Re: [PyrNet-L] Tanuki's First Show -- a bit of a brag

["EUDORA COX" <eudora17@hotmail.com>]

"tendency to "sachet" when he walks and he's very
"laid back".

Sounds exactly like our Talon..She sachets everywhere she goes..It's the 
"ham" in her I think..:)

Way to go Robyn, Tanuki & Zoe!!..
Marcie & Talon

>From: Dancingpyr@aol.com
>Reply-To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>Subject: [PyrNet-L] Tanuki's First Show -- a bit of a brag
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 12:13:18 EST
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>This weekend, the Spartanburg (SC) Kennel Club held a sanctioned match at 
>the
>USC-Spartaburg Campus.  It was a wonderful setting for a dog get together,
>and David and I took Zoe (who needed the practice) and Tanuki, our youngest
>male.  This was Tanuki's first show experience.  He'll be 2 1/2 on 
>Christmas
>Eve, and up until now we've been reluctant to show him.  He spends his days
>really working -- keeping an eye on our goats, and up until his death in
>mid-October, our 30 year old horse.  He's tall (30" at withers), and with 
>his
>longish legs seemed a bit ackward at best.  We were afraid his movement 
>would
>be a detriment -- he had a tendency to "sachet" when he walks and he's very
>"laid back".  However, over the summer, he has seemed to mature and really
>come together as a pyr.
>
>Well, we were very pleasantly surprised.  Zoe and Tanuki were the only pyrs
>entered, and while Zoe comes from excellent English lines she is still very
>much a pup.  The judge put Tanuki up over Zoe.  After judging, we had a
>chance to speak with the judge about Tanuki.  She loved his size, thought 
>he
>had a beautiful head and colour, and felt his gait as viewed from the side
>was classic pyr movement.  She stressed that it was only HER opinion, but 
>if
>she had him, she'd show him for sure.
>
>After all the working dogs were judged, it was time for the Working Group
>judging.  I took Tanuki back into the ring, and we trotted around with a
>Great Dane, Dobi, Rottie, Husky, and Mastif.  This time, the judge awarded 
>us
>a Group III -- I was very pleased!
>
>I know it was a match, and no points were awarded, but the positive 
>feedback
>for this guy was incredible!
>
>Robyn
>dancingpyr@aol.com
>Taylors, South Carolina
>
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