Fun photos and a Frost report
Henry and Frost
Here are some RV photos from our trip this weekend.
Lindy making herself at home
Who me?
This is a good way to hang on to my bone
Whose bed is it anyway
Baby Frost is doing well, Lindy, Henry and Daddy PJ are really good with her, of course Stoney the grump and Wicca the witch don’t like her much but things hopefully they will settle down and just ignore her like they do everyone else. She had her 1st yappy hour at Grandma’s house and she was pretty good for a puppy. She survived her 1st day in alone in the puppy pen. Of course the big dogs were in sight all the time so she wasn’t really alone, just safe.
She is a spit fire!
These two were laying right by my feet so this is the best shot I could get without moving. Daddy and his baby. They have already created quite a mess.
Hobbs Kennel club
We got home from Hobbs last night about 8:00pm.
My report will be a bit of a rant. First of all we picked up Frost which was great. She has been a super good puppy and the Cardi kids have been great with her. PJ and I also got our 2nd RN leg, I had a great time with my friends andmy friend Barb brought me 1/2 a lamb for my freezer.
In the breed ring we did not have any success. A lovely class bitch shown owned and shown by my friend Cathy took the breed from the classes both days.
Now about my rant, on Saturday the judge was mean and nasty. If you want to know who the judge is you can look at the Hobbs KC info on the Onofrio website. Ring 4 at 2:40pm. I wasn’t thrilled when she withheld the blue ribbon in Henry but he does have a poor coat and it was her opinion after all. Now Henry is major pointed and over 1/2 way to his championship. He has his faults and his virtues. This judge gave me a nasty look and told me this dog has a damn curley coat and I’m not sending him forward. Now he was the only open dog and there were other dogs to judge in winners. Then in bitches she gave all of us a lecture on tail carriage and set. She said Lindy’s set was fine (not the best tail set in my house) but we needed to tail train our dogs. Even going so far as telling one exhibitor to beat her PUPPIES tails with a riding crop to train the tails. Then in breed after awarding BOB to the class bitch the judge told me to stay and then gave me the what for about my special PJ, his coat was horrible and he flagged with is tail andthat I should never show him to Cardigan people because they wouldn’t put up with that kind of stuff. Now this is PJ, WD at the Bluebonnet speciality under breeder judge Steve Gladstone and Runner up Brindle dog in the Megan at the nationals under 3 breeders and made several cuts in the BOB ring at the nationals and a multi BOB dog.
Here is what the standard says about tails and coats:
“Croup-Slight downward slope to the tail set. Tail- set fairly low on body line and reaching well below hock. Carried low when standing or moving slowly, streaming out parallel to ground when at a dead run, lifted when excited, but never curled over the back. High tail set is a serious fault.”
“The coat should not be so exaggerated as to appear fluffy. This breed has a shedding coat, and seasonal lack of undercoat should not be too severely penalized, providing the hair is healthy. Trimming is not allowed except to tidy feet and, if desired, remove whiskers. Soft guard hairs, uniform length, wiry, curly, silky, overly short and/or flat coats are not desired. ”
Now this judge will never get an entry for any dog I own and being involved in several all breed clubs she would ever be on our hire list either.
The results on Sunday were the same except the judge didn’t withhold on Henry but did make a comment on his coat and of course did not award him points and put Twinkle up for BOB again but the attitude was so much different.
At $25 an entry people deserve at least pleasant manners in the ring, you don’t have to like my dogs but a judge does not have the right to be nasty to people in their ring. If the want to use their time to educate or make a comment to an exhibitor that is fine, the difference between “a damn curley coat” and “look at all these waves” is different but the point was the same from each judge “I don’t like this coat”
I may edit this as I think more about it.
Frost comes home
This is baby Frost 10 minutes after coming in to the RV today. She rode down from Colorado with Polly’s friend Mary and when I went to get her she was thrilled to see me. I introduced her to Lindy, Henry and Daddy PJ and she was thrilled to meet them and her Grandma Ginger. She wasn’t the least bit worried about being in a new place.
She does take after her Daddy in the food department, she is already looking for snacks!
The big dogs have been great with her.
Skywatch Friday
The calm before the storm
We had a rare night off so the dogs and I took advantage on just hanging out.
Tomorrow is bath night so no one will be happy 🙂
Stoney snoozing by the fire
Wicca having a rawhide chewfest
Henry at chewfest
Words for Wednesday
Wie geen dromen heeft, heeft geen werkelijkheid (A person who has no dreams, has no reality).
New Puppy Photos at Arylan
http://www.arylan.com/Puppies.htm
Harry put new photos up on the Arylan site. So CUTE!
Packing for the dog show
How things have changed, when I 1st started going to doggy events with my rescue GSP Sigfried I took the dog, some water and some treats and went to events in a Ford Ranger extended cab pickup. Then I got Windy and I had a crate and a bag and an xpen and then the stuff started coming. Now we have an E350 extended van and a travel trailer and if that wasn’t enough now there is a mini motor home. There is so much stuff, I didn’t realize when I started that there is so much stuff, we have crates, tables, chairs, fans, grooming boxes with $100 of dollars of product, many pair of ugly shoes and more. I’m happy to report that except for a few odds and ends I’m packed for the 1st show of the season.
We leave Friday afternoon for Hobbs, NM about a 5 hour drive from here. Lindy and Henry are entered in the Open class, we were hoping for major points but missed the dog major by 1 dog. Lindy needs one single and 1 major and Henry needs 4 singles and one major. PJ is entered in Breed both days and Rally Novice on Sunday.
Baby Frost will also be joining us, she has a ride from Denver to Hobbs, a puppy will need even more stuff 🙂
99 Things
Copy and paste, then bold the things you’ve done and unbold the things you haven’t done. Have fun with it. I did! There are things on this list I really need to do.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charitity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
She’s cool!
Rockie Top Flying Snow aka Frost
Frost will be coming to Solstice at the end of the month, Polly has arranged a ride for her to Hobbs, NM where we will be at the dog show.
Polly says she is a punk! We like them bad babies!
Solstice Kennels 