It's up to you and Jen. You are traveling a distance, so if you don't want to haul a lot of dogs. I will enter all 4 of mine so we have the 5 needed to award the champion title for best of breed. This will be the first year that we have a chance of having enough. Not sure how Ritsu will handle it, it is outside so that works in his favor.
I would love to see any of those girls, but esp the mamas of my dogs! It would be cool to see Haru and Juno together. I wonder if Matsu would remember his mother?
If no other Kai people enter, Matsu will be the only puppy there- if he were 12 days older he could be with the grownups and count toward the 5...
@sjp051993 - If you do enter all four, I would be happy to take one in the ring... But only if you do not mind that I have absolutely no dog show experience at all... :-P
I'm planning to come on the Saturday (unless something serious comes up--it's only about an hour south for me though), but of course have no dogs to bring--but I'm totally willing to help anyone who needs someone to show a dog for them! Never shown in this kind of show before, though it sounds easy enough :P (Have done UKC).
I know the Japanese judge for AKIHO sent a guy out of the ring because his bitch was in heat. (It annoyed me only because two other bitches were in heat, and the judge didn't eliminate them. What's up with that?)
@poeticdragon - I could try, lol. If you mean in regards to heavy pulling/lunging, I'm capable of handling my husky boy when he's in full on hunt mode, he's pretty insane when it comes to cats and squirrels, and is at JA weight now since he's having a hard time losing weight (going to take him in for testing since this weight gain is pretty insane at the amount of exercise he's getting and lack of food given).
Looks like I will only be entering 3. Knowing what the Nippo judges look for, I don't feel Ritsu is ready yet. He still shuts down when presented with an unfamiliar situation. He will still be there for the exposure, just not in the show ring.
If you think the dog may stress to much then evaluation only. The judges are pretty forgiving on a dog misbehaving. It is actually pretty low stress compared to regular showing.
I've been told there is only 1 Shikoku registered so far... So anyone who is planning on showing their Shikoku who hasn't yet registered needs to get on it!
Wow, only 1 shikoku signed up, kind of (only kind of) makes me wish Miyu was still intact.
@CrimsonO2 - do you know if Corina is definitely coming, I know she was thinking about it but has been so busy that she might not know about the deadline.
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If no other Kai people enter, Matsu will be the only puppy there- if he were 12 days older he could be with the grownups and count toward the 5...
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@CrimsonO2 - do you know if Corina is definitely coming, I know she was thinking about it but has been so busy that she might not know about the deadline.
So then if 1 more shikoku signs up, they can have an opportunity to be awarded Saikosho and compete for Supreme. So close yet so far