Saline County AR Dog Show

Ok, we had packed up a few things all week so we could leave as early as possible Friday after work.    We would be driving over to Benton Arkansas to attend the Saline County dog show there.    It was over a four hour drive but it went by quickly and we arrived at our hotel around 10:00.   Not too bad for us.

This show was very small (not majors) so Mimi got to stay home again.   She only needs a major to finish.   Brooklyn however only needs a single point to finish, so we were very pumped up, knowing not to get our hopes up too high.  We know very well about counting chickens before they're hatched.   (Very Well...  )

Well Kix didn't do well this weekend at all.    He got second place in his 12 - 18 mos. class both Saturday and Sunday.

Brooklyn got Reserve Winners Bitch on Saturday (no points -- so close --- dang).   You could hear the wind comming out of our sails.    It kinda killed our hopes for Sunday's show.    Anyway, Brook showed "fairly" well on Sunday, managed to win her Open Class, and after a few tense moments in the Winners ring,  the judge gave her the nod for Winners Bitch !!!

Our mischievous little "Brook" is now Champion  Marric's Brooklyn Magic !!!!

We have been showing 3 or 4 dogs lately and I have been soooo busy slinging leads and brushing ear fringes, that I haven't been able to take my camera to the shows.   Maybe things will slow down a little bit and I'll be able to take some pictures soon.

Ok...  now ... for all of you that had fingers crossed for Brooklyn,  THANK YOU VERY MUCH but your job is  not over.   We still have to root for Mimi in two weeks at Priceville Alabama.    It's four days of majors and we only need just one of them.

What's Happening ???

Well, we have had a couple weedends off from showing dogs.    We've just been hanging around the house kinda working on stuff around the house.   We've had some very good weather too.    We've got a couple shows coming up so it's gonna be back to work for both us and the dogs soon.    Everybody keep their fingers crossed for both Brooklyn and Mimi.   

Anyway were just checking in with the old Blogspot just to keep everything up to date.

Oh, here's some updated pictures of Duke.   He got his first puppy shots this weekend.   He's slowed down in the growing department but he's developing quite a rambunctious personality.    He's into everything !!!!    The ears are up ...  Yaay

Kix saves the weekend

We struck out to Nashville right after work Friday afternoon.   We had very early show times both Saturday and Sunday.   We had to show first thing at 8:30 on both days.  It's murder to get up that early and get yourself ready, much less getting show dogs fixed up also.   Anyway, we had a good time none the less staying with some of our very nice dog show friends that also show Papillons.   We had a very nice weekend just hanging out and showing our dogs.   This weeks show was in Owensboro Kentucky which still left us with over an hour and a half drive from Nashville.   We had to get up at 4:00 in the morning to get to the show at 8:30 and still have some time to settle in and get ready to show.    I don't know if it was the early show times or the lack of rest, but our dogs acted like they had never been in a show ring.   They were all a handfull !!!   Kix however, did manage to stand still just long enough to win Winners Dog on Saturday for two points toward his Championship.   Way to go Kix !!!  He has seven points now.   The girls didn't show well enough to get anything.   Those girls better get on the ball or "little brother" is gonna make a come from behind finish on them.

Thanks to our good friends Mary and Jerry for the place to stay and the good fellowship !!!