Last year I was in CO visiting my father and decided to spend a weekend at a dog show there so I entered my, then, 10month old pup before hand.
The first day panned out to be a major with WD being a 6.5yr old dog (Sonja, you know who I'm talking about lol) and my pup took reserve. Maybe its just me but if it takes 6yrs of actively showing to finish a dog maybe its not worth showing it??? Just my opinion.
As far as my showing career, If I could change anything I would probably have waited to start showing my dog until he was 2. Being green and innocent I didnt know the politics and the ways of the ring, perse. I just figured that if the dog had great structure that it would win over a poorly built dog in full coat, puppy or not. I've learned the hard (and expensive way) that with most judges the length of coat really does matter. I've also learned that coat takes FOREVER to hit the floor if your dog is up on leg.
