Dunedin Championship Shows
Armed with the advice I had received from the previous weeks Ribbon Trial, Poppy and I ventured south for our first Championship Show.
Poppy is the perfect traveler, four hours in her crate and nary a peep from her.
Saturday dawned cold and drizzling and off we headed to the show held indoors at Forrester Park. Initially Poppy was a bit overwhelmed by all those sights and sounds but quickly overcame that and even made friends with Grace the Pointer and a French Bulldog. Sunday’s weather was better and the wait time was shorter.
Poppy did her Mum proud, behaved in the ring, didn’t greet the Judges too enthusiastically when they came to check her over, trotted beautifully and learning to stand still is a work in progress.
So for her first serious showing experience we achieved all the goals I had set: – Poppy’s experience was a good one and she was a happy and relaxed puppy in the ring and while waiting in her crate ringside. Its home it work on standing a bit longer and getting our speed sorted. I’ve got my NZ Dog World out and entry forms ready to organize our next outing.
Bring it on!!!!
Poppy would like to add that no hairless cats were harmed during our stay in Dunedin (were they Dudley!)
Sunday 11 July 2010 dawned sunny and very frosty and was Debrecan Look At Me (aka Poppy) first foray into the showing arena.
On Saturday Poppy, Cooper, Rata and Jax, four puppies from the latest litter, got together for a play date and some afternoon tea. At 12 weeks old they are boisterous and packed full of energy.
Rata is settling into her new environment very nicely now, and I’m quite pleased with her growing, and boisterous confidence. I was quite embarrassed at puppy preschool last week as most of the other dogs were older and well on their way with the basics.
Cooper is settling in great. Cooper is now sleeping through the night, which is awesome. So far we’ve only had a few accidents in the house, which have mostly been the result of us not reading the signs quick enough.