State fair

Our state fair is a great state fair - don't miss it, don't even be late!
Ok, so I've succumed to stealing lines from old movies, but I can't wait to tell you what we did at the fair. The morning of Wednesday the 30th I got up at 5 a.m. to make sure we had everything ready. My dad got home from delivering the papers at 6:30. It took us a half an hour to load everything in our tiny car! Then after a long car ride and being dropped of at the wrong place, we made it in time to hear my numbers being called - for grooming & handling and obedience! After realizing my show outfit and crates had been left in the wrong place, my mom and a friend ran to get my clothes and crates. I got dressed for G & H and told them of the conflict. They told me to do G & H first. That's when I realized my nice shoes were left in the car...A good 30 min. walk away. I decided not to try and get them and do my best in sneakers(A mistake I will not make again.) After G & H, I got Kirby for obedience. Our judge was nice, but Kirby lagged the whole time in heeling pattern and sniffed a lot, too. In stays(stand,sit&down) he did perfect. In the recall, it took me 2 tries to get him to come and to finish. Then we rested until it was time for Drill team - basically, obedience set to music. Our team was nervous when we learned another team had chosen the same theme - pirates. There music was also nearly the same. Molly did OK I guess - once when I was recalling her backing up she didn't move and one of the other team members walked into her!

Then it was time for placing announcements. First was obedience, in which Kirby got a blue ribbon.(145 points & up) his score was 151/160. I think could've done better. The was G&H. I was still upset about not having the right shoes. They called white & red ribbons and I wasn't among them. great I thought at least I'll have a blue ribbon. but as they continued calling & there were only 3 people left. I really thought they were gonna call me next, cuz I thought there was no way...But no now then there was only 1 person left with me. They called my number. My score was 94/100. I got second place. Reserved champion.

After a (fairly) relaxing evening at a hotel and an early and crazy morning, it was time for Rally-O. He didn't do as well as I wanted, But he did alright. 82/100. He got points off for sniffing,slow response,lagging,tight leash, just to name a few. He did do good overall,though.

So that's it for the state fair. We ate at a outdoor restrant on the way home, which was fun because the dogs got to eat with us.
It's dollars to donuts that our state fair is the best state fair in our state!