All About Pets Show

On Friday, March 24, Jim and I went to the All About Pets Show. Jim's mom graciously offered to care for Justin for us. We had planned to go with him, and kinda go with the flow, but her gracious offer freed us to just take our time.

For more info on the show see here

We had a great deal of fun. I LOVE going to shows and walking around booths and checking out what's new and talking with booth personnel. You can learn a lot! I also LOVE scoping freebies! Yes, I am a total and complete mooch at these things. Someone offers me something free...I take it!

We received alot of information about different types of dog food, complete with samples. Dog treats were available as well. We actually picked up enough to pay out way in! Pretty cool that eh! We entered a variety of contests, we don't expect to win...but it's fun to try anyways.

Hmm..what else... we saw the mega mutts show. See here for more information on them. They put on a show that did some flyball, musical chairs, a precision drill and agility. It was fun to watch, though Jim mentioned that he wouldn't want Sassy doing it in case she picked up some bad habits. I just thought it would be fun to do it!

We also saw a flyball tournament. Boy were those dogs ever fast! And LOUD!!! Barking, barking and more barking. We saw dogs faster than 5 seconds, and dogs that well....were longer than that! Going over 4 jumps, retrieving a ball, and going back over those four jumps and competing against each other. Fastest run we saw was 17.?? seconds. I am pretty sure the tournament was part of NAFA. We saw a couple of dogs that just couldn't get it, they were considered "green" dogs (new to the business). They would run, couldn't catch the ball, and then forget to go over the jumps on the way back. But even green dogs have to start somewhere! And of course we saw some dogs that just smoked the course. Really neat to see them move!

It caused us to wonder if Sassy could learn to do this. It would be hard because she'd want to stop other dogs from getting HER ball. And in her opinion all balls belong to her. (She's wrong but won't admit it).

If you like this type of event you should go. It was a good show to attend.