Cedar fiber is kinda of like a sawdust but we always put a few bags of it in a big trash barrel and then fill it with water, but you have to let the water drain out so we just poked holes in the barrel towards the bottom, you just really have to make sure you soak it down really really good...
Around here we use some stuff called cedar fiber but its really hard to find, so lately we've been usin just regular cedar mulch and dont go through near as much as we did when we used pine shavings.
Show Heifer you make a good point, friends are truly the best fitters because the do want you to do the best you can and, you know you can trust them (which will take some stress from showday too!).From expierince dont let any beer on showday never let a drunken man with a pair of clippers even...