A Milestone in Abilene

Left: Soda wins 2nd place in Owner-handled Toy Group; Right: Soda won 1st place in Open Bitch, Best of Winners, Owner-handled Best of Variety, and Best of Variety.

One of my current show puppies came away from the cluster of shows in Harrisburg with only one more point to go before she finished her championship, so I made a rash plan: a one-day dash to Abilene TX to see if she could beat her sister head-to-head and secure that last point.

Long story short, Soda did it! So that gives her the 15 points and 2 majors that a dog needs to finish her championship according to AKC rules, and so she will now have a title at the front of her name:

CH Texangals I'M Sodalicious

Also, when your dog wins the breed competition at a show, then you advance to the group phase toward the end of the day where you compete against other Toy dogs that won their breed: that would be breeds like pugs and Italian greyhounds and chihuahuas and Yorkshire terriers and such.

There's also a second group of Toy winners who are handled by their owners who aren't also professionals, and that's called the Owner-handled group, and because I am an owner who isn't a professional, I get to compete in both groups.

In this latter round, Soda was awarded 2nd place against the other owner-handled Toy exhibitor: not bad for an 8-mos old puppy who'd never gone into a group before!

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