Nov 29, 2015 | Adventures, Boomer the Pug, Dog Shows, George, Tips, Travels & Trips
This has been the best dog show adventure EVER! And to experience it all with Rayna and her daughter Normandy? What’s better than the best?? Seriously! so awesome. We humans had a great time, with it being a somewhat, smaller show, the dogs were not stressed out...
Nov 29, 2015 | Boomer the Pug, Junior Showmanship
At dinner yesterday, we all discussed some of the tweaks that Alexis could make for her time in the ring today for Juniors. The tweaks were minor – no running, just pick up the speed a tad, to walk towards the center of the far mat, turn and self stack Boomer...
Nov 29, 2015 | Dog Shows, Tips
So we had Alexis take Tipsy into the ring this morning to test out my theory that my anxiety is going down the lead and defecting her. Well, theory defeated! She did better for me yesterday! Alexis seriously did a fantastic job with what she had to work with. she was...
Nov 29, 2015 | Adventures, Dog Shows, Travels & Trips
The idea of sleeping in South Carolina but driving into Georgia for the dog show is entertaining, especially since we living n Central Florida, with no state borders in close proximity. The best part of the drive though is the view. It’s a straight shot but...
Nov 28, 2015 | Adventures, Dog Shows
After we fishing up with all of our ring assignments, we headed back to the hotel, changed into our comfy clothes and then headed back to the convention center to catch the Ferry to head on over and explore the Historic District and of course, eat us some dinner and...
Nov 28, 2015 | Boomer the Pug, Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship
With Alexis being able to watch many different people handle her breed today, she witnessed an individual running, another walking very fast and even another walking very slow. I know first hand that she is a visual learner, having spent almost two years watching and...
Nov 28, 2015 | Dog Shows, Tips
I had Tipsy out ring side since we got here, hoping to get her acclimated to the building before our ring time. Her tail was somewhat up – until we walked into the ring. Of course!!! I won’t say I walked in defeated but I can admit that I had a feeling of...
Nov 28, 2015 | Boomer the Pug, Dog Shows
This was Alexis and Boomer’s first show in 5 months and let me tell you – It was as if they showed just yesterday! They are a well oiled machine that picked right up where they left off. Amazing to watch those two for sure. He watches her every move and...
Nov 27, 2015 | Boomer the Pug
Now that we have settled in to our room, we headed on over to Rayna’s hotel room to visit and of course, get Boomer. It only took a couple of seconds for Boomer to realize his “person” was in the room and witnessing the reconnection brought tears to...
Nov 27, 2015 | Adventures, Travels & Trips
We have headed up I95 to attend the Savannah, Georgia shows this weekend and Rayna suggested that we stay at the Red Roof Inn up in Hardeeville, South Carolina. The drive up was really rather nice, which was surprising for being a holiday weekend – We...
