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Yaunna and NAT at the Chihuahua Club's correction match 020605

Y Correction match 020605, originally uploaded by funnybone.

I had no idea what a correction match was. Until we arrived. No matter HOW many times you try to explain this dog stuff to me, it goes in one ear and out the other with only a feeble attempt to grasp at the grey gooey crap in my skull before floating on by.

I'm a sensory sorta gal. I see it, I smell it (for SURE a sense used on this occasion), and I can hear it -- NOW I know what a correction match is. For those non-doggie types, it is basically a "practice" dog show. How difficult can THAT be to understand? (Or rather, who difficult can THAT be to explain???)

This is Yaunna, looking adorable and professional, as usual when in her doggie finery. And that furry creature beside her is Nat. He is the latest addition to the family, a 6-month-old beagle show puppy with a taste for anything he isn't supposed to have. And I mean ANYTHING.

Yaunna and Nat did very well at this "practice" dog show. Yaun came home with more ribbons that you can shake a Nylabone at -- and she was one of about four other "juniors" (handlers under the age of 18) who were participating with the grown-ups. Even though this show wasn't for points, it was the 'Yaunna and Nat debut,' so it was great fun and a major learning experience for all. Especially me. I learned that my butt still falls asleep sitting on those cold wooden bleachers of the Agriplex, even though there is more fat in that region of my bod than ever before.

Keep doggin', Ya-Ya.

posted by JSY @ 10:49 AM