Magic touch

This weekend I finally convinced myself that I have a special gift, some kind of magic touch. Not only I can make a dog so much younger in 6 months that he progresses (or regresses?) from the European champion title to the title of the European junior champion (which is even more amazing when you consider the fact that he was born in 1999), but I can also make a dog loose weight in only one day, so that in the morning it is said to be 'noticeably overweight' while in the afternoon that same dog is apparently completely normal. That's exactly what happened yesterday when I showed the Border collie bitch of an agility friend. In the morning she was entered in the international show in Ljubljana and there were three bitches in intermediate class. The judge said that Ula was her absolute favourite of the three of them, but still she put her in third (last) place because she is too fat. To be honest Ula is really in 'winter' shape, but as I once said to the judge that was facing a tough decision when choosing among two Golden retrievers, one of which was obviously too fat and the other one too long - the first one can loose weight, but the second one will never be shorter.

Anyhow, Ula was said to be too fat in the morning and because of that lost the title of the prettiest, but on the afternoon specialty show there was a completely different story - Ula was alone in intermediate class and got everything she could, but that still counts for something because the judge (not the same as in the morning) gave quite some very good grades, with or without competition. However, the real treat came later on when after a few minutes Ula and I went into battle with the other winning bitches and won! Without any remark regarding her figure, my I add. see, that's what you can call a 'fast diet'.

Today I worked on the show - as a 'multipractic'. I was the ring steward, the apprentice and for the first few minutes also the one who writes the dogs' notes down, because I entered an empty ring with the judge and I got an improvised note-taker only after a few minutes. Nevertheless, we resolved the problem(s), the judge and I got along perfectly and so I had a very nice day, even though it was also quite tiring. And you know what's the greatest part of all? I spent the whole weekend looking at hundreds of dogs, touching and judging them - but I always come home to the best and most beautiful of all :).