Host by
Canyonlands Canine Association
Lottie entered into a full weekend of UKC conformation shows. She showed once on Friday and twice on Saturday and Sunday. Lottie took Best of Class, Best of Sex, and Best of Breed all five shows. On Saturday Mrs. Michelle Blackowl-Chavez placed Lottie 4th in group which allows her to be one step closer to earning her UKC championship title. Overall, Lottie has earned enough points and two of the three needed wins in order to fulfill the title requirements.
We took a friends showing advice and change our handling style a slight bit. It's common to see handlers looking at their dog the entire time and in return their dog learns to look at them. At the advice of a friend and longtime exhibitor, she advised we try to not look at each other and instead focus on our path of travel more. When we practiced this prior to the show we saw a noticeable difference, and when we did this during the show Lottie was able to show her true gait and movement without the restriction of her head and neck being focused up and to the right on me. When you study the movement of dogs and how this little details affects their body you begin to see that they will start to drop that left shoulder and tense up their right side more to help compensate for the turning of the head and neck.
