CWCCA National Special Show Recap

What a fun week at the National! On Saturday Cody and I headed out on a road trip to Purina Farm to celebrate all things Cardigan at the CWCCA Nationals. 2 Cars, 5 dogs, 16 crates and a whole bunch of “stuff”

We had an easy drive and arrived at our cute little Airbnb in Pacific, MO. We spend Sunday getting set up as we had to be at Scentwork first thing Monday morning.

JeffJeff and I were entered in Excellent HD, Buried, Exterior and Master Container. We really haven’t had a lot of practice time in the last year so I was thrilled with his hard work. He Qualified in both HD Excellent runs with 2nd places, Qualified in Excellent Buried with a 2nd place and Qualified in Master Container to earn his Master Container title. So proud of my red dude partner.

Cody and Strider started their Scentwork journey and Qualified with a 2nd place in Novice Containers.

Tuesday was Marcher day! We started the day with some FastCat. Marcher needed just a couple of runs to earn enough points for his FCAT so he ran fast enough on Tuesday and Wednesday to earn his big ribbon.

John ran for Julia and also earned a big ribbon, his BCAT and 1st title for the young dude.

After FastCat I helped with the check-in table and then got ready for the Megan competiton. The Megan is a CWCCA members Champion only competiton divided by color, judged by 3 breeder judges. I was thrilled that Marcher and I got to present and we made the cut in the Brindle dog class.

Our friend Julia arrived on Tuesday evening along with Dr. John and Junco so our team was complete.

Wednesday was Cali’s turn, she will be 9 in July and she was entered in Veteran’s sweepstakes. Again she and I made the cut and it was a big class so I was thrilled for the consideration.

Wednesday Night was the inaugural Stud Dog Social, both Marcher and John participated showing off their handsome selves.

Thursday was all about the boys! I have the honor to co-own both Strider with Cody and John with Julia and both boys did great in the dog classes. Cody and Strider won the Amature Owner Handled class and John was 2nd in the Open class shown by the fabulous Nickie Short (who also handled the ultimate Best of Breed winner). I was so proud for them.

We had Friday off, so we had a slow day because Satuday was all about the Best of Breed. Marcher and I showed in the 3rd group of dog specials, and although we were not the judge’s style, I was proud to present him to the Cardigan fancy. He was a good boy.

We headed out Sunday morning and drove through the rain all day and made it home to Lilburn safe and sound. The dogs were happy to be home.

I am so happy I was able to go. Big thanks to Cody and Julia for helping me come and go. Cody for being the dogs table “plopper” and Julia just for helping haul and manage everything. A shout out to my brother Randy for coming to Georgia from Austin to hang with Mom and take care of the old ladies. And thanks to Cathy Ochs-Cline for Marcher and being our friend and mentor and it was wonderful seeing all the Cardigan friends and family, love you all!