Show Results

Happily, Breaker proved my predictions wrong. He was fun to show and behaved himself. In the group ring, he was bothered only by the loud cheering and applause that some of the crowd's favorite dogs received. That made him a little skittish, but it is something he has to get used to if he is going to be specialed. Someday people will be cheering for him as well.

It was difficult not to miss Walker, who knows the show routine so well. He and I were a team and we had our system down pat. He loved the cheering. He knew to "turn it on" when I said, "Let's go!" But he wasn't that way in the beginning either, so I know that Breaker and I will fall into a routine too and come up with our own rituals and expectations of each other.

According to the two group judges, competition in the Non-sporting group was fierce for such a small show. Having heard that from both judges on Saturday, I was thrilled when Breaker got the nod for the Group 4 spot on Sunday! It was a nice way to finish the weekend and a nice start for his career.

This coming weekend we will be at the West Bend, WI, show on Saturday, staying that evening for the Greater Milwaukee Lhasa Apso Club's specialty show. Twenty-two Lhasas are entered, which is quite a large entry for this area. It should be a good time.

Raven and Maggie are going to the shows too. They both showed very well last weekend. Raven won the point each day. They were the only ones entered so one of them had to win! Once again, a big thanks to friends Jane and Rebecca, who helped by holding dogs at ringside and taking the girls back in the ring for the Winners and Breed classes.

If you're ever in the mood to look at some great candid photos taken at dog shows, two websites I can recommend are Canine Candids by Lynda lyndabeam.zenfolio.com and DDL Dog Show Photography ddldogshowphotography.com. Both photographers have some beautiful pictures on their sites. I've found some on Lynda's site taken of Walker at the Bloomington shows and have ordered prints. Diane has not yet posted the photos she took at the Iowa City show. She had one of Breaker in the group ring that I really liked so I am looking forward to its being posted.

If you need a nice spray bottle to use while you are grooming, I found an inexpensive one that works great! Just go to WalMart's laundry aisle, where the ironing board covers, dryer balls, etc., are sold. There you will also find spray bottles to use when ironing. The bottles cost only 97 cents (!) and are a clear plastic. They have two spray settings, and you will want to use the one that sprays a light mist. I actually used some red nail polish to mark that setting so I would be sure to get a mist and not a stream of grooming spray.

Life is good when you have a Lhasa to love you!

Joyce