Nov 19, 2016 | Breeze the Whippet, Flirt, Junior Showmanship, Pryia the Australian Shepherd, Showing Chihuahuas, Stella
The last two days I worked on getting Stella accustomed to the show site and to walking on a show lead AT A DOG SHOW! We got her walking beautifully at home. It’s the show site that sends her into a tizzy. I had her walking on Thursday beautifully until a sudden...
Nov 18, 2016 | Breeze the Whippet, Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Pryia the Australian Shepherd
… Sorta! Was an early morning rain time we kicked off today with the Whippets, freezing cold and shaking. We are still learning a lot about this breed and it never occurred to me to pick up a jacket for her. The other whippets we’re kept warm with jackets...
Oct 14, 2016 | Chihuahua Club of America, Dog Clubs, Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Photo Booth, Specialties
Traveling so far for a dog show without showing any dogs has been surprisingly AWESOME! I have loved being able to actually watch the show, really look at all of the Chihuahuas, hanging with great friends, meeting such fabulous people and of course, getting to run the...
Oct 3, 2016 | Breeze the Whippet, Junior Showmanship
While at the dog show over the weekend, we were approached with the idea of Alexis working with a Whippet as a junior dog. The loss of Boomer has been enormous and the possibility of having more than one dog to show in juniors is ideal. Breeze stayed with us Saturday...
Oct 1, 2016 | George, Junior Showmanship, Owner-Handler, Pryia the Australian Shepherd
So I started today thinking “we’ll just go with it”. You see, This is Georgie’s second weekend of “move up” entries and just as with last week I planned to just go through the motions because I already paid the entry fees. In my...
Sep 24, 2016 | Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Pryia the Australian Shepherd
In addition to meeting ringside with the owner of Magic so that Alexis can show her the weekend, she is also trying out working for Renee as on of her assistance. She helps walk and tend to the dogs, insures they have water and bring the to and from the ring. In...