Putting on a dog show is tough work - especially for a club's first show! There were ribbons to order, a show site to find, judges to contact and contract, forms to order, advertisement to do, rules to follow and tears to shed. Okay, I didn't actually cry, but at times I wanted to - even though I am obsessively organized I kept thinking something might go wrong.
What could go wrong?
Well, I don't really know. The worst case scenario is that the UKC decides we are completely incompetent as a club and doesn't let us have a show again. Right now, a week after our first show, this doesn't seem like a completely bad thing (I guess I am still a little shell shocked). Last week, however, it did.
The worst thing that happened was that on Saturday someone complained to everyone that would listen about the regulation ring size- it was too small for her hunting breed. So the next day, we made it bigger. Then she had the audicity to not use the whole ring when she was going around! Thank god for my shrink and the downers I had taken - I laughed instead of my trigger finger getting itchy.
It was fabulous seeing old friends and to make new friends, to sit and talk and get to know people better. It was awesome to hear compliments on our first show - that it was well organized and it actually started on time! We had compliments on our ribbons and our judges. Our mini-seminar was well attended by everyone and was the talk of the show the next day - we were all trying to put into practice what Nina Marie Sherrer had told us to do!
The best part of the whole experience for me, however, was that so many people pitched in and helped out! I could never in a millon years thank these people enough, but I will list them, and please know you all have my deepest gratitude and appreciation for pitching in, running errands, making me laugh, loaning us equipment, offering advice, holding dogs, telling jokes, and smiling thoughout the whole day!
A big thank you to: Tracey Kallas, Roselle Anthony, Diana Bertram, Kari Jepson, Betty McNeil-Scott, Ruth Kramer and Nina Marie Sherrer! You ladies are the BEST!
What could go wrong?
Well, I don't really know. The worst case scenario is that the UKC decides we are completely incompetent as a club and doesn't let us have a show again. Right now, a week after our first show, this doesn't seem like a completely bad thing (I guess I am still a little shell shocked). Last week, however, it did.
The worst thing that happened was that on Saturday someone complained to everyone that would listen about the regulation ring size- it was too small for her hunting breed. So the next day, we made it bigger. Then she had the audicity to not use the whole ring when she was going around! Thank god for my shrink and the downers I had taken - I laughed instead of my trigger finger getting itchy.
It was fabulous seeing old friends and to make new friends, to sit and talk and get to know people better. It was awesome to hear compliments on our first show - that it was well organized and it actually started on time! We had compliments on our ribbons and our judges. Our mini-seminar was well attended by everyone and was the talk of the show the next day - we were all trying to put into practice what Nina Marie Sherrer had told us to do!
The best part of the whole experience for me, however, was that so many people pitched in and helped out! I could never in a millon years thank these people enough, but I will list them, and please know you all have my deepest gratitude and appreciation for pitching in, running errands, making me laugh, loaning us equipment, offering advice, holding dogs, telling jokes, and smiling thoughout the whole day!
A big thank you to: Tracey Kallas, Roselle Anthony, Diana Bertram, Kari Jepson, Betty McNeil-Scott, Ruth Kramer and Nina Marie Sherrer! You ladies are the BEST!
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