Today she laid down on the deck to be “eye-to-eye” with her playmates and they beyond love it! Not only was she not towering over them but they got to jump up onto her and climb! They all had blast!

I will be showing him at the Brooksville circuit next month if all goes well and I cannot wait to learn from him while he soaks in the Florida sunshine. His coat is absolutely amazing! I wonder what the warmer weather’s going to do do it? I know that cold weather will grow a nice, thick coat. I think he has enough to share! I think my lessons are going to start in grooming that’s for sure!

Within minutes of him walking into the house he fit right in with Figgy crew like he been here forever! He’s going to do just fine.

I also had to bring Margie for her to go back to South Carolina for her breeding. Candice is a true life saver for transporting her for us – It looks like she is in awesome hands!

Day two as equally as fun! More friends, more Duncan fun and way more laughs! I so love this time of the year! So much excitement and so many amazing dogs!

First, this would be Margie’s last breeding and then she will retire with us permanently. I’m very excited to see what she produces. She’ll be going back to Rayna next week for her breeding.

Millie will be bred to Tino! This will be his first breeding and potentially her last! This will be a line breeding her paternal side and I am excited to see what the results are. Fingers crossed everyone!!!!!

She will very gently paw them, getting down onto their level to make it easier for them play with and ON her! Even the adult join in from time to time! Not that we ever have any plans to breed, I can tell you that she would make an amazing mother!

Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I would own a Whippet. The average non-dog person doesn’t even know what a Whippet is and honestly they are such an amazing breed! Breezy has come so far with us and to our amazement, has fit it perfectly into our pack – often times mimicking the Chihuahua ways! Margie is the source of our smiles, entertainment and never ending affectionate love! Such a sweet and giving breed that you simply cannot help but fall in love with! These two girls have taught us to much and never could we even imagine life without them in it!

It started with me standing ringside on Saturday afternoon with Roadster and Curtis. I was given their armband numbers and classes along with the plan to have them ready ringside for Darius to show. I would hand each one off and then help bring them back in for Breed. Unfortunately the judge in their ring went much faster than we anticipated and the judge for Havanese went much slower. Hence….They called in the Lakelands and I was standing their dumbfound and unprepared!

Holding the leash for two difference dogs in one hand and their armbands in another I wasn’t too sure how to proceed so wit the judge looking at me with a kind yet inquisitive expression I just handed him the leads and said “Can you hold these please?” as I put on my rubberband and the first armband. (which I eventually discovered wad the wrong one) As he handed me the Roadster, the judge was kind enough to hand Curtis to a bystander and then adjust and secure my armband. I will forever be thankful for the amazing Mr Cole!!!

I then walked into the ring with Roadster without any knowledge or understanding of how to even show this breed. Like their speed, how to hold their lead, how to present them – NOTHING! I figured I would follow his lead. Roadster was trotting so I trotted. More like a very fast walk with a hop here and there. Or a jog perhaps? Yes, we jogged around the ring. Without skipping a beat, the judge watched us go around the ring and then had me lift him up onto the table. Roaster was awesome and stood their like a perfect gentleman. We then jogged around the ring again for us to get our first place ribbon. I switched dogs and then came back into the ring with Curtis.

Curtis was a tad more animated and he RAN – so I ran! So much so that I thought perhaps Roadster – being what I thought was the puppy (he wasn’t) – was gong too slow and that Curtis was gaiting at the correct speed so I relaxed and just went with it. Now he was also more aggressive on the table – More than any Chihuahua I have ever shown. I grabbed him by the beard and tugged. Not sure where that idea came from but I went with it and it seemed to work.

As I was given Curtis’ first place ribbon, Darius walked to the ring and was able to help us go back in for breed. With he class and style only Darius has he didn’t skip a beat and we presented the dogs with Roadster – the dog Darius was on – taking breed. I noticed that he was much further behind me in the ring – not running like Curtis and I were but merely walking? It wasn’t until we were out of the ring and well away from the judge that Darius politely asked me, “Why were you running in the ring?”

My response?

“Because they ran???”

Needless to say, as I proceeded to share the story of my adventures in the show ring I don’t know if they were tears of embarrassment or of laughter but many were streaming down both of our faces. From my handing the dogs off to the judge for him to hold to me simply running around the ring with a walking breed, I took it all in stride and just went with it. Nothing else you can do but laugh right? Apparently it was quite entertaining for those outside the ring of as well. Rumor has it that it happened so quickly that no one could get their cellphone cameras out fast enough to record the sight before them. Rumor also had it that if I was stuck showing them today that many cameras would be fixed upon me. The question was, would I run two days in a row? I had to keep everyone guessing of course. Maybe I would, maybe I wouldn’t!?1?

Now today I was lucky enough to have friends waiting ringside with me. Thank you so much BrandyBen Victor for volunteering and taking the Terriers in for me. Darius was again held up with Havansese but made it for Breed and this time the correct dogs were shown with the correct armbands in the correct classes! A win win WIN! And no videos of my running around the ring 😉

Dolly and I are always up to something when we are together and this weekend was no exception. Hanging with Hiram again and being his little Minions is always good for a few laughs. I was so proud to be able to help see both my friends get group placements in the Toy Group! Go Hiram and Dollly!

In Team Figgy, I entered Georgie for a junior to show this weekend but she want able to attend after all so I got to show him. He is out of shop condition and hasn’t been in the ring in almost a year but that didn’t stop him from doing his thing! We had fun today in the ring just like the good ol’ days. Tino on the other hand was a complete pistol and didn’t want to cooperate. He played with the lead the entire time we moved and he simply wasn’t going to give control to ANYONE! We got Select which was a gift based on his behavior! I’ll take it the single GC point!

I also got to watch Emma and Breezy again in Juniors – They really have done so well together. I cannot wait to see them grow even more! So proud!

Karen, Emma and Anna drove over to not only pick up Breezy but also play with the puppies and of course, take in lunch at Bahama Breeze! We had a blast – and have decided that we need to do this WAY more often!  Especially since the two seemed to just blend on their first trip around the cul-de-sac. I think they may have a really good shot at being a nice Junior team! Fingers Crossed!