I know someone who despises showing and hates the stuck up show types who maybe keep 20 odd dogs or so in a block of kennels and does little else but feed them and let them out for a piss 2 or 3 times a day and breed a few just to conform to a daft breed standard, get excited about the shape of a dog's nostril, bob about a show ring for a little while, then find out what a person thinks of your dog and win a rosette. I'd get much more satisfaction from my dog catching more rabbits than my mate's dog because at least then he is proving what a good dog he is - I don't have to be told by someone