- Pictures from the 4-H State Dog Show - St. Paul, MN!

Hey there, PT! Long time, no see. ;)

Prince & I were in the dog show at our local country fair. We entered in Obedience & Showmanship. We did pretty well, and ended up getting Grand Champion in Obedience (in our class and over-all.) We got a Reserve Champion in Showmanship.

We made it to the Minnesota State 4-H Dog Show! It was in St. Paul, a six hour drive for us. We went on September 24-25. We left on Friday, and we had a hotel room booked.

A few pictures taken on the way there;
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"The Lip." I was very suprised that I actually got this shot-- I have never seen him do this before!
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While in St. Cloud, I was insistant on letting Prince go to Petco - for the first time! The nearest Petco is two hours away from us.

Arriving in St. Paul;
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Him with his loot;
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Modeling a bandana;
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More coming!

Prince is sometimes agressive towards new 'friends' that he meets, but he met a doggie that he *loved* at the hotel room.

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Isn't he a cutie? I don't remember his name, but he was a Whippet/Shepherd mix, on the road with his daddy going all the way to Cali.
Playing;
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We would have taken them in the grass, but they had turned on the sprinklers.
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After they played for quite a while, I brought Prince back in & let him enjoy some of his new stuff;
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Sitting in the chair;
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Even more coming!

Finally, some pictures from the dog show!

This border collie was sitting behind us, waiting for his turn. He had been hit by a car earlier in the year. :(
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A pugliee-
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My sweet boy waiting for obedience;
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Here we are during the long sit.
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He did quite well during the obedience. Most of the points that were docked were "handler mistakes." He was being just a *bit* stubborn when I told him that he had to lay down for 3 min. ;)

Showmanship. Well. :rolleyes: Prince was acting very naw-tee, but I blame myself. Once we got into the ring he was fine. I started to stack him and then he decided the he wanted to play. And since mommy has always treated him like a baby, he thought it was alright!

He grabbed the leash & he did not want to let go. Whoa! We actually got a red ribbon. I was surprised. :o

In Obedience we got a red ribbon also. We were 10 (?) points away from a blue ribbon.

I am still very proud of my boy for even getting this far. I could never wish for a dog that is 'better' than him, because to me, there is none. Whatever color ribbon he gets, I will never love him less or more.


BTW- Guess what we saw there? A spitz pug. Has anyone ever heard of one? The body & tail was like a pug, but the face was different. His ears were erect & his nose stuck out slightly. Very neat looking dog. He was a cutie for sure!

More pictures can be seen in the album

Great pictures! Prince is such a handsome boy:)

Congrats to Prince and you both! That must be a big accomplishment! I took Blaze to a county fair in 4-H a couple years ago, and we got second in obedience, first in a dog quiz and I WISH they had had showmanship but they didn't. We ended up getting best of show in the end though!! :D The year before I took my other Border Collie, Bandit (deceased) and we got best of division in showmanship which was awesome! I love showing dogs! Here's a pic of Blaze and his trophy. :D

Boy.... Prince sure lives up to the name!!

I love the pictures of play time!!
Congrats to the both of you for your awards!!!

Wow, Emma, it's about time you post these pictures!!;) I've been wondering where you were! Those are fabulous pictures, you can be very proud of your gorgeous boy. Congratulations to you and Prince on an outstanding job!! :)

How wonderful for you and Prince Emma! Sounds like you both had a great time and Prince got to get some extra special stuff from the store:D
Thanks for sharing your wonderful time and the pictures to go along with it!

OOOOHHH.....it sounds like FUN!!! :D Since you are doing Junior Showmanship at a 4H Show, does he have to be neutered? Just curious. :) Congradulations Prince...you are SO pretty! I love Somoyeds. :D Give him a smoochie for me right on his little black nose. :p

Wow, congrats Prince! Sounds like you made your mommy very proud:D
~Jamie

Wow, Congratulations!!
You both did great!!
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Congrats on the great wins.You sure brought back tons of memories. I showed in 4-H and Akc shows for 16 years . I sure miss it, but I have decided Dugan is so mellow that I may try to make him a therapy dog. got to start again some where. You guys looked great in the ring.

CONGRATS PRINCE!! NICE PHOTOS!

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Originally posted by Dogz

While in St. Cloud, I was insistant on letting Prince go to Petco - for the first time!

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OMG, you realize that is less than 5 minutes from my house? I had no idea you were coming through St. Cloud! I'd have gone to PetCo to meet you!

Congratulations to you and Prince, what a wonderful job you did! I really like this pic:

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Please let me know if/when you'll be in this area again, I'd love to meet you!

Emma! :D:D:D SO glad to see you post! I've missed you!

Congratulations with Prince! It was nice to see pictures of that handsome boy of yours. Looks like a lot of fun!