor a new generation of dog show enthusiasts through innovative video-based grooming and handling lessons. She looks forward to working with enthusiastic students as they perfect their skills on the way to the winner's circle!



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