- Joined
- Dec 18, 2003
Ferguson made his final showing of the season today near the IL / WI border. He is about 1 week shy of turning 1 year old. It's been very different having a male and watching his physical development (and he has a vastly different temperament to boot) from our female, whose physical development was "proportional" the whole way. We had about written Ferguson off (NOT as a PET of course!) as a conformation dog given his "middlish" placements this season. We THOUGHT he was starting to "come together" in his physical development, and we're very glad we took him to this show today!!
He not only made the top 3 in his class (3 trophies only per class ) but he was rated VP-1 (Very Promising, First Place). Even more exciting was the judges critique where the judge had NOTHING negative to say about his conformation, temperament or movement!!!
So we're pretty thrilled. And if you think the judging is complex under COP - try figuring out the "comparison to breed standard" of a German Shepherd Dog!! At any rate, I'm sure many of my friends here have already seen my trillion pictures of my babies. But in case not, here is a link to their respective "Brag Pages."
Thanks to all of you for indulging me once again.
http://www.godtw.com/Mittelwest/Kimba/DogsToWork.html Click on their names to see more.
DG
He not only made the top 3 in his class (3 trophies only per class ) but he was rated VP-1 (Very Promising, First Place). Even more exciting was the judges critique where the judge had NOTHING negative to say about his conformation, temperament or movement!!!
So we're pretty thrilled. And if you think the judging is complex under COP - try figuring out the "comparison to breed standard" of a German Shepherd Dog!! At any rate, I'm sure many of my friends here have already seen my trillion pictures of my babies. But in case not, here is a link to their respective "Brag Pages."
Thanks to all of you for indulging me once again.
http://www.godtw.com/Mittelwest/Kimba/DogsToWork.html Click on their names to see more.
DG