Labor Day Weekend

September 2, 2011. The start of Labor Day weekend and four days of showing. My mom was still visiting from Florida so she came with me to the show and we got to spend the day together. Sawyer won Best of Breed and mom worked the camera to get some photos.

Mom even got a picture of the Best of Breed rosette.



He showed nicely in the Sporting group.

Mom and Sharon chillin’ on the couch. Sharon is her favorite but don’t tell the others.

I think it’s because Sharon is such a good cuddler.

My mom did a painting of Sharon and Daisy from a picture shortly after Daisy’s birth.

September 3, 2011. Mom left in the morning to fly back to Florida. I was off to show again. Sawyer went Best of Breed again and made the cut in the group this time. It was another long day.
September 4, 2011. Another day another show. Sawyer was Best of Opposite Sex to his sister Prada who took Best of Breed. It was my birthday so a win would have been nice but I guess it was good to go home and enjoy the rest of the day. We went to our friend’s Scott and Erin Reily for an end of summer bbq. It was nice to spend the evening with good friends.

Chrissy and Steve came with their beautiful daughters. This was the first time we met Holly.

Lauren holding Holly, what a cutie she is!

Camille had a blast watching the ball come down off the awning.

Love when everyone gets together and watches the iPad…how about having conversations people.

Holly passed out in Erin’s arms.

I don’t know. Camille doesn’t look so happy with Uncle George.

Oh that Holly, love those cheeks!

September 5, 2011. Labor Day, but there are no holidays from showing. Today I started the day showing my friend Sarah’s Vizsla, Rayne. We went Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for Rayne’s first point!! Then Weims were in. Sarah stayed to take some pictures. These rings are so small you really don’t get a chance to move. Sawyer went Best of Opposite Sex. That actually worked out well since I was expecting company over and had to go home to prepare.



Canada - Long Sault 2011 Day 4

August 29, 2011. The last day of a long 4 day circuit. The rain ended and it was another beautiful day. Daisy was really starting to get the hang of showing but she does need to mature a bit. I’m glad she was able to get so much ring time so I could assess where she was.

Waiting to go into the ring with the kids.

I thought Daisy was going to kiss the judge.

Daisy is so relaxed in the ring by the last day she’s napping.

Sawyer is really getting his head up and looking good.

All in all it was a great trip. It’s a beautiful site and always a lot of fun. Now, back to the US!

Canada - Long Sault 2011 Day 3

August 28, 2011. Show day 3 in Canada. Today was a bit cooler and the forecast was for rain. I guess hurricane Irene was making her way north after all.

We started the day with the Pointing Dog Specialty. Daisy was in the puppy sweeps and took 3rd out of 4…yeah, we finally had some success. I think the judge liked her stacked but was amused by her long legs and the impact on her movement.

We were able to watch Pat and Kevin before the rain started.
Alice and Halle looked great in the ring but Alice took the breed today. She is the more experienced show girl.

Since it poured the whole day, it was not appropriate to have the camera out so we didn’t get any other pictures. Sawyer whacked his back on the RV closet door the night before and I could feel the impact on his movement. I’m sure the damp weather didn’t help. So no ribbons for Sawyer today but we're still riding high on the specialty win so that's ok. 



Canada - Long Sault 2011 Day 2

August 27, 2011. Day two in Canada. Today we had the all breed show and the Weimaraner Association of Canada (WAC) specialty. We started with the all breed show in the morning.

The more Daisy is showing the better she’s getting, at least with the stacking.

Sawyer showed well.

Prada went Winner’s Bitch and Dude was Best of Breed for this time.

Next up was the WAC Specialty. Daisy was in the puppy sweepstakes.

She was fine during the puppy sweeps.

Then the regular classes started. We were waiting outside the ring for our turn and when the judge approached the table to write in her book, Daisy started barking at her. I knew right then that we were going to have a problem. I’m not sure why but for some reason Daisy was not comfortable with the judge. Our first go around she turned her head to keep her eye on the judge the whole time. We certainly tried and the judge, Rita Walker, was extremely gracious giving Daisy food and trying to make it a good experience. She took the food but wanted no part of the exam. We excused ourselves and the judge had us go one more time around on our way out. Daisy was completely fine for the rest of the day and the weekend of shows.

We did capture the experience so we can laugh about it now.

For the Weim specialty, long hairs and short hairs show in the same class. Prada was in the Open class with the only long hair entered in the show.

Prada ended up going Winners Bitch.

Luckily Sawyer had no problems with the judge and showed wonderfully.

We were thrilled that the judge selected Sawyer as Best in Breed at the Specialty!! He got a huge rosette and a beautiful painting.

In Canada you can see your show photos that day and order them. Usually you can get the photo the next day but of course I took a day to decide which one I wanted and then they were too backlogged to print photos so I have to wait for them to mail the picture from Canada. It did turn out nice so I can’t wait to get it.


Our set up was in the overflow area since there were no camp sites available. Everyone in this area was hooked up to a large generator. They had this set up so I had to get a picture of this since I can’t imagine this happening in the US.

Canada - Long Sault 2011 Day 1

August 26, 2011. We started a four day circuit in Long Sault, Canada. There are lots of showing opportunities with four all breed shows and two specialties. Daisy made she debut here. She’s only 7 months old as is still growing into those long legs of hers. She didn’t do too bad her first time in the ring but I obviously need for her to mature a little before entering lots of shows.

Pat and Kevin were also up in Canada so we got to see them at the shows each day. They were the only two Tibbies entered so at least one of their own dogs was getting a point each day.

Carol was also in Canada with her puppy Loui. Daisy and Loui played together in May at Nationals.

I think I remember you, but you look bigger.

Oh yeah, I remember how much fun we had! 

Who's mouth is bigger? 



Dude is wondering what those stupid kids are doing.



Sawyer and Daisy hung out together in the expen enjoying the beautiful weather.

I felt slightly guilty enjoying the gorgeous weather as everyone at home was preparing for hurricane Irene.

There was a match show in the evening so I entered Daisy to work on her movement. I tried a different collar but that seemed to be worse. Oh well, we’ll have to experiment until we get it right.