Acadia's Film Director, "Windsor" wins a Major

 YAY!!  My friend Eileen Seirup told me she was going to shows in New Castle, PA and asked, did I have anyone she could take and show.  Yes, Windsor was looking good, but he had never been to a show, and he had also never been to a handling class.   He "looked" the part, but I didn't think he would "act" the part.  I told Eileen that I would love it if she took him along and trained him.  No pressure- just make it Fun.   WELL!!  He was Winners Dog 2 days- and the 2nd day was for a Major!!   WOW!!   No pressure, but now he has 4 points- with a Major!!!  

The first day, Eileen said he really didn't know what he was doing and he wasn't moving well.   Yesterday she told me he seems to have figured this out and he moved So much better- I guess the judge agreed!.  The weather has been horrible.  It has been raining and Eileen took her camper and is staying on the show grounds.  She said the site is muddy and that is making it more of a challenge.   In his win photo- I was expecting him to look muddy- she is going a good job.  

Eileen is showing 2 of her own girls and she is going well and winning with them also.  Eileen as been having a very good weekend.  She has never been to these shows before and I would be willing to bet that the competition is looking forward to her going home :-)

Acadia's Film Director  (Ch. Acadia's Stage Director x Laureate Zinfandoll)

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Acadia Trust Me "Nora"

Acadia Trust Me  (Ch. Acadia Trusted Opinion x Ch. Laureate Meiomi)

 Mike and I are by no means professional photographers, but today we took a few pictures of Nora and then played around with some of the simple "edit" tools my computer has to offer.  I wanted to blur the background.   I liked it, but often, in our pictures, the background is too close and too in focus.  After several attempts, I decided that I liked this well enough.  It still looks like an amateur did it, but I think it is better than many of the pictures we have taken where we didn't do anything to the pictures.

Over the years we have gotten lucky with some of the pictures we have taken and when that happens, I am over joyed.  Who knows, maybe I will learn new skills and improve the images I post on the blog- or perhaps I will just end up with a few lucky good ones as before.

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