Burns my butt :(

I will be the first to admit when i am bored I do lurk at other people's websites. Like breeders of dogs and sheep. Sometimes cats and horses but mostly dogs. One thing that really gets me hot under the collar is when people use AKC Championships as their selling points when their dogs are either 1) not even AKC registered 2) Not an AKC Champion 3) not even out of 1st or 2nd generation AKC Champions or 4) uses someone else's accomplishments to promote them because they own a 4th cousin once removed of an AKC Champion dog. UUGGHHH

And the reason why I get so upset is I have a DROP DEAD GORGEOUS PUFF female named Sable who has been out showing for 2 years now. She is the correct puff cresteds but just needs a major to get her AKC Championship. Now a Major is when you beat at one time 10 dogs or more. So in order to beat that many dogs there has to be that many entered. So you don't know how many until you enter. This is what we call in the dog show world chasing a major. I counted and I have entered 34 shows that I did not go to because there was less then the 10 dogs I needed so at $30 a pop that adds up.

Now i have Sable this weekend with Mary at $75 a day plus boarding plus mileage at the MI shows and as far as I knew the major held. Until I saw 2 people did not show up. HOW frustrating. Unless you are a true show person you have no idea how much time, money and effort goes into an AKC Champion and for others to use them like candy when they are not even earned is sickening.

Bow Wow Out :)