No stitching, just showing

It was a show day today.
Since I've described the events leading up to it, I shan't repeat. LOL, it doesn't really change from show to show.

We attended a breed specific show. They are nice because it's nothing but beautiful, white, fluffy, noisy, over excited Samoyeds. You can be sure coming away from the show you will be covered in fur and kisses. I'll never forget my first sight of a breed show when I saw no less than 50 Samoyeds in the space of 3 minutes! A feast for the eyes.

I am very happy to say Misha did very well today; she came away with two Firsts; one in Junior and one in Graduate.
She showed like an angel, perfect conformation, her movement was spot on. No pacing, which has tended to be a bit of a problem, just good ground eating drive.
She was well behaved in the ring, no excessive barking, and stacked well.

We were disappointed that in the unbeaten bitch lineup she wasn't awarded a Best Bitch or Reserve Best Bitch. However as we were walking out to our cars, with the winner of Best Bitch, who also won the Best in Show as well, the judge singled me out.
She told me she very much admired our Misha, and she lost out because of immaturity. She said a few more months (Misha is 15 months old) will make a difference. It's not that Misha played up, it's she looks young and hasn't muscled up enough yet. The judge said that Misha will mature nicely and will certainly take the high honours. She said we should be proud of her. As I said, we couldn't be any more than we are.

Misha has started her second season. It's a relief that she finally has come in. We were having nightmares that she would be in full blown season during Crufts. We shall be out of this in three weeks, so all clear and ready to go to Crufts. :)
Now it's to find places to walk her where she won't be bothered by dogs. This is one little gal who will be very upset at not being let off the lead for three weeks!

So this was a typical show SUN. Up early, gone all day, and come home absolutely beat! No stitching tonight!