We have our first conformation show on Sunday. I didn't find out about it soon enough to make hotel reservations, so we're just driving over for one day of the show (it's a three day show). We've been practicing a lot this week to prepare for it. He's gone from being overly excited when we start to jog around to staying with me. I've been practicing stacking him a lot and I think I'm doing a lot better. He doesn't enjoy me placing his feet in certain positions so I'm working on free stacking. He puts his back feet in the right spot but his front feet are almost always too far out. Hopefully he'll get it one day thoughHe does stay in position once I get him in it but his ears are always back, so I have to use treats.
He has quite a few faults - his coat isn't great (except for along his back), he doesn't have a great stop, his ear leather is too thick, his ear set is a little low, his tail set is too low, his tail is too long, his chest isn't quite deep enough (though he still has some filling out to do), etc. - but I think we'll still have fun. I'm entering him in UKC because it's much more relaxed and much smaller than AKC shows. Once I get my show prospect (oooh, I've been hiding a secret) I'll be entering AKC shows.
Anyway, here is a picture from today. My mom took it for me while I stood in front of him to get him to look up at me. I didn't have treats but he's doing something funny with his mouth that makes it look like he's eating one.
And here is a cute picture of him from yesterday, just for good measure
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He's got such a gorgeous coat!!!! It's so shiney!!! 
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