[Edited February 10, 2011 due to video relocation.]
Check this out! My good buddy Jen from Eukanuba Unleashed has placed a video summary of our Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show on the video tab of the show’s Facebook page. It’s pretty cool!
~
If you ever have a chance to see the Super Retrievers in action, don’t miss it! Great dogs! Great people! Amazing show!!!
I’ll let these photos speak for themselves.
Flat Tyler at the Bloggers' Table
Flat Tyler is the doggelganger of my dog Tyler Small Paws. When Fluffy Tyler can’t accompany me somewhere, Flat Tyler usually slips into my bag and then pops up–usually at the most embarrassing moment.
I didn’t realize I’d taken so many photos of Flat Tyler until I started to try to organize them. That was when I realized that what started as a little joke has turned into outright obsession.
Officer Tess is another member of the California Narcotics Canine Association. She’s trained to apprehend criminals. Though she looks ferocious when she’s in pursuit, she’s actually a very well socialized girl when she’s off-duty.
A bad guy is breaking into a car...
The dogs of the California Narcotics Canine Association are picked for their strong hunt and play drives. Officers–both human and canine–received regular training to keep them an effective and tight team.
Looking for the right smell....
Meet some of the men and women of the California Narcotics Canine Association. I got to see these canine teams in action as part of the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, where they did demonstrations showing how these incredible dogs protect their communities from the bad guys.
Flat Tyler tries to be a drug-sniffing dog. Fail!
The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship will be broadcast on the ABC network this coming Sunday afternoon. The show was taped in early December, and I was lucky enough to be there!
The National Championship is more than just a dog show. There are many other events happening at the same time as conformation judging is happening. One of those events is the AKC Agility Invitational (for more details click this like to the AKC web site). Here are a few photos I took while I watched these amazing athletes compete.
This is what I posted on Facebook last night:
Stale croissant at the Long Beach Airport, $2.89.
Fast food greasy sandwich at the Denver Airport, $7.94.
Home from the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in time for the Duckie’s turkey wing soup supper, priceless!
OMIDOG!! I was exhausted last night when I finally got home from Long Beach. And the turkey soup my mom had waiting for my supper was absolutely the best meal I’ve had in days. But I’m so glad I got to go to the show, and so happy to have made some new friends!
This trip to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship has affirmed something I’ve long suspected: Every time my job takes me to an event, I absolutely MUST set aside a couple hours every day to blog about it. If I don’t, I end up with a backlog of blog posts that may never get done. I tried to do that while I was in Long Beach–I’ve got six or seven articles under construction–but I still have several hours of work ahead of me before anything will be fit to post here.
And then there’s the photos. Some of you know about The Adventures of Flat Tyler. Well, he was at the show–he may even turn up on TV when ABC broadcasts the show in January. I took so many photos of all the sights, plus Flat Tyler, that I’m still many hours away from having them all ready to post here. But just to tease you about what I’m working on, here’s a few of the photos I took over the weekend:
Flat Tyler hangs out.
DOCK DOGS WERE PAWSOME!!
Detail from photo above, in case you can't find the dog.
Am amazing presentation from The California Narcotics Canine Association
Meet the Breeds
Shopping with Flat Tyler
Backstage at the dog show.
My view of the dog show. (Seriously, I was practically in the ring with the dogs!)
It’s Saturday night in Long Beach California, and all the dog lovers are here at the Long Beach Convention Center to see the first half of the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Tonight, four groups are judged: The Hounds, Non-Sporting, Sporting, and Toy. Also finalists are chosen for the Eukanuba World Challenge. And the ACE Awards! For details/photos, check out the AKC/Eukanuba Facebook page.
I am with four other bloggers and my teammate Jen. We have what is, without argument, some of the best seats in the house!
Jen takes photos for our Facebook page
Blogging/Tweeting the action in the ring
A smile from Dr. V of "Pawcurious"
Our view of the ring
We've got great seats!
Best Twitter commentary for what’s happening in the ring is from our new buddy Susi @KnobKnots. More to come!
Welcome to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship!
This weekend I’m at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach, California. Eukanuba has sponsored this show for 10 years, but this is the first time I’ve attended. The stars have just never been in proper alignment to allow me to leave home for a long weekend to go to the dog show until this year.
I’ve been excited about attending. I am not the top social media dog for this event—that honor belongs to my teammate Jen who writes/edits the Eukanuba Unleashed blog. My chief duties will be to provide Twitter support and maybe write a blog post for Eukanuba Unleashed. Jen and I are also meeting up with some other bloggers who will be attending the show (Details here).
This trip has not been without its worries—Tyler decided to have some poopy issues on Wednesday. I’m lucky that he had a wellness exam appointment scheduled for Thursday. I do my best to keep our yard leaf-free, but Tyler seems to have no problem in finding old, dry, crumpled up leaves and other bits and pieces to chew up and swallow. I hope he will soon grow out of this need to taste everything he comes into contact with.
Tuesday night he had some horrendous gas, so I knew he had ingested some enticing tidbit from outdoors. Wednesday morning he woke me at 5:30 when he jumped off the bed—I didn’t even have time for my feet to hit the floor before I could smell the malodorous aroma of nasty loose stool. I am so thankful that I opted for higher-end bathroom mats for my bedroom that I could just toss in the washer.
Ready to Blitz!
I was feeling sorry for my poor boy—obviously he must have been feeling terrible to have made such a mess on the floor when he’s gotten so good about pottying outside. That was until he went into a play bow as I tried to wipe up the mess. Five thirty in the morning, and Tyler wants to blitz around the bedroom he just littered with numerous puddles of very soft wet poo! I had visions of him running through it and tracking it all over the house!
Lucky for me I was able to snag him before he took off!
So Thursday afternoon we saw our favorite Dogtor B who prescribed some anti-diarrhea medicine. And also some antibiotics because it turns out Tyler has an infected anal gland. Dogtor B told us it’s not uncommon that when a dog has a series of soft stool episodes for one or both of the glands to become infected.
Here’s where I made my mistake: When we got home I immediate started Tyler on his meds, forgetting that his tummy was empty because Tyler seems to be on a 48 hour eating cycle instead of a 24 hour cycle (like the rest of the world). I’m kicking myself over this because I know better. Right after the meds, Tyler ate a meal. And 30 minutes later he threw it up. I gave him his meds again right at bedtime—kicking myself again here—and he woke me at 2:45 AM by vomiting on my bed. HELLO??? STUPID MOM????? Antibiotics on an empty stomach??? Tyler, I’m so sorry I caused you to have an upset tummy!!
Since my alarm was set for 3 AM (plane out to California leaving at the crack of dawn), I got up, cleaned up Tyler’s mess, and got ready to drive to the airport. Tyler went back to sleep in my mom’s room. I called them when I changed planes in Denver—Tyler is doing fine, had eaten some food and kept it down, and was listen to my mom talk on the phone as if he knew it was me calling. I also checked in with the Dogtor—we’re going to get Tyler back on track with his food first and start the meds in a couple of days.
Flat Tyler says, "Welcome to the Show!"
So my worries about Tyler eased, here I am in Long Beach at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship!
There’s more going on here besides confirmation judging. There’s the AKC National Obedience Invitational, and the AKC Agility Invitational. There’s an expo area where I hope to find some breed rescue groups (and do some shopping!). There’s Dock Dogs and detection and criminal apprehension demonstrations by the California Narcotics Canine Association. I can hardly wait to see what trouble I’m going to get into!
One last thing: Since Tyler had to stay home and guard the house, I’ve brought his doppelganger with me–Flat Tyler. You’ll be seeing him popping up in my blog posts this weekend!
Flat Tyler and Fluffy Tyler--which is which?
follow: RSS
