DCA National Futurity 2010

What a great start to the week! Monty showed like he's been doing his whole life and managed to get a 3rd in his class (6-9 mth boys). One of Romeo's son's (Chaplin) is also here and in Monty's class and he took a 4th in our class. Then Bow showed well and was given 2nd in the 9-12mth boys. Sky didn't show very well, but she's such a pretty girl that she managed to get a 3rd in her class (6-9 mth girls). So four of our pups were shown today and all four placed! I'm thrilled!! Now I'm hoping to get some sleep.

One VERY LONG Day!

Wind, Snow, Wind, Ice, Wind, Closed Highways, and Wind made for a very long trip to Kansas. From Rock Springs, WY to Denver was white outs almost the entire way thanks to the wind blowing the dry snow. At times we were only doing 15 miles an hour thanks to the high winds and lack of vision. On top of that, the highway was closed this morning, so we didn't get to even start our planned 14 hour day until 11:00am. We arrived at the host hotel at 3:00am. Our new Chevy Uplander handled all the weather very well and I'm happy with it so far. Later today will be Futurity, which will be Monty and Sky's first time ever in the show ring. I'm also showing Bow, so 3 dogs to show today... and one of me, so I'll be busy on my 4 hours of sleep!!

Hitting the road

We hit the long road to Kansas this morning at about 9:30am. I'm taking 5 dogs to the National Dalmatian Specialty in Lawrence, KA. Today we drove 700 miles and arrived to our hotel in Rock Springs, WY at 10:00pm. We made several stops on the way so dogs could have potty breaks and stretch their legs. Tomorrow will be the harder day, over 900 miles before we make our destination. The wind was bad the entire way here, but luckily the roads were good.