“The Last One”…for a while

Moving to the island of Saint Kitts will be a huge change from living in Southern California.  There are so many amenities and events I have here at home that will stop once I move over to the island.  First, for those that don’t know, I am a HUGE drive-thru junky. No more Del Taco, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Sonic, In N Out, Jack in the Box, and my most favorite drive thru El Taco.  Many people have asked, “ How are you going to eat on the island?” Well, to tell you the truth…I am not sure yet.  In all my “free time” here I am going to start cooking more meals and even looking for a few cooking classes (If you know any in Irvine please send them my way).  I have heard there is a subway, dominos and KFC on the island so I think they have found their new best costumer.  Well, besides missing the luxury of drive thrus…the big thing I will miss is DOG SHOWS.

On Friday, February 25^th, I was able to attend the Dalmatian Club of San Diego County specialty and what a great time I had.  I only showed two dogs: One was a class male owned by Barbara Lyons and then my dog Flurry (BIS BISS GrCh. Amethyst First Fallen Snow).  I had entered the dog show for fun since I had not been to one in over a year.  Well, Flurry showed like a champ and went on to win Best Veteran in Sweeps AND Best of Breed.  For those, non-dog show people, being named Best of breed is being called the Best Dalmatian their on that day.  It was an honor to win both awards under two very well known breeder judges: Sharon Lyons and Gary Myers.  Flurry turned nine years young in December but she sure didn’t look it or act it in the ring. She showed beautifully for me and brought me to tears when Ms. Lyons pointed to me for Best of Breed.  The excitement and sense of accomplishment of winning a specialty as the breeder-owner-handler is remarkable.  

Thank you to everyone for their kind words and congratulations for this win and thank you to the San Diego club for hosting this wonderful event.  The ring was HUGE, a spectacular lunch was offered out in the motor home area and the after specialty party was amazing hosted by the Goddard’s.  I will post the win photos as soon as I get them.  But Thank you to Suzi Wahl for capturing this wonderful movement shot of Flurry (see above).  And once again thanks to the Dalmatian Club of San Diego for sending me off to graduate school in style with this wonderful win.  With everything that needs to get done before I leave for graduate school, I am not sure if I will have the time to attend another dog show but “the last one” (for a while) sure made up for it!!