Hangtown Kennel Club Dog Show

What do we have in store for us at the Hangtown Kennel Club Dog Show? Will there be a nice hotel and restaurant? Will the people be friendly? It takes place in Placerville in the Sierra foothills on the Memorial Day weekend and will be Alexander's first time in an official show along with several other Labradors from the Sierra Vista Labrador Retriever Club. Alex will be showing off his great personality and bone structure as well as his beautiful coat but will be mostly there to enjoy the company of his other friends and Hummer who will compete in the Newfoundland ring. When not in the show we will be hanging around and enjoying the wonderful dog show atmosphere. Hopefully we will be able to liven up that ghost town with some winning ribbons!!

Misty Mountain's Chariots of Fire

In concert with a Movie Theme for Alexander's litter, this title of the English movie "Chariots of Fire" was chosen for Alexander's AKC registered name not only for the imagery of the ancient chariots driven by horses, but because the movie was set in England and had to do with the first Summer Olympics in Paris. The poem "Jerusalem" was the inspiration for the original title. Alexander looks forward to his first competition and I am sure he will do well. This handsome Labrador is full of confidence and spunk.(To see a larger print and read the poem "Jerusalem" please click on the poem and it will enlarge).

For The Record

This is little Alexander when he was about 4 months old. Now at closing in on 6 months old he has doubled in size and weighs almost 70 lbs!!!(more recent photos coming soon).He is now a big strong boy with attitude to spare. Learning the show ropes after tagging along on a couple of Hummer's shows, he is now King of the Grooming Table and will show his pretty teeth and stand in a very nice stack.... for TREATS, of course. The big test will be to Stand for Exam with a Judge, and he will have a chance to practice at his first show on Memorial Day weekend as well as at a Fun Match in June. He had his first Hotel experience last weekend and was so good, I was so proud of him! After a long day at the show and a few walks in the evening, he was so tired he slept all night and followed the lead of his Big Brother who knows how to conserve his energy in an air-conditioned hotel room. He even went voluntarily into his crate for a snooze. We are making huge progress!! What I am so happy about is that he eats, anytime and everything that I give him, and he does all of his "business" outside!!