After a hectic 2007 moving to New Mexico and campaigning Phil to #1 All-Breed Australian Terrier, we decided to take it easy in 2008 and showed our dogs during about a half-dozen weekends this year. Phil took a Group 4 on one day during shows in Midland, TX in April. Bo and Valle had three successful days in Long Beach, CA in June, including the Great Western Terrier show. Bo took Best of Winners (best non-champion Aussie) on Friday and Valle won Best Opposite Sex (best female), including beating all Champion females, on Sunday at the Great Western Terrier show. We followed that up with Lily, Bo and Valle at three shows in Greeley, CO in August where Lily won Best Opposite Sex two of three days. In September, we took Bo and Valle to two shows in Rio Rancho, NM and Bo won Winners Bitch (best non-champion female) both days. Early in October, we took Lily, Bo and Valle to four shows in Alamogordo, NM. Lily won Best of Breed on three of four days, Bo took Winners Bitch on Friday and finished her championship (hooray!) and Valle took Best of Winners on Saturday. Lily and Bo are both qualified for the Eukanuba National Championships in Long Beach, CA in December. The big question for us…do we defer a long-planned family ski week starting that weekend or not?
Last weekend, we wrapped up showing for 2008 (maybe) in Los Lunas, NM by bringing Phil back out for a warm up for next year when we plan to campaign him again. On both days, Phil showed well and the judges gave him a good look, but gave Best of Breed to another deserving dog. His handler (Bob) was a little rusty working with him so that will be something we’ll be working on during the next couple of months.
