It would have been the first time he had seen other Tibbies since he left his birth home in Perth and he certainly recognised his own kind - I think all dogs do. It was a joy to see him interact with them, dogs and bitches of all ages saying hello to him, he seemed more tuned into them than he does with other breeds of dog. He did try his classic 'mounting' trick on a lovely looking lady, who told him off in no uncertain terms - which was just what Finlay needs, a lesson in manners. He was in love, but I think the message was received.
It was really interesting to see another breeder, Pauline Bevis, give Finlay a quick workout, getting him to 'watch me' and stand when asked. It was great to see how quickly he reacts and it seems entirely possible that he could be trained to go in the show ring. We know he is clever enough as he picks up other commands quickly, but seeing someone else work him was great. Mind you, the big lumps of chicken (not sure what it was actually) probably helped. But still, we are giving some serious thought to trying our hand at showing Finlay. We need to find a local ringcraft session so we can try him out. He is only 4 months old and you can start showing from 6 months, so he has a couple of months to practice. Right now, he is definitely not ready, he'd want to go play with all the other puppies.
We spent a happy couple of hours at the dog show before Finlay was obviously getting tired, so we went home with a very snoozy pup, didn't hear a peep out of him in the car*. I think he was a bit hit with the other Tibbie owners there....
*Car-wise, I think we have cracked it. He whines briefly at the start of the journey, but soon settles. On the 25 minute journey to Havant, he barely made a sound, this is good.
When we got home, we did indeed have one tired puppy. He just about made it inside the front door before he crashed.
Later on, we "rollered" him. This isn't something we do seriously, it is just for fun. We had to sticky-roller our clothes off from the dog show, as Fin is shedding puppy fluff at a rate of knots right now, so he is getting frequent brushes. After we've done us, Fin comes up and asks we roller him too. So with a not very sticky roller, he gets done and loves the attention.....actually I'm really not sure what he likes about the process, but the approach is very deliberate on his part.....this is the result:
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