Lola had her 1st dog show on saturday

[kidmeister]

I put her into a local dog show Saturday with my fingers crossed for a 2nd place rosette. There was plenty of competition with some professionals there with their hairbrushes and spray at hand. All I did was cleaned our her ears ( Shar pei problem 101 ) and her feet. She came 1st in Condition that put her through to the final, which she won Best in Show. So I surpassed my aim by winning one 1st place rosette, Best in Show rosette and 2 winners plaques. She's now retired from the show game as a winner and me extremely proud. Anyone else out there with any Show winning dogs?

 

[arahel_jazz]

Anyone else out there with any Show winning dogs?

Yes, but not quite the way yours was.

Short version:
We rescued a dog on a country road in the middle of Nebraska while on vacation in 2005. He was in really bad shape with mange and skin problems. Vet clinic worked with us for 3 months to get him healthy enough to transport.

We named him "Rudy" and brought him home in September with a full coat of shiny black hair (not a spot of white on him). We estimated his age to be about a year old.

One month later, we were casually walking through an all-breeds non-AKC show, and one of the judges stopped us and asked if he could borrow our English ****er. (So that's what he is!) The judge proceeded to take our rescue pup into the show ring to show the other judges a prime example of what a Pure Field-Bred English ****er was "supposed" to look like.

We had several breeding requests after that -- but had to smile and tell everybody that he was a rescue and we neutered him. Ended up being one of the best dogs we have ever had. He died in 2014 of a brain tumor.

Yes... we have pictures - in the Pet Photo thread.

 

[kidmeister]

Sorry to hear of your loss, we lost our Annie and waited 12 months when we decided we were ready to bring another dog into our lives! It's a tremendous loss and takes time to get over them. We picked Lola up from the local dog rescue centre, her original owners wanted to have her put down at 8 months because their circumstances changed?? Makes my blood boil to see her going on to be a winner as she has and they were prepared to put her down because she didn't fit into their lifestyle. You don't just go out and buy a Shar pei without knowing everything there is to know about them. I never thought Annie would ever be replaced in our family but Lola is a fantastic replacement and well on her way to being a valued integral part of our family.

 

[Debi]

Nice! We just don't have time to get our dogs into anything like that - they are not show dogs but we did some agility training with the 2 oldest and it was going well - but we just didn't have time to continue it.

 

[beardyian]

My sister in new zealand used to breed Boxers and show them years ago - won a few prizes,

and we happened to be staying with her on holiday when 9 little pups were born too.

 

[Zorba]

Congrats to you and your dog Kid.



Is anyone else curious as to what breed Mr Jazz has that is gets censored.

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[PokerPete]

Congrats to you and your dog Kid.



Is anyone else curious as to what breed Mr Jazz has that is gets censored.

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English Field Kaahk-er Spaniel