| This is our daughter who has taken the passion of dogs after me! At a very early age she was helping with the feeding and caring of our dogs here at home and then moved on to helping hold dogs ringside at the shows. Now, with Bo, her own Sheltie, has begun her career in the breed ring! AKC does not allow children to start showing until 9 yrs. old so she has to wait for that. However, UKC does let them start at a younger age, with or without, the help of an adult. As you can see in most of the photos, she prefers to handle her dog completely on her own! She is still a bit "vertically challenged" so I do help her get him on the table :-) |
| Our son started into the show ring at 7 yrs. old (1999) with our obedience trainer's dog, Dolly. As a special gift, he was added as her co-owner! Now that he is older, school and extra curricula activities take up most of his time. He is an incredibly gifted musician, plays sports, and is an excellent student. Although, we wish he would have taken a longer interest in the dogs, we are very proud of his other successes! |
| When not actually showing her dog, she and her friends often have pretend dog shows with REAL ribbons given to her by others she meets or helps at the shows! |
| This is our youngest, most challenging, child. Because of this, we don't take her to many shows. But when she does get to go, she really enjoys the other dogs and the excitement. She is still a bit too young to be real involved with the dogs but she is our #1 puppy socializer! We are working on teaching her the basics so that she can start in UKC Spring 2008. |
| Delaney got the honor of showing 'Tank', owned by Cindy Clapper, for the junior handling class at the Highland Hills AKC match |
| Again, Cindy allowed her to show one of her dachshunds, Oscar, in the non-licensed puppy class at the Ohio Toy Fox Terrier UKC show. |
| And here she is! Finally getting to show her own new Dachshund, Lacy at the Ohio Toy Fox Terrier UKC show. She acted like a wonderful young lady and made a great deal of improvement from Sat. morning to Sun. afternoon! She will now be showing in both the AKC and UKC junior showmanship rings as well as helping Cindy in the breed ring. |
| Reagan started showing in the Spring of 2009 with our own Elvis. She still needs lots of help getting him on the table for she is a champ taking him around the ring! |