On Saturday the 29th of October, Arn and I attended the Finnish Lapphund Club of Victoria's Speciality Championship show under Swedish judge Mr. Ambjörn Lindqvist. Arn placed 2nd in his class and received an amazing written critique with an Excellent grading, and further good comments after the placing for his class. He went in for the Owner, Breeder, Handler property class later in the day under Ms. Robyn Price who said that he was a lovely young dog. I'm very proud of my little man for his performance in the ring, especially as there was minimal happy dancing in the ring and only one somersault shortly before he needed to go in for his class! |
Another big highlight of our day was Arn meeting his dad Lumi, and Lumi's owner's Bianca & Clive for the first time. It was definitely a special moment to be able to get a photo of the two boys together, with a lot of help from a cheering squad and a chicken nuggie! Hopefully there will be a weekend adventure for a family reunion in the near future so that Astrid gets a chance to meet everyone as well! |
I also had the joy of standing in as a handler at the last second for the Breeder's Team property class where I handled Taija in Armahani's A team for her last run in the ring before her retirement. She was absolutely lovely to handle (and sucked me in to giving her way too many treats). The team was awarded Best Breeders Team and Taija's owner Cherelle sent us home with the trophy as thanks for taking her in.