snake it til you make it

Holding a bowl of salad in one hand and a rat in the other because I forgot to feed Shar before the group judging and if I leave the salad unattended then a cat will eat it

Okay dog spam is over for today, I'll be back tomorrow with a new thread for Day Two ✌️

Front view of a sable sheltie trotting towards the camera

A sheltie standing on a judging platform in a show ring

A sheltie trotting around a show ring

The pembroke corgi won group... meh... but at least the sheltie got second! She was a really great one! Gorgeous!

I was madly screenshotting for a friend at the end there - I do not like the shortlist so I'm just rooting for the sheltie and lancashire heeler that made it in

Close up of a rough collie

A rough collie trotting around a show ring

Close up of a smooth collie

A smooth collie trotting around a show ring

Can't stand the border nor aussie... maybe they won't be shortlisted

Roughs are MY breed but I always dislike these particular show lines and this year is no different. I like the smoothie more (named Beetle!) despite the profile. I think I love the sheltie based on entrance but we aren't there yet

A beauceron standing in a show ring

A groenendael trotting around a show ring

A malinois stacked in a show ring

A tervuren looking towards the camera

Oh the beau is HAPPY. Little unusual I think but I like her???

3 out of 4 belgians weren't nervous at all, that makes me so much happier than the last two years!

I think this is a good time to declare my stance of tervuren and groenendael superiority over malinois, in general

FRANK IS BACK WITH US!

Initial thoughts on entrance:

-Reserving beauceron thoughts until the close up
-Gshep failed the vet check, big disappointment
-Belgians looked nice but they've been nervy the past couple years which is sad, hopefully these remain confident
-We'll get to my collie opinions

Aaaand it's 1) Viking, 2) rottie, okay, 3) doberman, and 4) great dane so hey picking 3/4 of them ain't bad!

Pastoral next, which has my favorites in it...

Oh right, the doberman is not bad either. Those three would be my choices off of the judge's shortlist, I wish I could see the newfie under all that blow-dried plush

VIKING'S BACK!

I can't judge huskies because I'm American. On close-up, the pyrenean is okay but not amazing

Let's not talk about how my shortlist compares to the judge's LMAO, this is a group I don't specialize in and mostly just have biases about. Rooting for the Great Dane and Viking then

A fawn great dane trotting around a show ring

A hovawart standing in a stack in a show ring

Close up of a leonberger's head in profile

Fullbody of a leonberger standing in a show ring

Screenshots are hard because I have a lot going on but I think I'm in love with the all-black hovawart and I'm always biased for leonbergers

(Is this a safe space to say what I think about the rottie this year... the neo's back is also weird and it's not my favorite swiss, sad)

"Taylor Swift the dogue de bordeaux"

Some initial thoughts:

-Not my fave berner... what did the other options look like???
-I can't believe I'm saying this but I think I like the pyrenean, will need to see the stack
-My opinion on the husky outs me as American
-CUTE PINSCHER AND GOOD GREAT DANE

FRANK ISNT COMMENTATING THIS GROUP??? whats going on. is he okay. get frank back in here

Liked seeing a brindle grey in the junior warrant (show lines are goofy but eh) and bloodhounds come third in breeder comp

But time to LOCK IN! You know the rules... take a shot every time Frank says "fit for function," "free of exaggeration"," "workmanlike," or spreads misinfo about breed origins

"this is a breed you may not be familiar with, a portuguese water dog"

who do you take me for

"as you mature with your scissoring, your skills will improve"

you can't just say that

Agility championship results with 3 out of 5 dogs having Devongem in the name

gah

The UK heelwork to music winner was solidly Fine. There's a reason I wait for International lol

Next is the token police display (ugh) which means I have at least an hour to ignore dogs and finish up work stuff

Once upon a time I was going to help someone run their flyball dogs because they had two to handle but ALAS it never came to fruition

I live for the day we don't see Devongem dogs all over agility (will it ever happen? one can only hope)

I do this all while closely following Dog Tumblr liveblogging so I need like three monitors lol. Hacker setup for watching a dog show

This thread is for Day One: Working and Pastoral (aka the group with MY personal breed of choice, yay!)

Ok I'm going to be Cruftsposting for the next few days

Basically I casually watch agility/flyball/etc while I get what I have to for work done, then Lock In when it's time for breed groups. Intl freestyle heelwork to music on Saturday is another I'll have lots of commentary for

CVS has been out of the vitamin triple combination that helps me maintain my tenuous grip on mental stability (placebo or not, I literally do not care) and I'm desperate now so I'm trying just one part of the combination

Everybody cross your fingers that it happens to be the effective part

A dog (?)

CW: Painted exposed muscle, blood & bones

I love both dogs and bloodborne so I'm a big fan of what you've done here, A+

yikes??????

California red-sided garter

Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake

drawing snakes

Mexican black kingsnake