cassie01

Two Spirit and Poocow: I tried to look for you both also today, but also was a bit lost, hopefully soon I will meet you both, I am going out to Penrith on Friday if anyone is going???? Two Spirit your first show is the hardest, it wasn't as overwhelming for me 2day, I am sure you will be fine next week. Poocow thanks again for the post trick I did remember that one Diesel got third in sweepstakes, and won his class (he was the only one). Bindii and Poocow: Congrats on your wins today and angelsophie I am glad you had a great day also.

Dalmatian is spelt with an A not an O. The spots are relevant they should be clear - round and well defined, not run together and be about the size of a five to twenty cent coin and well distributed, the ones on the extremeties, legs, tail etc should be smaller than on the body. The edges should not blend into the ground colour so as to appear grey or have a dark halo. With Taite's litter, some one of the boys had too much spotting and other had too little spotting. The black spots have to be a shiny jet black, liver spotted should be a rich liver brown. I have also been told some judges like to view the Dalmatian from both sides to see how spotted they are on both sides not just the show side, so I have to teach Taite to heel both on the left and right of me. You also cannot have patched dogs, or dogs with black and liver spots together (tricolour) or lemon spots, and they have to have a good pigment around the eye, one of the pups in Taite's litter was missing a bit of pigment around the eye and was thought wouldnt be suited to showing but it closed up as he grew. Of course the spots are only part of it, there is also the physique of the Dally, and the eye colour etc. I am hoping that made some sense. Thanks for clearing that up, they are a lovely dog, good luck on Sunday if I don't hear from you, hopefully I will see you there

How is morgie 2day???? I do go to Luci's on Wednesday during the day, I have been going for around three months, but still don't get some things, hopefully it will all click in one day She is good though isn't she.

Thanks for the tips poocow, I am sure i will forget them on the day Where I go to training she did say to me on Wednesday that I was too close to her. Showing did look easy (how hard could it be to run with your dog and stand???) but now I am realizing differently. I also tried some mink oil on him 2day to see if this does not cause dandruff, because he is black you can see everything!!! Two Spirit: How do they judge the dalmations, are their spots very relevent??? Do they have to have them all over?? Just curious.

I am sure you will do fine, I am starting to feel sick the closer it gets. I will be in ring 6. I would love to come and say hi. I am also in 6-9 month sweepstakes. I also told the steward it was my first time and they were really helpful in explaining things, but didn't realize there was only one way in and out so of course I went out the in way!!! I was so embarrassed

Hi Everyone, I am new to dog showing, I used to show horses b4 kids but no longer have the time nor the energy, hence Diesel. He is a nine month old SBT, and we are going to our second show next Sunday 23rd at Erskine Park. I am already nervous just thinking about it. If anyone else is going please come and say HI (i will be the one with the big 'L' on my back). Congrats to everyone with their results. Cass

Thankyou so much for the diet, I have been looking around to start my eight month old staffy on raw for a few months but was a bit confused, he was on commercial, you have now helped me, I am going to the shops today to buy all the ingredients for him and I hope he will now thrive.