Houston Dog Show

Welcome to our 100th post!!!

Saturday July 24th, Kevin, Melissa, Henry and I all went to the Dog Show at Reliant.  Before I begin, guess who we saw there? :)  Hint: They’ve always had multiple dogs, and they are related to me.

Melanie and Steve (my aunt and uncle)!  While it was a surprise to see them, it was also not a surprise to see them :)  They use to show dogs, thus the reason it wasn’t so surprising to see them.

Anyway, Melissa and I could not stop oooohing and awwwwing all of the dogs.  I told Henry it was a good thing he got us a dog when he did because if we had gone to that show dog-less, I would have been in tears in less than 5 minutes easily.  Melissa and I kept wondering how we were going to walk out of that show with taking another dog home! 

All four of us got a really good kick out of the agility show dogs as well as obedience dogs.  The tennis ball relay races were absolutely amazing.  I only wish we would have done that with my Dad’s dog AC.  I have no doubt she would have been CHAMPION!  Even WITH no muscle in her back legs at her current age, she still manages to focus on a ball with every bit of energy she can muster.  She amazes me.  Anyway, I digress.

I was so excited to see that the Australian Shepards were stealing the show in the obedience shows :)  Every other dog that came out, it seemed, was an Aussie.  Then, as we watched the agility shows, those Australian Cattle Dogs were all about speed and bounce in getting to a tennis ball faster than the rest.  It was awesome! 

All four of us were highly impressed with the  tons of Golden Retrievers we saw all over the show.  If we would manage the hair, we were all talking about how great it would be to have one of those one day.  Melissa and Kevin got to watch the Poms in their judging, while Henry and watch the Australian Cattle Dogs with the German Short Haired Pointers right next to them in the next ring.  I was surprised to see myself get that excited about it even though I had no comprehension of what the judges were looking for. Ah well, at least it was fun to watch.

After the show, Henry and I introduced Kevin and Melissa to the Black Walnut :)  Another 2 people hooked.  Haha!  We are obsessed with that place, and I’m not sure why it’s so delicious to us.  It was a super fun day, and I’m sure Ember is glad it’s just her still; I don’t think she’d like us very much if we made her share the attention we dish out ;)  Haha!

Here’s a few videos of some of the AWESOME dogs at the show :)

I wish I could own a dog like this first one!  It was gorgeous!

The human in this next video seems to think it’s about him and not about the dog :/

Pretty awesome dog in this next one!

Again, another super awesome dog.  Sorry for my not so awesome videography skills.  You can Henry in the beginning pretending he’s the dog ;)