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And we’re off!
Well, tomorrow morning that is. Tomorrow is Nash’s debut show in Atlanta, and yes I think I’ll show Lizzie too, naked belly and all. Naturally, it has been raining for about 3 days so the yard is a mud pit…I’m washing and drying dogs knowing full well that they will get filthy again before tomorrow. Sigh. We leave at about 7 am and show around 2:30ish Eastern time.
Wish us luck! If nothing else, I want Nash to have a good experience. I’m not too worried as he pretty much thinks life is a party thrown just for him, but you never know when something weird will happen to a puppy! And Atlanta is indoors, noisy and usually crowded. These first shows are so important for building that great show attitude for later, so I will be trying my best to keep it lighthearted and fun.
Eeek!
Well, I entered the Atlanta shows knowing that sometimes they pull pretty large entries. In fact, when Lizzie was a baby she made her debut at those shows and it was a 5 point major in bitches. *blink* (she was reserve both days) Now it’s her son Nash’s turn to dip his toe into the show world, and the entry was posted today…yep, a 5 point major in boys. Can I admit that I got a little tingly/excited when I made the entry for him? It was my first time to ever enter in Bred-By, and somehow that’s just really cool. 
If you’ve missed it on Carolyn’s blog or Facebook, sister Lucy has done really well on HER debut weekend in Portland. Reserve Winner’s Bitch twice to majors! I’m thrilled! Many friends and family are showing tomorrow and Sunday still, so good luck to everyone!
Morning romp
Nash and Brady have gotten to be really good play partners. Nash is still easily submissive, which appeases Brady’s inflated sense of self-worth. So every morning after breakfast they have a good long play session. I whipped out the video camera to try to catch them in action, but naturally as soon as I had the camera on them they changed the game. It’s still cute to see Brady play so much even though he’ll turn 12 this year. Lizzie is sometimes in on the game also, but generally she lays at my feet while the boys act like idiots. However, if Brady starts to get out of hand and is “too mean” to Nash, Lizzie is RIGHT THERE in his face. She puts her body between them and grumbles at Brady to knock it off…he always seems to back off like “ok ok, sorry!”. It’s kind of cute to see her protecting her son like that, and it’s been really interesting to watch how the pack dynamics have changed since Lizzie had the puppies and Nash joined the family.
Here is Nash-the-dork showing you his chewie:
Brady and Nash playing a bit:
Almost 7 months
I just got finished entering Nash in his first show, to be in Atlanta the first weekend of February. I can’t wait, it should be fun! This show sometimes pulls large majors, so who knows.
Sister Piper had her “debut” this past weekend in Palm Springs, where Traci finished Chancey-pants (huge congrats again, Traci!). Traci reported that miss Piper had a great time and behaved fairly well, which is truly the most important thing to me.
The boy needed a bath anyway, so I snapped a couple pictures of him. We’re still working on table stacking, but overall I think he probably won’t make a fool of me at his first show. He’s even learning to free bait on the ground, somewhat. He has a GORGEOUS coat right now, here’s hoping he still has some of it at Nationals! LOL
Stuff n stuff
Happy Holidays! Not much going on here…we’re all just vegging out in a post-Christmas haze. My mom flew down on Christmas Day and Charlie has been doing her best to keep her busy. 
I think the kids had a great Christmas…it was refreshing this year because now that Charlie has hit age 5, she has gotten over some of the overstimulation that the holidays bring and instead has just been a ton of fun. Jack, on the other hand…well, at least he’s cute. We’re heading off later today to see the Princess and the Frog.
Waiting at the top of the stairs on Christmas Day, anxious to see what Santa brought! (Mommy had to stay there to make sure Jack stayed!)
It occurred to me the other day that I need to start training my puppy! He’s doing ok with some things, not so much with others, but his first show is a bit over a month away and it would be nice if he wasn’t a total idiot. And I can’t wait for some of the other babies to hit the ring! January should bring “first show” experiences for June, Piper, Echo (maybe, seems like she’ll be the slowest to mature so may be held out), Maddie, and Lucy. Not sure about Vegas but I’m sure when their shows start up again Joyce will be getting him out and about also. Out of curiousity I weighed Nash the other day…he’s a solid boy at 26.2 pounds, but that should put him at a quite respectable adult weight between 34-36 pounds.
I can’t wait to see what 2010 brings!
Nash – 6 months
Well I wasn’t holding out a lot of hope for the stacked photos. As I mentioned the other day, Nash is in a bit of an awkward phase where he seems to be growing in different directions all at once. As usual, it seems like the boys go through this phase worse than the girls usually do, so while his sisters all seem to look pretty darn nice I was tempted to put Nash in a closet for a couple months and then see what he looked like. LOL! But thankfully, fluffy clean dogs help and the photos actually turned out much better than I anticipated. Most of all, I love the personality on this boy…mischievous, fun-loving, happy, but not pushy. He has brought an element of fun back to our dog household and I’m very glad for that!
Happy Half Birthday, Babies!
I intended to have this post be accompanied by pictures of the Nash boy, clean and fluffy and stacked up. But alas, the day got away from me and no clean dogs are to be had.
The Plizzards turned 6 months old TODAY! Hard to believe they’re getting that big. Nash celebrated by eating some crayons (a favorite delicacy, the acquisition of which is aided by the 2-year-old toddler) and peeing on the rug. Little $hit. Happy Half Birthday to Vegas, Lucy, June, Harmony, Nash, Echo, Wall-E, Maddie, and Piper!
Brady and Nash play a LOT...but Nash is always on bottom.
You can't pet Nash or Lizzie without petting BOTH of them, thankyouverymuch.
In case you aren't convinced of the consequences of being a trashund...
5 Months
Yep yep, it’s that time again. Time for a bath! And I hate giving them a bath & blow dry without taking purty pictures…even better that TOMORROW is their 5 month birthday!
The Dark Side
Friend or Family?
It’s always interesting when you add a new dog to the household. Even more interesting to me this time because it’s the first time it’s one that was BORN here and now has to live with his mama. I know over the years I’ve talked about Brady, who has always been the dominant personality in our house by far. He’s alpha and opinionated, a bit of the fun police, and everyone has to play by his rules. As he’s gotten older he’s gotten less and less tolerant of dogs that disobey him LOL. But at his base, he’s never a mean or aggressive dog…his goal in life is always to play, and play hard. Just as long as everydog knows that All The Toys Are Brady’s.
So, Brady and Nash get along just fine. Nash, at least for now, crawls on his belly and sucks up to Brady, who will then decide to play with The Boy. And they do fine together. What has surprised me is how much Lizzie likes her son. (granted, I can understand, as I’m a bit smitten with him myself…) They spend most of the day together, chewing on sticks and bones in the backyard, wrestling, barking at the neighbors, coming inside to crash on the floor. I still think that Nash would really prefer a more playful playmate…he loves his mama and they do great together, but at her core she still just doesn’t like to RUN that much, so most of their time together is fairly low-key. I try to pick up the slack in exercise because otherwise in the evening, Nash is So. Bored. he is forced to chase his own tail for entertainment, because the older dogs turn into pumpkins at about 8 pm.
First, I bite you face off
Then we can wrastle
What did you roll in, mom?
Pretty boy
The family that chews together, stays together?
Jack is upset because I'm spending too much time with dogs. Anyone feel bad for him?
Maybe he and Nash can share a bone.
Now LIZZIE is jealous!
Today’s Results
The weather today was so beautiful that I almost hated to spend it indoors at a dog show in a dusty horse barn! Normally it’s either cold, rainy, or both at this cluster, but we were gifted with drop-dead gorgeous weather today. Clear, sunny, and in the 70’s, with fall leaves abounding everywhere. I don’t intend to go to the show tomorrow…a compromise with my husband who really wanted to play golf instead of babysit the kiddos again…so maybe we can get out and enjoy the weather then.
Lizzie was Best of Opposite today, winning over the very lovely Scout. I find myself conflicted about that because there’s no doubt that Scout is very pretty, in fabulous coat and condition, and shown very well by her handler, and usually I’m cheering for her. But we’ll take the ribbon anyway!
After BIS there was a puppy B match so naturally I entered Nash. I even did a little mini-grooming job on him, to get him used to the idea of being groomed at a show, but he thought that rolling in barn dust was the best way to get noticed by the judge. What do you know, turns out he was right! We were the only Cardigan entered, but he won a puppy herding group 1. And most importantly, seemed to have a great time! But is one. tired. puppy…we didn’t get home until nearly 9 pm!