Thursday morning was the Eastern Futurity. I was introduced more times than I could count as "Isabella's owner, you know, Winners Bitch at Nationals", no name, just Izzy's owner! I had every intention in the world of handling her myself, despite Kristyn reminding me repeatedly she'd be glad to! But in the end the nerves got to me and my stomach and at the very last possible second I handed the lead to Kristyn and hid behind someone as I watched my girl show her furry butt off to take 2nd money bitch! The Specialty was was in the afternoon, Isabella handled beautifully for me and Oliver was SO good, he made me proud! Our favorite "Uncle" took his second Best in Specialty Show. Congrats Bowie!!!
We had a great time the next morning hanging out at the field portion of the Futurity. I had been urged to get on a horse and ride a brace or two so I did (I happen to have horses of my own so riding is second nature in many ways), following behind on the first brace between Linda's Beau Smith and a dog named Tazer. I am happy to report Beau had many finds, if not being completely steady! He was 2nd money dog at the show portion of the Futurity. I had opted to not run Isabella, she hadn't quite made that connection yet so from fear of embarrassment...
Off To RI we went, Saturday I handled a beautiful bitch named Leana, and for not knowing me much more than a hole in the wall, she handled very nice for me! We ended up taking Reserve. Oliver also took Reserve (out of 2, haha!), but he'd decided to be quite a puppy in the ring. No big deal! He is having FUN! Isabella took Best of Opposite to Bowie, who went on to.... Take his first Group 2!!!!!!!!! The next day it was very similar (sans Leana), and Bowie took yet another Group placement, Group 4 this time. Congrats to Linda and the Russell's!!! Sunday also Oliver took Best Puppy in the Breed over another little puppy bitch, and went on to take Puppy Group 2!!! Yay Ollie!!!
And, for a update, since I really should have posted this almost a week ago... Isabella has had her field "awakening" and I can't wait to see where she goes from here!!! Oliver has done a little "whoa" training, and he picked that up so quickly, what a trainable little pup. Oliver is going to take a little time to mature before heading back into the ring, fill out a bit more. He definitely loves the ring, and that's half the battle! Hero's assignment is to try and gain an extra pound or two, in preparation for JJ's visit. We saw JJ in NY, what a nice surprise! Below is a picture.
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