Editing Pet (section)

==== Entertainment ====
The popularity of dog and pet keeping generated [[animal fancy]]. Dog fanciers showed enthusiasm for owning pets, breeding dogs, and showing dogs in various shows. The first [[Conformation show|dog show]] took place on 28 June 1859 in Newcastle and focused mostly on sporting and hunting dogs.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in Victorian Age|last=Ritvo|first=Harriet|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1987|location=Cambridge|pages=7–8}}</ref> However, pet owners produced an eagerness to demonstrate their pets as well as have an outlet to compete.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age|last=Ritvo|first=Harriet|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1987|location=Cambridge|page=98}}</ref> Thus, pet animals gradually were included within dog shows. The first large show, which would host one thousand entries, took place in Chelsea in 1863.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age|last=Ritvo|first=Harriet|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1987|location=Cambridge|page=66}}</ref> The [[Kennel club|Kennel Club]] was created in 1873 to ensure fairness and organization within dog shows. The development of the ''[[Stud book|Stud Book]]'' by the Kennel Club defined policies, presented a national registry system of purebred dogs, and essentially institutionalized dog shows.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age|last=Ritvo|first=Harriet|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1987|location=Cambridge|page=104}}</ref>