#ukc show

[intriga-hounds]

ponzu got Best Female twice this weekend??????? i can’t believe it, truly. she was up against some really nice girls.

anyway she says no touchy, these is mines.

[theborzoiarebackintown]

My silken friend’s newest mudi child, Mr. Ferrous. He’s incredibly cute and dangerously charming. He enjoyed being carried around like a baby and had the cutest tubbiest puppy belly.

[pittieandpoodle]

new Grand Champion alert!

✨UGRCH✨ Mistel’s Butcherbird “Shrike” (14 months)

it’s been a long and bumpy road emotionally, but he’s a star in the ring and we haven’t had a bad weekend. win or lose, he’s so fun to handle, and i’ll always love him more than anything (except Denver <3) very proud of my little bird!

[bas-rouge]

Really really rude that I have to lay here on the couch all alone and don't have a big ol dog here to hug

[kelev9]

AHHHH OKAY I'M GOING TO MY FIRST EVER DOG SHOW LATER THIS MONTH I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elvenferretots]

I'm becoming a title and ribbon addict. Going to crack into the new year with FitDog titles for TenSoon and DMWYD titles for Pantalaimon. Two programs I never thought I'd bother with, but I've got an itch now.

[pawsandreflect]

well i did get good news today so that’s awesome

[theartdaleterrier]

Jagdterrier! There are usually one or two at UKC shows around here, and they're always such a blast. Probably not a dog I could handle, but one I admire from afar.

[doginprogress]

Spork

Spork is a teensy tiny ten month old Silken Windhound who was a completely unexpected but lovely surprise. A friend reached out to me in December about a spunky little girl who needed placing in a sport/show home. She had heard I was interested in Silkens and I told her I hadn’t planned on bringing home a puppy while I was still raising another puppy, I let her talk me into a trial run. And that trial run became permanent. Everyone who has met Spork has loved her. She is an incredibly endearing little bandicoot who loves people and dogs alike. She’s tough enough to hang with the beezer girls and hold her own, but she also loves to cuddle and snuggle and has the best settle. She has also managed to charm not only her BFF Ponzi, but also Azula and grumpy little man Tansy. She’s on a vacation with a friend currently, but when she’s back we’re going to start looking for some UKC shows and planning for her to start some sports this fall after she turns 1.

[sixlegnag]

Re: the first thing, most Kishu people (and people involved in the medium NKs in general) know our dogs aren't going to happily tolerate all strange dogs (esp. in a high octane situation like a coursing trial) so we don't put them in situations they're apt to fail...

And I have to wonder if the presence of DA sighthounds on courses is part of why they're concerned, because yeah, people still run difficult hounds. If I were on the other side and didn't know NK people are much less likely to do that, I'd probably not want them around either, because they can really fight hard when they want to. I'd forgotten they don't all handle their DA dogs with as much caution as the average NK person involved in sports does. So I'll judge them less for that. Can't expect them to know what's up.

It's a lot more likely the Kishu club will develop their own hunt test actually suited for their dogs than run Kishu in coursing trials, though, so they're really just making a stink over a load of nothing. Since the 'wrong shape' argument is also nothing- that boat sailed when the Norbottenspets earned hound recognition. Hahaha.

Man sighthound people are REALLY MAD that Kishu Ken were moved to hound group instead of working or nonsporting, despite Kishu having been used exclusively for hunting since before they were even called Kishu Ken.

[pillowspace]

I fell asleep HALF AN HOUR BEFORE IT CAME OUT AHHHHGHHHH

What HAPPENED I missed all the streams :((((

Okay so I'll deliver the lore to you straight. Cassie exploded like half of the building then the DCA scuttled towards her on all fours like "hey you little beast why did you do that" and she was like "idk because it would be funny" and they dragged her to the Dark & Empty which was also known as the Unfortunate to repent on her sins but then she escaped through the cell bars and fk ukcing ate literally all of the drywall from the rest of the building like all of it so uhh monty showed up but hes cool though so he started eating the drywall WITH her until the DCA came running to chase them both down with a battle axe they found in the ballpit so cassie and monty decided to become the drywall to hide but then it turned out that they really just liked being drywall actually so they stayed there for the rest of time then the game ended. there was a post credits funeral because no one knew that they had become the drywall they were just gone i guess. idk you had to be there

[intriga-hounds]

he was the only one but i’m still proud of him

[theborzoiarebackintown]

The borzoi babes did a couple things at the UKC shows yesterday! This counts as Kram’s first competition win anywhere!

[pittieandpoodle]

we finished the weekend with shrike’s first 2 Best of Breeds, a Group 2, and a Group 4. not bad for a 7 month old’s first time in the grown-up ring.

[bas-rouge]

Uh oh, they need to stop holding specialties for breeds I know people in in the state... looks like I might be going to up to 4 national specialties next year.

[kelev9]

I've officially been bit by the dog show bug. I already have two more I'm planning on going to this year