Hurricane Deck

I've been meaning to write about my experiences at the JRTCA trial over Labor Day weekend. I spent two days catching dogs at the races and then ring stewarding in conformation. I also got to do the barn hunt with my Rat Terriers as an exhibition only type of a thing, and do some stakes racing on Friday night. It's taken me a while to process it all, but here's my stab at it: First off JRT folks are no crazier than other dog folks, they are just wired a little differently. For instance, they make no qualms about partying, for which I love them. And the alcohol at the raffle for JRT rescue had me at hello! While most dog folk are an opinionated lot and tend to congregate in small groups to gossip, JRT have no problems telling you, and everyone else in ear shot, exactly what they think, even if you didn't ask for it. They are also mostly deaf. I don't know if they were that way before they got their JRTs or after, but none of them seemed to mind crazed barking do...

The AKC show was tons of fun - who knew that definate ring times could afford you the opportunity to socialize with non-dog show folk later in the day - OR - even earlier in the day?? All the vendors - fantastic! LOVE to see all the doggie stuff even though I kept my monies in my pockets. Sniper won on day one, and his half brother Sin won on day two. It really was hard, hard, hard to not cry every time I saw the rally ring (conveniently located in the open grooming building). I know I should give myself time to grieve over my Lola princess... and I think I am. Tomorrow will be a week and the pain is still very acute. Our last picture together, celebrating our success: (You can click on the picture to go to her album) We got two first places and one second place in the quest for our title - not bad, I think! Okay, and two NQs because she decided to not work for me. The hardest is at night when I am counting out treats for the dogs and I have to remember only 6, because 7 is ...