"why do you show dogs?"

    People often ask me this question!  When we bought Rocket Man in 2006, after swearing we "would NEVER pay that much for a dog!", we broke down and thought, why not go-for-broke and buy a show quality dog, and see where that leads? Thanks to the encouragement I received from Rocket Man's breeder, along with helpful instruction and mentoring by new-found friends at the shows, not to mention late night reading of Dog-Showing-for-Dummies books, I found myself off and running from the get-go! Little Rocket Man won a Best in Show award at our very first show! I was dumbstruck. And that was all it took to get me hooked!
    Showing gives folks new to the breed a wonderful opportunity to compare different lines within that breed, to have one's dog evaluated by a judge's discerning eye, and to compare notes and find great camaraderie among fellow exhibitors and breeders.  Are there some nutty people out there? You betcha'! Is it catty and political and sometimes darned difficult? Amen to that too! But I just love all things "DOG", and call me crazy, I keep going back for more!