Yesterday, Lonna, Jetty, Koyuk and I headed north to Vancouver to the Chinook Club of America National Championship.
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| happy Chinook |
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| We did not get to set up our space until 5:30 pm |
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| Kaltag checks out his sister Koyuk |
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| Chinooks become fully recognized by AKC on January 1, 2013. All judges judging Chinooks need to attend an official "Judges Education". This didn't happen until all 12 rings (thousands of dogs) had finished showing for the day. |
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| After the lecture, the judges got hands-on training. |
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| Very handsome, BrownStone Iditarod Koltag. |
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| We finally got to go into the ring at 8 pm - way past dinner time for Koyuk. She was so excited to see a treat bit on the show ring mat, she lunged for it, breaking the chain on her show lead. I had to frantically excuse ourselves to the judge; find a lead to borrow; and get her back into the ring. |
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| Poor girl wanted to be just about anywhere else but the ring. She did end up taking second best bitch (the female she lost to went on to take Best Opposite of Show - so not bad). The judge was very interested in her. Had she been on, I bet she could have been Best Opposite to her intended, Best of Breed Champion, Oscar. |
