A weekend of ups and downs

This weekend was filled with a lot of ups and downs for the boys. Everything started out alright Saturday as we headed out bright and early to the Western Washington Cluster of dog shows in Puyallup since the boys were showing at 8am and we had to meet Odin's handler at 7am, no sleeping in for us :(

Things quickly went downhill from there since we were greeted to a sick Odin when we got to the show which meant that he had gone from a nicely groomed show doggie to a messy dog. We quickly took him to our handler who was in the middle of grooming other dogs and he and his wife got work on trying to make Odin presentable and not so stinky. After a 30 minute scramble of washing, drying and spraying him with flowery smelling stuff he was presentable again but still not feeling well. Loki was also not feeling well so now we had two sick dogs who needed to be in the show to prevent the major from breaking. Both boys got sick again before heading into the ring for showing and respectively walked away with decent placements- 4th for Loki and 2nd for Odin despite everything. We quickly took them both home after the show where they pretty much were a mess until late that evening and got to enjoy a dinner of white rice and water and sleeping on the couch.

Sunday we headed out again bright and early since they were feeling better and we were in the ring again at 8am. Despite Odin being a little dehydrated from the day before he was able to take first in his class but lost in the winner's dog round. Loki took 4th again which for him being a puppy and only being in a couple of shows and not really liking to be on the show leash was not too bad. We would have loved to have captured a major win for Odin since that is the last things were working on to finish his championship but it wasn't in this weekends cards.

Next up is Portland for Odin. He'll leave Wednesday to get taken to his handler who will have him for shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday with both Saturday and Sunday expected to be majors again. Here's hoping for a win or two in Portland.