AUG. DOG SHOW

Terri and I watched agility and conformation on Saturday at Long Sault. The SD&G (Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Dog Association) show is our favourite. The setting is perfect - islands in the St. Lawrence Parks, show rings of green grass nestled amongst trees and close to the shore. Space for outdoor conformation, agility, obedience, and rally sessions. The weather is usually great, although tropical storm Irene brought some wind and rain on Sunday.

We saw many beautiful dogs in the show ring. The English setters were especially attractive. We saw 3 Belgian shepherds doing conformation and 4 others running agility. But some of those in agility this weekend also do conformation and vice versa, including Ben Kenobi de la Foret de Bizy who won Best in Specialty at the National Specialty Show for Belgian Shepherd Dogs this year and BasqueLaine Ewe'r Marco Polo who earned his championship and AGI titles (incl. BOB) this weekend.

DOCK DOGS !

Take the Plunge I went to see the dock dogs at Rideau Carleton Raceway today but arrived late in the day due to the heat; i.e., I was reluctant to go outside under the sun because I knew there would be little shade at the site. There were a number of tables set up for dog rescue groups, dog food and toy/accessory companies, photographers, etc. I missed many demos such as the OPP K9 Unit and Treibball (teaching your dog to ultimately “herd” eight balls into a goal net). Treibball might interest Terri.