Winner's Dog!

The pooch got home from his trip today. Two shows in Wichita, KS - and he won Winner's Dog both days! For the uninitiated (as I was about 2 months ago), Winner's Dog means that out of the non-champion dogs (which are called Specials, I believe) Pooch was the top dog. And yes, dog as opposed to bitch.

So what happens is the dogs go and then the bitches (or I have that in reverse order), and the winner in each is named Winner's Dog or Bitch. They then go up against the Specials for Best of Breed. Or at least, I have that somewhat close to the truth. If you are interested, you can check Wikipedia's Best of Breed page or Dog Show Hierarchy image for more. I think this gives him 3 points. They need 15 to be a champion, which needs to include 2 major wins (Pooch currently has 0).

So anyhow, G-Ram, CTR and I were home when Pooch got back; and all were quite happy to see him return. H got home later and we both gave him some good hugs. But the funny this is that whenever Pooch is on a trip, he returns home literally (excuse the pun) dog tired. He gets home, greets us, runs around the backyard to stretch his legs (and other stuff) and then flops. He is currently curled up under my big chair sleeping.

Super cute - I'd take a picture but I just can't bring myself to disturb him.