Dog Show at Evergreen Classic Horse Show
9/27/2009 3:22:08 PM
Sat August 9th 2009
While attending the Evergreen Classic Horse Show last month, we were persuaded to enter the fun dog show on Saturday evening. We decided to enter Sky for the experience, we took him home from the show, bathed and groomed him ready for the evening. We watched the final horse class of the day before the dog show started, there were so many entries for the dog show that the non-sporting breeds (all two or was it three of us) didn't get into the ring until it was dark. They had golf carts illuminating the ring but even so it was all a bit scary for Sky who backed away from the judge as she approached him and wriggled all the time she was examining him :-( He did a really nice show under the golf cart headlights but I don't think anyone was able to see him as he's black! On final examination, Sky shied away from the judge again and as a result we were awarded the red ribbon (2nd place).
Now we're working on Sky's socialization skills so that this doesn't happen in the obedience ring.
