Show in Fredericia (DK)

This weekend the show in Fredericia was on the agenda.
We had entred 3 of the dogs: Howard, Boots and Flirt.

After lots of discussions and change of minds we (Thea and me) decided to travel to Denmark on Saturday and stay in a hotel so we all would be a little more relaxed at the show on Sunday.
Boy, were we glad we did, due to roadworks it took us a lot longer to get up there and when we finally arrived at the hotel we were really tired and ready to get to bed :-)

The hotel was really great for dogs, at the reception we got 3 blankets for them which we used to cover the beds and one of the seats, especially Flirt thought it was great and made use of them ;-) We got up early in the morning, had a good beakfast and than it was off to the show. We arrived early giving us plenty of time to settle in.
54 Shelties entered so we had no illusions of any win or what so ever. After the Border Collies were finished it was the Shelties turn, Howard was the first to go into the ring and got 3rd in open class.
I was already pleased he was graded "Excellent" as a lot of dogs that didn't look too bad to me left the ring with "Good".

After this is was Boots her turn which Thea decided to show herself, she got 1st Excellent in a class of 10 Intermediate bitches, directly after that it was Flirt's turn in the open class, now she had been naughty all morning being only interested to run and play in the snow that was outside and it was hard work to get her to show and walk properly but somehow we managed and she got 1st Excellent in a class of 12 bitches which made me so happy......

In the end she also got Best Bitch (CC/CACIB) and Boots got 3rd Best Bitch so we had a wonderfull day and I was especially delighted for Guy and Mark that Flirt did so well.

We left for home straight after the Shelties were finished and as the weather was so bad with snow and rain we knew it would be taking it's time again.
We stopped several times to walk the dogs and had some fun playing with them in the snow.
I sometimes feel quilty about taking the dogs everywhere even if they like to travel and think it is exciting to go all these places.
I guess I am trying to make up for that by taking them out as much as possible .....

Here's a picture of me which Thea took secretly:
And here's one of the dogs (front Howard and Boots and in the back is Flirt) chasing the (snow)balls I threw :-)

I arrived home very late and went straight to bed, even left unpacking the car for the following day as I was so tired.

Hoping to be back in Denmark for some more shows later this year again.