Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Weekend of Ribbons

This weekend we continued Odin's debut into the world of confirmation and headed to the Olympic Kennel Club Dog show at the fair grounds in Enumclaw on both Saturday and Sunday. Odin was shown by his amazing and talented handler Lisa Merki once again and they had a great weekend of showing.

Saturday was by far Odin's best day and took first place in his class and the winner's group which is the round of showing for all the class winners for those of you who are unfamiliar with how this whole show thing works. To our surprise Odin took first in the winner's group which meant he got to compete for Best of Breed in his second dog show ever. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Best part of him being able to compete for Best of Show was getting to see him compete against his dad, Jake and Loki's dad, Sam for the same award. While Sam took the win and won Best of Show, Odin won Best of Winners. He got a bunch of ribbons for his good work along with a food dish and leash holder which were prizes given by the Washington Brittany Club. We also got a picture with the judge, Lisa and Ben since this was his first big win with points earned towards his championship.

Competing for Best of Breed on Saturday
Sunday Odin was a little hyper since he hadn't gotten to run around much the night before since we didn't want to have to give him another bath and blow dry and decided he didn't want to stay standing in the stacked position very long so it made Lisa's day interesting. Despite this he won his class again and took reserve winner's. The other excitement for Lisa was she showed her Pointer puppy, Harper and took Best of Winners so it was a good day of dog showing for her.
Competing for Winner's Dog on Sunday
Loki also got to come to the shows with us even though he was just a spectator for now since he is too young to compete. Not sure if we'll show him but he enjoyed being around all of the other dogs and of course getting petted by all the people. We also got to see Loki next to Sam which was fun and Sam's owner Liz got to meet him as well.

All in all it was a great weekend and Odin proved that he is really a great show quality dog.

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