Silken Celebration

OMG.  I am exhausted.  I've had so much fun the last few days.

Friday was not fun, but it was busy.  J gave everyone a bath.  I am not particularly fond of baths.  However, baths were necessary because J had entered Bados, Appley, & I in the conformation shows (aka beauty pageants) at the Silken Celebration on Saturday.  J kept trying to fluff my coat to make it look fuller & curly.  Blah, blah.  I am simply svelte.  In this house, it is the boys who are fluffy.  When Appley is wet, it is easy to see he is a touch chubby; but when he is 'fluffed', this can be mistaken for more coat.

Saturday we were off to the shows.  These get pretty boring most of the time, and I don't particularly like being poked & prodded by the judge.  There was also something in the grass near the entry that just smelled heavenly.  I wanted to roll in it, but J would not let me.

I wish I could give a good report on the show, but J really let me down here.  I TOLD her that she needed to mark class placements in her program, but she loaned it to someone else & then forgot about it.  How am I supposed to know all the results?  I was locked in an x-pen off the field & behind some vehicles.
For the ISWS show I think that Winner's Dog was Allagante Winsome Riviera (he is Bados' nephew)  and that Winsome Peppermint Patty was Best Puppy & then got Winners Bitch or Best of Winners - something like that.  Damn, I wish J had not lost her catalog.  J is no help in remembering because she was in LA LA Land after Bados won ISWS BEST IN SHOW!!!!  She was beside herself.

In the UKC class that afternoon, Bados was defeated by Tootsie (Allagante Hot Tamale) in the Gr CH class; that is the more common outcome.  Tootsie is very good at the beauty pageant stuff.  She went on to win Best in Show for the afternoon.

How did I do?  well, Claudia's Mikey had won Best Male Companion for the ISWS show and the Campbell's Moto had won Best Altered Male for the UKC show, but I behaved myself despite some distractions for the Altered/Companion Best in Show classes and pulled out both wins.  The UKC judge was very flattering to both Moto & me.  The judge implied maybe we should not have been neutered, but honestly, I am thrilled not to have to put up with those cycles & miss events.

You will have to rely on someone else for more show details.  J is useless on that one; no help to me at all.

Sunday was straight racing.  J actually let both Appley & me compete!  Appley was Appley, and won the turtle award; Bados was just above mid pack.  I think if we had a longer, flatter yard at home Bados might do a bit better.  We do more jumping up the 'tiers' on the hillside & then just short spurts of speed when playing.  Oh, well.  C'est la vie.
J scratched me before the last program; she was afraid I might interfere with Bados as were were in the same race.  Hmm.  I don't know; it would have been very tempting.
BTW> Teddy, of course, won.  He is amazing.  My pal, Lego, came in second right behind him.  Then Murphy, I think.  J says all the results were posted by Terri Campbell.

Today was Lure Coursing.  This is Bados' & my favorite.  Most of the dogs had REALLY good runs in the prelims & it was very tight, but somehow they managed not to have any ties after the finals even though most dogs ran well.  Bados finished out of the placements; I hear he cut a lot of corners.
Hudson, who is visiting from NYC, ran beautifully both times and managed the tight end turns very well despite being a big boy.  He won and (I think) finished his ASFA FCh!!  Actually I think he got his straight racing Championship on Saturday, too.  I guess it was a good trip.  vbg.
Cute little Nova got 2nd place.  I think the remaining placements went to Meggie, Sahara, and Tootsie - but I am not sure of the order.  Hey, if J forgets to write stuff down for me; it's hard for me to keep it straight; I've got other things on my mind.

I ran in Singles as usual.  The prelims was a blast!  I managed to figure out the route in 2 areas & lie in wait for my 'prey'.  J was thrilled that - despite my brilliance - I ran enough to get a respectable score.  In the final the lure operator was messing with me!  He kept altering the speed of the lure to keep me guessing.  I never got far enough ahead of it to stalk.  Sigh.  Oh, well.  This made J very happy because I had a 'qualifying' score for the day.  Now she is pissed at herself for not entering Appley in singles as 'filler' - so that I would have a win against competition.  Even at my most clever, I score better than him.
They gave me a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Award.  Cool.

Now it is definitely time for bed!!