Best Rescue

Yesterday we went to the RSPCA Dog Walk and Fun Dog Show at Wollaton Hall.

I wanted to find out how Reno would react in the show ring as I'm worried about how "spooky" he is when meeting new people.

The show started at 10am but we didn't get there until 12pm so there were only 3 classes left to enter - Best Rescue, Best Pedigree and Best Mongrel - so I entered Reno in the Pedigree Class and Kiros in the Rescue and Mongrel. I didn't enter Ronnie in anything as he doesn't enjoy being in the ring with other dogs so close to him.

Kiros was in the ring first in Rescue. The class was huge, being judged in two rings by two different judges with the 6 best from each ring going forward to the final. Kiros could see the Agility set up in a ring behind us and thought he was queueing to have a go so he started his queueing routine of performing tricks! To my surprise the judge in our ring picked Kiros in his 6.

As I looked about the ring waiting for the other 6 to join us I saw Dogs that had been scared from terrible abuse and heard horror stories so thought Kiros didn't stand a chance, especially as he is not an RSPCA rescue.

I'm sure you will have worked out from the title of this post that Kiros was picked as the winner! The Judges said he was a terrific example of what could be achieved with a rescue dog.

Reno was next in Pedigree but, as Kiros had already stole his thunder, I didn't expect him to come anywhere in this class. (At Fun Shows Judges try to be "fair" and not place the same person twice) Having said that he did very well. He was happy to have the Judge touch him, not a proper going over but a tickle around the head, but thought he was just there to play with the Chocolate Lab next to him! The Judge must have liked him as he picked him in his first cut but he didn't get any further then that.

Kiros also got picked in the Judges final cut in Best Mongrel and came 3rd in Best in Show so my "Super Star" must have made quite an impression!

This week is going to be a busy one with trying to fit the final preparations for our show around work and training. Still I'm really looking forward to our show next weekend and hope it runs well and all the competitors enjoy themselves.