I have always had a passion for the whelping box
. I live for the rush to see the new arrivals and what they will bring. Yes, there are sad times and stressful times, but overall to see what crossing 2 together and the tiny lives grow from unseeing little creatures into full adult beauties amazes me. However, the finding of perfect homes I could live without. That part has been the part I do not like at all.
Now, I find that I have the same passion for showing. To find that show potential, to nurture his/her spirit and desires, to groom that silky coat and walk with your head high in that ring is also amazing. Even to do the gopher things like cleaning up the pee in the ring, and bathing in a tub in a hotel room with the ice bucket, to picking up potties in that hotel room, all of it.
It is now squeezing out the time to do both and do them correctly.