Show Plans

Dog shows this weekend, although we will probably only show on Saturday since Mariah is scheduled to arrive on Sunday morning.  Judging panel really sucks, which is typical of the MKC shows.  Not sure how they pick their judges but they traditionally have a panel of very elderly, exceedingly incompetent judges.  How do they do that every year?  It's a rather fun venue though, at the racetrack in Shakopee - yes, rings & grooming ARE indoors, which is fortunate as the weather is generally cold and windy.  It's pretty drafty, and the grooming area is cramped and grungy, but the layout is interesting.  Just two Specials, so nothing much for breed points.  Not the kind of show I mind missing!  Was double-entered in CB where the panel was equally bad.  Ugh.  At least I don't have to face that drive.  Where are the decent judging panels???  Why the same old re-cycled hacks?

Three show weekends scheduled for December, but weather is often an issue for those.  We can generally get to St. Cloud, but Chicago and Kankakee are another story, and Pauli is also in at Kankakee and the judges are better for her than for Argus.  Oh well.  This show year didn't go quite as planned, with me laid up with a broken ankle and Argus with his mysterious injury - which thankfully seems to be healed now.  He "plays" on the Fitness Ball in the evening, then runs on the treadmill.  He still gets his evening walk, but once it gets slippery on the sidewalks & roads he will be getting more treadmill time and less walking time.  I used to laugh off slipping on the ice - no longer!

Plans are falling into place for Lucy to come down from Canada for the spring shows.  She should fit in fine here as Coral and Josie are good about visitors, and the boys will be delighted to have a beautiful black-spotted girl as a house guest - and it won't bother Argus that she is his daughter.  He'll still lust after her for the first day or two!  Have to check out the judging panels to figure out when we will want to show her - weather permitting of course.  She'll be entered at the January shows, and probably shown by her young handler, but not sure she will stay.  We may wait until February and TRY to get to the spring specialties - we were lucky weather-wise last year, and got to Indy, Chicago and St. Louis, but there is no guarantee we can do that again.  Most years I enter the shows and miss most of them!