puppies' debut

Nice to see the babies following in their mother's pawprints. She qualified for Crufts at her first attempt every year. And then today, at their very first champ show, Working & Pastoral Breeds of Wales, both Tarkka and his sister Inko qualified for Crufts. This is accomplished by placing either 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a class at a championship show. They were both entered in the Junior Dog or Bitch class for FLs up to 18 months old. Inko came 1st and Tarkka came 2nd. WOW!

And then, to top it off, Inko was crowned Best Puppy in Breed and went on to compete in the Puppy Group against all the other puppies from all the other breeds. As if that wasn't enough, Tarkka, at the ripe old age of 8.5 months, was named Reserve Best Dog.

Was I there to cheer them on and enjoy their success? Well, actually, no. Did I remember to enter that show, knowing full well it would be the puppies' debut? Again, that would be no.

But Paula did send me this phone pic of Inko nabbing Adam's chair as she was waiting for her turn in the ring. Hopefully Jo will also return armed with a photographic record of the day.















And here's an adorable photo of Tarkka I found on my phone the other day. Too bad the light is so poor, because the puppy is just too cute, looking very pleased with himself perched on the arm of the sofa circa 6 weeks of age.




















How like his dad he looks! Shown here at 8 or 9 weeks.













And so, in honour of this historic day, I have started a new list in my sidebar showing the Infindigo dogs who have qualified for Crufts so far (and including, of course, my own Neka & Keskiyo who are Infindigo in name but Elbereth by birth).