Congratulations! Shaun looks very handsome!

@DebraDownSouth: WTG! OMG though 103.. so you have to beat dogs, not individual shows points,or are the wins high points or what for a championship? Here a champion is 15 points, but you must have 3 majors (ie a win worth 3 to 5 points) in that. IOW the most you can get for a win is 5 pts. That would be 2 majors, not three

Many congratulations to you and Tucker.

I love, love, love Gambit - but I have to say I think Tempest looks pretty special too!! Congratulations on a fabulous weekend! Terry

Nice win for you and Shaun. I enjoyed watching him move around the ring.

Thanks Andrea! Ill check it out, i appreciate it!

Not surprised, that Gambit is a real winner!

Our entry has been sent last week. Thanks for the reminder guys :)

Beautiful pups Lisa wishing you continued success. Therese

Very nice Tanza..congrats on their successes.

what a pretty girl! wish i could have been there

Thanks Tanza..so much to look at..I like #1 better too..but I can clearly see his front feet are too far under him..

@nomrbddgs: When dogs are out, they definitely do act different. There are new things to experience. But once they've been exposed to the ring a couple of times, they settle down. We lived in Niagara Falls for many, many years and I would take my dogs to the heart of the tourism area and walk up and down the sidewalk. Loud noises, buses, different types of people,etc was excellent for them. When obedience training, this was perfect. It taught them to be distraction proof. Ill have to take her for walks down main street and stuff when it warms up a bit… Vanderlae would love that and i know the dogs would too! hehe and i agree it will help with the distractions! :D

@Nemo: Yeah, Seri and Jet! I knew Seri just had 2 points left after Friday, I'm not sure about Jet though. Seri was RWB on Saturday, but finished her championship in style on Sunday with another 4pt major… She finished her championship with 5 majors... I told Franie, she needs to get on the stick...ggg... of course have to find shows with majors... hard to do around No Cal these days

Had a lovely day around the Basenji ring. It was nice to catch up and have a chat. A Big Well Done to everyone xxx

This is worrying - please let us know how you get on at the vets.

The whole time, she was handling the puppy gently, speaking kind words, telling them "good boy" etc the whole time. (see Andrew's letter in thread) In all fairness, I agree and I will put out an apology to Wanda, I retract any negative comments about her, her status in the community of showing and handling of dogs, or in any way harm her reputation. But to everything and everyone there exists a personal and subjective viewpoint. I know that handling dogs 'unnaturally' but in a positive manner only helps with their adaptation of our lives that we subject them to….I agree with Basenjimanna, Sharon about Andrew's comment. I do not have much experience in show life. Yes, I have witnessed some dogs that thrive on it, and I have watched dogs that the owner is only in it for themselves, pride, and prestige and have little concern for the dog as an entity. (Show Dog-ing can open up a whole new forum), so I may not agree with EVERY aspect of showing dogs, but it does not make it immoral or unnatural or wrong for the dogs, just not for me, but on the other hand, I do enjoy watching the televised version of an AKC show.... Refer again to personal preferences and discussion forums, I am grateful to accept your perspectives as it has enhanced my understanding of how I can misjudge an intent (the video.) Thank you for the well written response. (yeah for forums and open minds....)