ABC 2013 National Specialty

WOW, what a week! HUGE, huge week for M&M. The week began with Little Bit running an exceptionally challenging MTX in downtown Topeka, KS. She worked the best and the hardest she ever has for an enduring 59 minutes on a 26hr old trail in 30mph wind gusts and contamination and distractions too lengthy to list to bring me to the runners in an inner city park. She took me straight up to the correct runner but didn’t do her reliable jump up ID. She then took me to the cross runner, with the exact type of reaction she had on the runner and then looked back to me and went up. I called the cross runner, though I felt it was the other one, based on that going up. I know now she just had a brain fart and didn’t go up on the runner b/c she was -beyond- exhausted and worked her little heart out. We’ll get it next time!  On Tuesday we got to go spend the afternoon at Sherry Duling’s house, a real home coming and bittersweet time for me. I will treasure that forever. Wednesday brought a fun time stewarding for obedience with Beth Mares. Wednesday night Hattie B. and Morgan represented us beautifully in the Top 20 event and Thursday …. Reserve Winners dog at the National for Milton!! M&M’s Alamosa Kid Has A Price On His Head owned by Jill & David Dingle and shown by Barb Copeland. Friday … that is a day we won’t ever forget … congratulations to Little Bit on going Winners Bitch to finish her championship and then on to win Best of Winners at the National. Morgan also won an Award of Merit shown by Barb and owned by Randy & Anne Greenlee. Holy cow! That night at the banquet it was an honor to receive Nolan’s Stud dog of Merit and Rio’s Dam of Merit and Sherman’s working dog of Merit ribbons (congratulations to Beth Mares) … then Saturday, the day of the regional, the first time in the ring as a special and Little Bit makes both cuts for the breed and goes on to win Select Bitch. I really don’t think this week has fully sunk in just yet, I’m still somewhere in the clouds. I am so proud of these babies from Rio/Price on their HUGE week! Now, we’re getting back in the groove of life back at home and Little Bit continues her naughty and bossy ways at home with her peeps. 🙂

Not the greatest shots of her but you can see she had fun on the down and back mat. She was hoping judge Clark had something for her 🙂