Well, I missed a dog show this morning.  I had only entered Nash one day in Greeley, because yesterday was Jack’s 4th birthday and I sort of felt like a heel when thinking about entering/going to a dog show when I should be celebrating with him.    I was excited when Greeley pulled majors!  But the 8 am ring time today, 1.5 hour drive to get there, when coupled with an extremely bad night of sleep, and I didn’t think it was a good idea to go.  Us dog people do crazy stuff all the time for shows, but I *actually* had the thought this morning that with how tired I was, it was clearly dangerous to think about driving, by myself, in the dark morning.  So I slept until 10 instead.

That leaves Nash still needing that last major.  If the hair holds, I think I’ll plan a different crazy trip to Richland.  It seems like it would be a beautiful time of year to drive through that part of the country, it’s a Cardigan specialty, and it would allow me to see and mingle with some of my favorite people.  And maybe we’ll get lucky and he’ll get the last major this year after all…if not, we’ll be on the hunt again.

On a different note, we are now on week 3 of me switching the dogs to a completely raw diet.  So far so good!  My backyard smells better by a long mile…poop is less stinky and there isn’t as much of it.  And the dogs seem to look great.  For now, because I’m lazy and my dogs bolt their food even including whole pieces of chicken, I am using Bravo frozen raw diet.  Thankfully I found a great local store that carries it, and it comes in 2-lb chubs which is perfect right now to feed my 3….Nash, who still eats like an adolescent, gets about 1 lb of it, and Lizzie and Brady each get about 1/2 lb.  I add Missing Link, a dash of oil, and occasionally a handful of frozen veggies because they like ‘em.  It has been easy and isn’t much more expensive than what I was paying for 2 bags of premium kibble per month.

Well…silly people who move across country should be sure to remember to update their address when they enter shows.    Nash’s show photo from Eagle a few weeks ago was mailed to my old address in AL…thankfully, my sister-in-law and her family are the people who bought the house from us, and she has been helping us in many ways.  So I finally got it!  And I think it turned out pretty well.  I’m NOT pleased, however, with my scanner that seems to be scanning everything in very blown-out and oversaturated.  I fixed it as best I could but am still not happy with the color/saturation.

I also had a nice update from Vegas’ owner Joyce.  Vegas was BOB 2 days last weekend to add on some more single points and leave him at “the dreaded” 14.  He has both of his majors so is just searching for a single now…here’s hoping he finds it soon!  She also let me know that at his most recent yearly checkup/bloodwork, he tested very low positive for Lyme disease.    He shows no symptoms and we are all hoping it stays that way, but if anyone has any advice for Joyce regarding Lyme that I could pass on I’d appreciate it.

Back from a glorious couple of days in Eagle, CO!  Yes, Nash did some winning, but truly the weather and scenery made the trip worthwhile anyway.  I might complain about the distance to dog shows out here, but at least I’m sometimes rewarded with ones that aren’t too far (2 hours drive) and have some redeeming qualities.    Eagle is a nice little show!  There were 2 points in girls, 1 in boys, and 2 specials entered.  Turns out one of the specials is off on a date, so he was absent all weekend.  The other special was cousin Holmes, and he brought naughty Nola with him too, so it was nice to get to see and meet both of them!

The brags on my side are that Nash was Best of Breed yesterday for 2 points, and Best of Winners today for another single point.  That puts him squarely minored out at 12 points with 1 major…so I guess I know what we get to do next.    We’ll be hunting for that last major this fall.  I did get a photo yesterday so fingers crossed that it turned out well.

I hate posting without photos , so had been waiting to hopefully see some pictures and maybe even Miss Junie’s win photo before I posted! Well, no win photo has arrived at Leslie’s house yet so that post will have to wait, but I did get some pictures of her brother Nash from the Priceville show, taken by Norman’s owner Carol. Thank you Carol!! These pictures are all from Sunday…the day Nash didn’t win. LOL! Oh well, I think he still looked handsome, ifIdon’tsaysomyself.

Handsome boy! Waiting his turn outside the ring.

Nash's "dark side"