As Molly and I were doing our morning walk, we noticed that people were setting up courses that looked like the dog obstacle courses you see on television. So after we finished our walk, I strolled over to find out what was going on. There I met one of the organizers, Courtney, who explained that this was the first ever Community Wide Dog Show and that I was welcome to take images for our blog.
Going back to tell Renita, we returned, camera in hand, and watched as we saw the dogs being put through their paces. There were four different courses the obstacle, the rally, the obedience course, and finally the showmanship. Watching the dogs and their handlers we realized how much we had neglected in training our traveling companion.
It was fun to watch the dogs run the obstacle course and there was lots of different experience levels between the dogs. It looked like the dogs loved it as some were old hands and some were just plain puzzled by some of the hurdles.
We watched as an Austrian Shepherd was being put through his paces on the obedience course. A breed we had never heard of, the Austrian Shepard was one of the most stunning dogs we have ever seen. The owner talked about the breed and has a web site called: Wind River Austrian Shepard's.
A little further a German Shepard was being judged in the showmanship event and it was a learning experience to see dogs being judged live, versus watching dog shows on the television.. Another tent was set up by the Sweetwater Humane Society and we chatted a bit with those folks, who had been invited to participate along by the 4H organizers.
One of the fun things about traveling is to see communities where the people take pride and involve youth and this of course is what 4H is all about. So we tip our hats to the organizers and to all who participated in the 1st Sweetwater County Community 4H Dog show! Clear skies
I confess- I watch these on tv - C
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