Woke up this morning all excited and ready to go. All week we have been waiting for today. The STORMONT, DUNDAS & GLENGARRY DOG ASSOCIATION dog show in Long Sault.
   But a brief history, last week in Brockville our little Luna won Best Baby Puppy in group. I was beaming, 'the birth of a Westminster champion' right in front of my eyes. It didn't help that two weeks  before everyone told us that we should show Luna. She had excellent lines and wonderful colouring. And we thought we were buying a companion/friend oh yeah a pet.
   Up at 5 am, dogs outside, make them breakfast and a quick brush. Humans get ready too but one at a time. Pick up our friend Don at 7 am and off we go. Don is our ace in the whole. Years of experience with dog shows when he was showing his own Dalmatian "Lacy". As in the last three times we have gone south for a dog event, the inevitable encounter with Luna's sister Neala AKA" Alf". This leads to a 90 minute dog roughhousing session between the two. Minutes before the two are supposed to go on, frantic brushing ensues in an attempt to make them partially presentable again. I ended up a little disappointed as Luna had some problems running on her second pass around. She just couldn't seem to get her hind legs to get up and go. So she came second. We still think she is a champion.