Yes, showing in AKC shows is a lot of fun. We make friends for a lifetime, and Mary Ann is so right. We laugh, talk, help one another before and after ring time. Well, sometimes at ring time too. When we go off too far to return home at a show, who do you think we room with and go out to dinner with? That is right - ones we might be competing with. We all compete with one another, but it is okay. We know that one judge might like our dog one day and then pick a friend's dog the next day. And one day my dog could do wheelies in the ring while my firends' dogs are very well behaved. And the next day, my fiend's dog sits in the ring and won't move. In the end we support one another! That is the true picture of showing. I have friends with their kids showing in Jr. Handler competition, and my older kids come with me when I do go to shows and we make it a family weekend. Most of these shows are near some really cool palces to visit and sight see. AKC shows are not that up tight. The only thing that I can tell that might seem stuffy is we wear nice clothes to show in. But right after ring time, off comes the fancy clothes and back on with the jeans. |