Scenes fromt he Rose City Classic

[Greg P]

5 days of shows in Portland, OR. Over 3500 dogs/day entered. Just under 40 cairns most days. Wonderful classes and oustanding breed rings. Huge crowds watching. The cairns could sense the excitement and they all seemed to be on. Saturday night was filmed for the Eukanuba series for Animal Planet.

This one of the premier dog shows in the US.

The first pic is our Hattie, who won Winner's Bitch on Monday.

The next is Brad L.'s Echo.

[Greg P]

A couple more pics:

The first pic is Daisy, who went Best of Opposite Sex most days

The second is Jock, who went Best of Breed 3 of the 5 shows, including Saturday where the Group competition was filmed for Animal Planet.

[bradl]

Thanks for those pics Greg. Congrats on Hattie's win Monday. She showed beautifully and I'm only sorry the judge didn't split the points to share the dog's major.

[tlwtheq]

Thank you so much for the wonderful pics, and congratulations to all!

[hallswel]

Congrats Greg Way to go, Wonderful Cairns

....if you ever decide to come to Atlanta to show let me know

liz

[CathyAnn]

Congrats to all!

What beautiful Cairns!

Cathy

[Greg P]

Brad,

As you pointed out to me after Echo won her last major........they've got me for another 20 shows! It's really an evil conspiracy.

[savannahsmom35]

All beautiful dogs! Congrats to all the lovely Cairn Talk Cairns and uprights! Job well done!

[jodi0553]

Great pictures! I wish I had been in town to come see some of it. Next year, I suppose. Does anyone know when Animal Planet will be airing the show in the future, or did they already? I'd love to catch it on TV.

[Greg P]

It generally takes a few weeks before these shows get on the scheduling. Perhaps we can all keep our eye on sheduling and make a "heads up" post.

The "set" or ring that they use for these shows is beautiful in person. It has an art deco flair, the ring panels are lighted and they have giant post lanterns in the corners. It's fun to watch handlers and owners under the lights with all the cameras following the action. The stands on 2 sides are full, and the people stand around the other sides. It's fun to watch in person. I would imagine that these televised shows are a huge payoff for the professional handlers in the aspect of recognition. I respect what the professional handlers do to make a living. One of the fun things about showing cairns, however, is that the vast majority are owner handled, which makes it a lot of fun. My wife Val beat one of the top handlers of all time, Bill McFadden the day our Kona finished his championship.

The cairn in Portland was owner handled by Dawn Phillips and she did a great job.

[Janet]

Wow well done, beautiful Cairns

[kcsdogs]

Great job Greg! Awesome dogs. We missed the Cairns all four days I was there, (handling other dogs). I was totally bummed I was hoping I would be able to meet some of you guys for real! Oh Well maybe next show.