My friend said conformation is fun when you win

SHE WAS RIGHT!

Before I start this post, I have to say a HUGE thank you to Auntie Linda for coaching us through the weekend, Auntie Lisa for coming out to support us (and for all the the treats she kept loading into my pockets), Tony for all of his great photos and to our amazing instructor Patty!  We couldn't have done it without all of you!

This past weekend, Mr Mav and I entered our first conformation show.  As you might have noticed from my other posts, I know NOTHING about conformation.  I enrolled in a conformation class with an amazing instructor, I borrowed a pair of sparkle shoes from a good friend and we were off for competition.

The first show was pretty much a gong show.  I had no idea what to expect and Mr Mav's poor puppy brain could not handle all of the excitement.  He wiggled and wiggled the entire time and was so wiggly that the judge couldn't even check it him.  Needless to day it wasn't the result I was hoping for.

So that night we went to an agility class at a horse barn to figure out how we were going to get through the next 3 shows!

The next show was a totally different story - Mr Mav was awesome!  He was so well behaved and it went so well that he won the class and we earned out first point.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, for our third show he not only took class, he also took best of breed and best puppy in breed.  I was on cloud nine as we went to our first group class.  Wow - that was an eye opener and needless to say that we're going to be working on our stack.

By today, we were both pooped.  We were the only dal so we automatically went to group - good for some more experience.

After it was all done, I took Mav for the best reward I could think of (see photo below)

I couldn't be prouder of my boy!  Such a good little man.

There is nothing better than the gift of conformation pee before going into the ring!

Thumbs up - we're ready to go!

Yes - we know we have to work on our stack - but he does look pretty cute :)

Our first best in breed photo - yes, that is the judge telling me that I have to fix his stack for the photo

Mr Best in Breed pooped in his condo on the ride home

His stash from the day

Once we the competition was over for us, I took Mav to the muddiest dog park.  He had the BEST time running around.

After this, I was very tempted to walk him through the conformation building again...lol!

And here is the movie preview for our weekend.  I smell Oscar :)