We went to our annual dog show today!
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and annual dog show lovers! Every year the Kentuckiana Cluster Dog Show is held in Louisville, KY. I have heard this dog show starts the season and Westminster ends the season. All I know is that this show used to be a lot bigger. Over the past several years it has dwindled down from about 90 bassets showing to 17. Probably the sign of the times. Anyway, we love to watch hounds strut their stuff.
First off, we go to the Brown Hotel for a Hot Brown! I know I tell you all this every year but someone new might be reading! hehehe
Then we sit in the lobby and soak in the ambiance….
Off we got to the show! Look who we saw first! Is that a dog?
Off we went to ring 30. The show starts in 5 minutes….
It was simply odd. In the past, there were 90 to 100 hounds milling around the show site. All wearing sparkling snoods. This year, only 17 hounds showed up for this particular Sunday show. It was a ghost town!
This hound was asking, “Mommy, am I doing OK?”
Of course you are dear hound!
This hound won best of breed!
Sorry, I don’t know the name of the hound, but the handler is Brian Martin.
So, as we were leaving the arena, viewing this girl, a voice came over the loud speaker…..
“ATTENTION TO THE PERSON WITH LICENSE PLATE NUMBER _________, PLEASE ATTEND TO YOUR CAR IMMEDIATELY! A BASSET HOUND WAS LEFT IN THE CAR WITH ALL OF THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP!”
This was repeated 3 times!
Do you know howl bad I wanted to attack this Moron? Don’t even get me started.
Folks, this is 2011. Who in their right mind does this? It was 75 degrees today in Louisville and NO SHADE!
OMD…….
More wondering about why later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
P.S. all you have to do is look at the face of that one hound who is so wanting to please and it breaks your heart that anyone can be so stupid.
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a perfect day! hot brown sammy,& a dog show…sounds perfect!
saturday i took the gang for a long long hike at the park…we went on a different route than usual & it was funny people were riding along in their cars yelling out the windows “cool dogs!” & nice bassets!”
today i took them to sandy hook which is part of gateway nat’l recreation area & did a quick walk thru fort hancock..as i wanted to get some shots of the officer’s row old housing & one of the old gun batteries…& then we met the rest of the basset brigade at the other dog park. plus there was another basset there we hadn’t met before.
“grandbaby” was there too…that is buster’s old berst friend the rottie’s brad’s grand daughter (actually it is his mother’s daughter’s puggle got that..it’s confusing..)..her name is really hannah but she was always known as “grandbaby” when brad was around so it what she goes by to me still.
so we all played along with many other dogs in the park..it seems the brigade is THE group to be a part of. last week a ridgeback wouldn’t leave with it’s owner..this week a mastiff/american bullie decided he liked us. we also have had greyhounds, & an irish wolfhound too.
all in all a nice weekend it seems for lot’s of folks.
Lois, we love you! It sounds like you had so much fun. I love when people yell out of the car!
Jethro and I went to the show last summer when BBRTX was there in Houston. The theme was western so Jethro wore his cowboy hat and vest. He was one tired puppy by the time we got home but he sure enjoyed being with his Mommy all day with the other hounds at home. Dog shows are always fun. I like to walk around and look at all the newest styles and treats they have to sell. I bought Jethro a fancy dancy cookie for $1. He enjoyed that!
Shame on that owner, I hope he/she received a ticket or something for abandoning that Basset.
I wonder if Bassets think other dogs look strange.