Dog lovers and their well-groomed pooches converged on Dubbo Showground at the weekend for the annual dog show but not as many as organisers were hoping for.
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Dubbo and District Kennel Club president Michael Theris said there were 280 dogs registered on Saturday.
“Numbers are getting lower and lower,” Mr Theris said.
“We would have had 900 dogs 20 years ago. It looks like this might be our last year.”
Mr Theris said the low numbers and high cost of using the showground could see the show championship show end.
The show dogs might be decreasing, but Mr Theris said people had travelled from as far as Sydney and Cessnock to attend the competition.
“Everyone loves the country,” he said.
As well as showing off the dogs, for only the second time in 12 years owners also had the option of taking their dogs to obedience training while they were at the showground.
Shannon Jeffries from Parkes was one of the people who had brought her dogs along for the competition.
Ms Jeffries said she “travelled everywhere” to enter her three pugs in dog shows.
Her dog Princess became an Australian Champion when she was 12 months old and with 600 points was well on her way to becoming Grand Champion.
