The first such event was held in 2005 when BIG organized a dog show in cooperation with Eesti Post. With the funds raised from the event the Pärnu dog shelter was able to better organize its premises and build new running areas and kennels for its dogs. Proceeds from the 2006 show, held at Tallinn's Song Festival Grounds, were donated to the Tartu animal shelter for the construction of an exercise yard. The money raised from participation fees, ticket sales and visitor donations to the 2007 show was donated to the Võru and Haapsalu homeless animal shelters to improve the animals' living conditions. The BIG Match Show was held again in 2008 in partnership with the Association of Estonian Dog Owners, as a result of which almost 25,000 Kroons was donated to the Rakvere and Kohtla-Järve animal shelters. The ‘dog-friendly deed of the year' contest was also organized for the first time at the event, won by Piret Audse, who has worked for many years to solve the problems associated with stray animals.

In 2009, the charity dog-show took place already for the fifth year. The jubleum event took place on 11 October at the Kristiine Sports Hall (Forelli 12). 2009 BIG Match Show was visited by about 1000 people and 204 dogs took place in the show, of whom the title of the general winner was given to a mixed-bred dog named Jasper, who belongs to Maria Tengi. That year the dog show raised a record amount of 38,819 Estonian kroons for the support of the Valga and Viljandi animal shelters. The Valga shelter is in desperate need of new disinfecting lamps, which help to keep different bacteria and germs away from the room, and the Viljandi shelter plans to do tiling work in the living quarters of the animals.

For the second year, the show included announcing the winner of the Most Dog Friendly Deed of the Year competition, who this year was Oskar Sisas, who spent almost 40,000 Estonian kroons for the medical treatments of his four-legged friend Simba, who he had adopted from an animal shelter.

In 2010, the charity dog exhibition BIG Match Show held in Tallinn on 17 October raised 31,651 kroons in support of the shelter, which will be used primarily to upgrade the conditions in which the animals are kept and carry out sanitary repairs. The shelter also needs to acquire plastic cages known as ‘skippers’ in which to transport its animals.

In 2010 BIG Match Show was attended by almost 1000 people, with 200 dogs being entered. The overall winner of the event was Milo, a mixed-breed owned by Lea Rahu. Both pure-bred and mixed-breed dogs took part in the show in different categories according to their age and size – puppies, adults and seniors of above or below knee height.

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