Rio Hondo Dog Show--Pomona 5/6 & 5/7/06

Our little man is moving up in the world!! On Saturday, he won his puppy class, then beat another dog to become "winner's dog." That threw him into the "best of breed" competition, which we did not win. He, did, however, receive a point for beating that other dog. The judge said he looks really big and that I need to measure him, but other than that he is very pretty and has a very nice ear set. So...took him home and measured him. I tried it alone and eyeballed it, and almost panicked--thought I was going to have to saw his feet off to put him within breed standard of 11.5" or shorter. Once I got some help, however, he is within standard. Whew. He would look funny without feet.

Sunday went even better. He's still a little bit puppy-brained in the ring and on the table--he got all excited because someone else had dropped bait on the table and he had to check it out. I got him all stacked up and the judge went over him. Best in puppy class (as usual the only one), then he went on to get winners dog again, and back into best of breed competition. This time he received a "best of winners" ribbon. (Still didn't win best of breed, but picked up even more points!) I need to continue working with him--I can see my challenge will be when the table smells good, so I'm going to have to bait a table and not let him investigate. These small triumphs are helping. I also know he can't win every single one we enter, so have to be happy with small steps and learning what needs to be worked on. Next weekend we don't have a show, and the Show in San Diego is on May 20 & 21.