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It was interesting.

Her first weekend was last July at Dallas Market Hall.  She was scrawny then.  We got beat every day by the same dog, a relative.  She was just a day into the 1 year to 18 month class.  I didn’t know how to move her, and had trouble with her turning into jelly puppy.

This was her second weekend, again, both days beat by the same dog a relative.  The difference was today.  I hadn’t figured out how to show her and she kept turning into jelly puppy.  She was doing that in conformation class.  However, this time, both days she moved really well.  I had jelly puppy again – or something I call the leaning tower of beagle.  This morning I decided I’d put her on the table, let her adjust herself, and then keep her in place.  That worked VERY nicely.  No leaning.  No jelly.

Both show sites are crowded but at least there is somewhat close parking to be found at Dallas Market Hall.  Yesterday I got sent to the far side of the building and ended up parking a long way from the building.  Too far to carry chair, dog and belongings.  I think the situation put all of us off.

We are at the Double W Arena and it was packed.  I would not have wanted to show in obedience there.  Conformation was hard enough.  Yesterday really wore me down as I didn’t have a chair and there were no chairs to be had.  I did help the other owner/handlers though and had a good time.

Today was much better.  I was able to park within site of the door and was able to bring in a chair.  A steward did ask me to move closer to the ring, but I did explain I was trying to stay out of it.  Again I could help the other owner handlers, but even more so, being the deposit point for people as they went into the ring.  I had a good time and my breeder had good things to say both how my dog looked and how she showed.  This time I let her do the work and show herself, both on the floor and the table, and she did much better.

However, I’m looking forward to being back “home” in agility next weekend, and back at Market Hall the week after.  I will say agility is more “fun” because we all have a chance to win when we really don’t in conformation.

So I took Dulce to a dog show today. Paid $25 for privilege. There were somewhere just over 1000 entries.

So why did the facility have NO parking? No chairs to sit down in and worse yet – no room to do so?

I passed about 10 "no dogs" signs which really stuck me as hilarious.

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We didn’t Q this weekend in JWW because I’m too slow.  That was definitely proved today when Macy stayed with me the entire route and ran clean, but we were had 78 points out of 100.  To Q we needed 3 more seconds, and to get 100 points, we need 11 more seconds of time – which we WILL need for Excellent.

I’m trying but it isn’t coming fast enough for me.  It means losing weight and it means working out.

Macy had a small gastro emergency last week.  I came home to a sick dog with a nasty smelling cage.  I decided to take her to the vet to ease my mind.  $300 some dollars later (thank you #VPI), I had a clean dog that was pooping normally and was almost her normal self.

Dr. Cordias called to check on her this evening, even though I had been by to pick up her tags.

And she seems back to her normal self.

At the new Dog City Training Location, at the end of beginner’s agility class, I finally got Dulce to weave on weave poles that weren’t in the back yard.

Lots of people have seen very nice, fast, independent weaves in the back yard – husband, pet sitter, the odd visitor and have f0r a while.

But I haven’t been able to get her to weave at the old Dog City location or at EE’s.  (Best Friends).  It dawned on me this weekend I had not moved the weaves in the back yard at all.  So I rotated them and relocated them.  Yep, no weaves.  Put the weave guides back on, did one session with them on Sunday to build up speed again, and took them down in the middle of the session tonight.  She isn’t doing off side in public yet, but they are rough in the back yard too.

It’s coming!