Thursday, March 19, 2009

My first AKC Dog Show/ASCA Agility Trial

Last weekend was event filled and definitely a mile stone for me. On saturday, I went to an AKC dog show in Houston with my sister and some friends from the dog club. It was great! I've been a purebred fancier my entire life but have never gotten to meet some of the less popular breeds (in America, anyway) in person. The breeds that I got the most excited over were the Saluki, the Ibizan Hound, and the Novia Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. I found it quite odd that there were more Tollers enrolled in the show than Weimaraners...but that's okay! There were about ten rings running at once but we only watched the Brittany, Weimaraner, Australian Shepherd, Great Dane, and Novia Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers show. I also met an Aussie breeder who had some rather attractive dogs but I'm thinking they're not going to fit the 'style' of Aussie I'm looking for. I will post another update on the two different styles of Aussies so that statement makes more sense.
On sunday, we went to an ASCA agility trial which was also fun. We stayed for a few hours and I met three Slash V Aussies in person. As is often rumored, two of the three were shy but one was friendly as can be and extremely biddable. Slash V is a prominent kennel in the Australian Shepherd world on the stockdog end of things. I will explain more about them when I post about the two different types/styles of Australian Shepherds. We watched a jumpers class and then the beginners on the actual agility course. It made me pretty excited! I'm looking forward to the prospect of competing in agility with my next pup. I suppose we'll see where things take me.
Well...it's rather late at night and my mind is in a million places! I'll try and make it a point to update more frequently again - midterms sort of threw off my schedule these past few weeks.