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Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Cal Expo Dog Show - a story in the Sacramento Bee

                  © Holly A. Heyser
Carole Baird, owner of the
Creekside Pet Resort, and her

border collie Celine.
Most of the time if I'm writing about dogs, I'm writing about hunting dogs, but this story took me in a totally different direction: show dogs.

Of course, in the process of reporting this story, I learned it wasn't a totally different direction. Plenty of hunting dogs compete in dog shows; it's how their breeders demonstrate their quality.

Outtake: Did you know that when judges examine male dogs, they will reach between their legs to make sure the family jewels are still there? Dang, you've got to have a well-trained dog to stand still when someone's doing that to him.

© Holly A. Heyser 2012