Getting ready to start showing. I need a FULL LIST of what I need. Ex. cages, shoes?? Leashes. What do all of you have for yourselves and your Car???
How much money do you think it will run?

I have a list made in Excel that I can print off and check it off as I pack. Here are the items you may need for an overnight trip/out-of-town show:
Alarm Clock
Bait
Blanket for ringside
Bleach water
Bottled Water for Me
Bucket for Pooper Scooper
Business cards
Camera & case
Canopy
Car Crates
Cell phone & charger
Chair for ringside
Cones
Contacts & Cleaner, Case, Saline Solution
Cooler
Crate Pads
Dinner Clothes
Directions
Dog Bowls
Dog Fans
Dog Food
Dremel
Fan Batteries
First Aid kit for dog and me
Garbage bags
Glasses
Hair Dryer/Mouse/Hair spray
Hotel Confirmation
Hotel Crates
Ibruphon
Ice
Jewelry
Judging Program
Jugs of Water for Dogs
Locks for crates
Makeup & Lip Balm
Maps just in case a road gets closed/GPS
Medicine for diarrhea for the dog / other meds for me
Paper Towels
Plastic to put under crates in hotel room
Play Clothes
Poop bags
Pooper Scooper
Rain gear with boots
Ringside Crates
Scissors to cut zip-ties and plastic
Shampoo/Soap/Face Cleanser
Shoes
Show Box - normal grooming items
Show Clothes
Show Leads
Spray water bottle for ringside
Sun Glasses
Sun Screen for me + Hand cream
Sun Screens and Clips for Van
Sun Visor
Towels
Underwear, slip, socks, and nylons
Water Buckets
X-Pens with clips to connect x-pens
Zip-ties

I hope this helps - as far as the money, it isn't a cheap hobby but you can control certain expenses as far as the type of hotel you stay at, whether you choose to have a roommate/travel buddy, where you eat at, etc....

Thanks Judy that is a great list. I have alot of shopping to do. I am a bargain shopper.. What do NOT SKIMP on.. What are the best cages???? Soft and for the car

the most important thing- a good dog!

A GOOD pair or two of shoes. Rubber soles!

Extra pantyhose (if you are wearing a skirt), safety pins and a small sewing kit for last minute wardrobe malfunctions! :0)

My biggest Ah,ha was rain gear. Always have rain gear. And a folding chair.

They are called crates or kennels, not "cages"!
Wow.

Be nice! It is Friday for goodness sakes. Cages, crates...we all knew what the OP was talking about.

Try PetEdge.com for your crates (Midwest).

"Stuff" happens. Remember to bring your 'entry confirmation' from the Show Superintendent with reference #. If there is any discrepency, you'll need this letter with reference #. You receive this info either in the mail or as an e-mail. A week prior to the show you'll get judge's name, ring #, catalog #, class & time.
And most importantly, a positive attitude!

and bring a good pro handler

Thick skin. Years of patience and a big bank account!

A decent pair of shoes to wear for your 'WIN' pics. Nothing looks worse than a daggy pair of shoes stickin' out in the middle of the 'Win' photo