The Bahamas Kennel Club is hosting their 2010 annual international dog show in March 20 and 21.

Well last year was quite pleasing that Krillan winning his championship. Every time that I think about it, it still puts a smile on my face. Krillan had won his last CC under Mr Gerard Penta on the last day of the show so that was a very tense moment that I think I ever had in my life.

So at the next event they are bringing two more judges from the States all breed judge Ms. Barbra Alderman and Ms. Rita Bell (both from the U.S.). Seeing that I already got what I wanted, showing to them would not be so bad because my nerves took over before and a lttle while in the ring last time.

However, I may (not too sure) make this Krillan's last show. By the time the show rolls around he is going to be 8, however he still moves and act as if he is still a puppy though (it just depends on him).He is going in both breed and veterans. So this year i am pulling out all the stops this go around. I have kept a record of what Mr. Penta and Mr. Smith told me and I am going to improve upon what I can.

I re-read the standard and jotted down what I can improve. I've changed their dog food to a holistic brand. I am doing more studies, but I may place them on a vitamin supplement. Enhancing the coat around shedding season (coincidentally not long before March) so I found a great coat supplemet enhancer that got great results in the testimonials with pictures available. We are going (or I atleast plan) to go on more walks (,where is a treadmill when you need it). Also there are a couple other things that i need to run across their vet (my boss, so free consultation) before I make any decisions so............ March is couple months away and all i have to do is hope and pray for the best, because just like last year that will come very fast.

Shane

Hi Peter,

I know that it has been a long time since I have been here. Yeah it's in March,....I remember last year around this same time I was already being nervous, thankfully I don't have that feeling.

I will take your advice into consideration. Oh yeah, I mentioned before that I had switched his food to a holistic brand. He has been on it about a Month now and I already noticed that he is filing out nicely, and that his coat seem to have a little more volume to it. So thankfully I have made a good decision to change to a better brand of food. I also noticed changes in Shadow as well.

I am keeping watch on their weight to see if they don't gain to much weight because Krillan is already a senior and Shadow hindquarters aren't the best. I've been reading articles on how to perfect my handlings skills, I have been collecting Dog World for 4 years now and many of those articles are coming in handy. I am constantly re-reading the standard to see where his short-comings to see where my handling can minimize them.

So I am keeping sane but, constantly busy to see  what I can do. So since I am not sure whether this maybe his last show we are going to put on a good show and have fun doing it.

Shane

Good luck, Shane!
Paula

Hi Shane,  I wish you all the luck in the world with this show and I am sure what ever the results you have the best chow in the world.

I am fairly new to this site and have only shown my girl Bramble at one show which qualified her to compete at Crufts.  I feel horribly ignorant about the whole thing and wonder what I can do to show her to her best.  Any articals or links you could share would be much appreciated because I am not even that sure what I am trying to achieve.  Unfortunately even with much prompting the judges notes for her one show have never been forthcoming so I feel very much in the dark.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on.

Hey Shane.. it would be great to see some Bahama chow pics too! don't forget!!!

Well only 2 more weeks until the Dog Show. I am so nervous right now. You would think that I am going to try an get Krillan's Championship all over again.

Well I got some news today that the Standard Poodle from Abaco will be competing this year,... wow am I so scared. We never competed against her before,...however in 2006 when I showed Shadow, she lost the breed to a male from Nassau. Although that doesn't mean she is a light weight.

Well lust letting you guys know that I have been praying everyday, since my first post for the best outcome. So the coat supplement that I have been using really works and it has only been 5 weeks. I had really regreted not ordering it sooner. Well also Krillan and Shadow had gained some more weight, adding substance however the aren't over weight. Also I was increasing thier omega 3 fatty acid intake helping with their coat. Also, one more thing is that they have very nice muscle tone.

Seeing that the Standard Poodle and some other international dogs are going to give me a run for my money, I have to make sure that my handling skills are flawless. We pulled off some superb handling last year, there is no doubt that there is no reason that we cannot pull it off again.

I have one quwestion though have any of you used any volumizing shampoo and conditioner on your chows' coat before, also what are your thoughts on other volumiozing products.

Shane

I already got that sorted out with the pictures. I can't rememeber the Poodles registered name, however she is a U.S. import.

Although Krillan's coat is in wonderful condition, I thought that adding what may appear to be more coat by using the volumizing products would give me an extra edge.

Poodles over here can be shown in any clip and her owner favors to show her in the puppy clip, so she would not be in the fluffy continental or english saddle clip. However, I was thinking that since the foreign judges are use to overly bred in coats, i thought that if I present a dog to them with that have the same kind or close to of coat that i should fare well in the ring. One reason why i am focusing on his coat is because this is where both judges gave me their toughest critique.

Well, I had both Krillan and Shadow on the coat formula to help them grow coat, it did it's job (for Krillan). It was suppose to stop sheding and it said on the pamplet that it came with was to make sure that the dog old coat has been shed out to about 90%. The reason was because it saids that it can stop a dog from shedding during the middle of the process.

Sunday pass was the last handling class (and Saturday is the day of the show), and some people recommended me to put Shadow in the show (which I then did). Then time for a bath (with the products) and about 45% of his coat went down the drain. What did suprise me is that Krillan's coat is still intact.

I used the volumizing shampoo, conditioner, mousse and holding spray. His coat does look decent, however, when time for you to put your hands on him you can tell that there is not much under coat.

Krillan's coat still is in order though.