Golden Gate bench show in San Francisco in February, the International show in Chicago, and the Credit Valley shows in Toronto are usually places there is a good curly entry. The American Kennel Club site lists their shows including the ones mentioned above. The magazine Dog World often lists the AKC shows and is available at many newsstands. Like any other dog breed, curlies must be supervised when they are with children. Children can be enthusiastic and sometimes rough with dogs.
Curlies can be boisterous.
Often they are unaware of the effects of their size and can knock over small children. However most curlies like children and only need structure to play safely with them. Curlies are discriminating barkers. The will bark at new things but dont bark on and on and on. They can be protective depending on their training and individual personality.