My first International Dog-show

I am slightly frighten. My mum is very agitated, probably, I haven’t ever seen her so much worried. We have one of the major two-day international show ahead – «Russia». Mummy tries to cheer me up saying it is just a puppy training in the big ring… But I know – deep in her mind she wants us to win. So do I, but still worry so much. It turned out that our worries were not for anything…

Many other worthy puppies came into the ring. At first I even was out of bearing staring at them, but the handler brought me back showing what were we doing here. That reminded me being an old dodger at the shows, and my arrogance played a low-down trick with me. I underestimated my competitors. I should look at the handler, but not at them. However, the judge was delighted with me and I got the place. I learned the lesson – concentration is of utmost importance for the successful showing. Nadia was upset and I thought the reason was in our loss, but I was wrong. Our handler can’t work with me longer… It was my first disappointment.