I’m staying up here by myself  in Ocala at hotel with the dogs. I have Georgie, Tino, Tipsy as well as Charlie with me. It was on the cold side today so when I got back to the hotel I took a nice hot shower to warm up. I popped out of the shower to quite the sight – All four of the dogs greeting me! The show dogs don’t make it upstairs so humans in the shower is not something they ever get to experience. I am usually in a hotel with someone else so dogs in the bathroom just haven’t been able to happen. Until tonight, that is.  They were oddly perplexed but also entertained! I suppose I should call this yet another opportunity for socialization?

I got to see our sweet Stella today too. She is looking so fabulous and should really be winning based on what has been in the ring lately. I am shocked that she didn’t get any points this weekend  – Maybe next? In the meantime, my sweetie totally missed me! I cannot wait until she is finished and can come home!

Waiting for the Lakeland’s to show I had a lot of downtime. So while I waited I got to hold a lot of leads. Mastiffs, Ridgebacks, Pomeranians and even a Pug. And as I mentioned yesterday, I will create an entirely separate post on the Lakelands. SO deserving of it’s own spotlight. OMG!

The pups have done fantastic with all of the changes and commotion of show life. Tipsy did more walking today and both puppies got extra loving today. Mario and Myriam drove over to Ocala to catch the show and root us on in the ring. It was so awesome to catch up and visit.

Tino and I showed this morning and I am proud to say we got Best of Opposite Sex to Dolly and Issue. I am beyond honored, Issue is a beautiful girl! I also got to stick around this afternoon to watch Emma and Breezy in the Junior ring – Always a major bonus for me! She is starting to show her typical dislike of the show ring so I offered to allow her to stay with me tonight at the hotel. Sometimes being away makes her reconnection very strong. We shall see how she shows for her tomorrow. She was a little bit reserve today. Let’s hope tomorrow goes better.

Tipsy came along for her second travel weekend and as always, she was a huge hit! The dog show community is so awesome to help in socializing puppies! As I was tending to the Match Sign up table, up walked a fellow breeder, picked up Tipsy and off they went! PERFECT!! Of course Terry also did the same along with Karen and the girls – More familiar face for our crew!!!

I stayed at the show site this evening to not only root on Dolly with Kelly AND Nicco in the Group Rings but to also with help run the B Match that Dauris was in charge of. Thank you Janice for stepping an helping as well. The event went off without a hitch and was a true success!

Tonight Dolly brought us to a local Thai restaurant for another fun evening of food adventure. I always let her choose my meals when we got out for Asian food and I have never been disappointed. Tonight I was shocked but pleasantly pleased! The food was good. Scary to look at, but good! She knows I am on a special diet with low to no carbs and that fish and green veggies is about all I eat. Well this was fish alright! OMG! I cant believe I ate it!

It was when I got back to the hotel with Breezy and settled in for the night that I realized that the my room was going to be a problem – Apparently we had a case of bed bugs! OUCH!!!! I scratched and itched like nothing else and was miserable enough to pour myself a bath to get some relief.

I brought Tipsy AND Hurricane today to the show – helping the little guy with socialization and her with more show training. Kat was there today and he was excited to have a chance to see the puppies again. He still says Tipsy is the pick of the litter! Billie was at my setup first thing in the morning, wondering if Tipsy was with me. Yes – Off the two went again to explore and be social.  By the end of the day Billie had her lead broken and walking. Granted it wasn’t pretty but she was walking!  I owe her a huge debt of gratitude! I offered to enter her in the puppy classes in Ocala as a thank you. What Junior could turn down an opportunity to show yet another dog? Let alone another puppy?

They are almost 6 weeks old now so we will have to see how many more times she will be able to gather them – They will soon be too rambunctious for such a hold. She needs to enjoy it while she can. Their adorableness will not be containable for much longer!

Having them downstairs will make it a lot easier to manage and watch them. My husband will be taking of care of everything while I am gone – The puppies will be his number one priority! He gets to lead the socialization process while I am gone! Its one of my most favorite times with the puppies. He has no idea how much fun he is going o have this weekend!!!

Now I have to say that our newest litter of puppies are lucky to have been born this summer! They will be accustom to the thunder booms- You’re welcome future Figgy Chihuahua Puppy Families!