Well that was interesting – the show I mentioned we were going to in my last post, and the judge decided to judge like they do abroad – at the end of the class they move you up or down the line to the position they think they’ll place you in, and then move again. Elton was on the end of the line, and this judge pulled out almost the first five dogs in the class (most of the nice ones were at the front lol), got to Elton and then I think wasn’t quite sure what to do….so he pulled him out anyway, but then he was unplaced as there were only five places and now six dogs.

It’s the only class he pulled 6 dogs out (5 in all the others), so I don’t know if he forgot Elton and then when he got to him remembered and felt he ought to pull him out but then wasn’t sure what to do with him or what, but it was interesting! I can count the number of times Elton has been unplaced on one hand (that was his fourth time), and the others were (ironically) his first three championship shows – in December, January & April. Hey, proves he’s getting better with maturity!!

That was just a minor blip in proceedings, for a week last Friday we went to Richmond champ show. This was one I wasn’t going to go to, and then Elton started winning big! It was pure luck we ended up going – entries closed about a week before Paignton, but on the closing date they decided to extend it to midday on what happened to be the day we were showing at Paignton. At Paignton Elton won his Junior class, followed by his Yearling class – and I thought “oh..”!! So I borrowed S’s iphone, and entered via iphone at the show about an hour before entries closed 😆

It was this judge’s first CC appointment, so I didn’t know what to expect as to his views on Phalenes or what his judging would be like. Elton was in the same classes he had been at Paignton – Junior Dog and Yearling Dog – and once again he won them both!! He’s doing me proud at the moment <3 And six more Junior Warrant points! Two to go…

Yesterday we went to an open show where once again he won both his classes (only this time it wasn’t hard as he was the only one in them….) and then got Reserve Best of Breed.

Onwards and upwards!