My 7th Show in Eindhoven / Netherlands, January 2004
As this show was taking place on a Friday Mistress took the Thursday and Friday of course of from work. Tuesday I had an appointment with the vet. I needed a health certificate for traveling into the Netherlands. On Wednesday I was put into the bathtub (the hair on my paws had already been cut the previous week) and Thursday we went to Mistress´s father since it is not as far to Eindhoven from there as it is from home.
Since Mistress wanted to start between 7.15 and 7.30 am the alarm sounded at 6.00 am. Since nothing noteworthy happened between the alarm ringing and us leaving the house I won't bother you with the details ...
We left the house at 7.00 am since I had business to attend to (using the bathroom). We had frost the previous night and the snow on the lawn was crackling delightfully. I did not think about taking care of business. I was busy scooting through the snow. Mistress stood there shivering begging me to get it done already ... The snow clung to my legs and Mistress was still cold at 7.45 am when we were finally in the car.
What was that funny noise? I could not see Mistresses face from my box, but I could feel the color draining from her face. There was the noise again ...
Don´t panic everything was all right with Mistress. It was just the car that did not what to function the Mistress wanted it to. She told me to wait and left. She reappeared a few minutes later with my human "Grand-dad" (her father). He moved his car in front of ours and connected some wires between the cars. The car started and we finally headed out.
We did not head towards the Autobahn since "Grand dad" thought it was safer to first go to the garage to get a new battery. That happened relatively quick and we finally headed towards Eindhoven at 9.30 am. Since the judging was to start at 10.00 am Mistress had resigned to not being able to show me.
In Eindhoven Mistress found a parking space near the hall without trouble. It was 11.15 am when we reached the ring after the vet control ...
Mistress was amazed to find the "junior males" in the ring when we arrived. We found a spot between the other exhibitors who had made their selves comfy. I put my show collar on and we could relax for the first time.
Soon our Number was announced. Three Aussie-Ladies entered the ring in front of us. Since I know what is on stake I presented myself from the first moment. We all trotted a round together for the judge to compare our gaits. Than followed the "single check" including one more gait check.
I thought the ring was very small so that I could not really trot, but I presented my self beautifully and was not to be distracted. The judge send us to the fourth place and told Mistress that he did not like my big black spots and did not find my eyes or better their color appealing. I was judged good 4 (want to read the judges statement?)
Mistress likes my spots and thinks that I have the most beautiful eyes any Aussie could have ...
