UKC Dog Show

We had to wait for Mrs. Kaiju to be home to drop off Hinata, so we figured we might as well go to our first dog show and cheer on Ebi-chan from the sidelines. 

Ebira's first conformation show

While she did okay, another Japanese Akita, Maru, did fantastic! Maru is a sweet and handsome pupper. He is 8.5 months old, so not far from our little fluff butt in age. Note: he has massive paws.

We also met a rare breed called a Czechoslovakian Vlcak (pronounced Vlack) aka Czechoslovakian Wolfdog. We had an opportunity to meet them before when Mrs. Kaiju invited us over for their first barn hunt event when Hinata was 5 weeks old. However, time was not on our side so we never got to go then! In case you're curious, they are herding dogs.

There were many other breeds in the show. There were some (but not all) Cardigan Welsh Corgis (no Merle though, sorry, Kevin!), Dobermans, Siberian Huskies, and lots of Klee Kai and American Eskimos. I had a lot of fun watching a group of American Eskimos walk together. They looked like giant cotton balls with toothpicks for legs. Yes, I still wanted to squish them.

Below are a few images we took at the show. I only had an 85mm and a 15mm so not a lot of close ups when the pups were in the ring. 

- Hamu

Not the wake up call I requested...

Around 5AM the fire alarm went off. It stopped after about 7 loud beeps, so we ignored it.

Then it went off again.

She seems to put all her morning frustrations towards demolishing that bully stick...

And again. At  the third time, the hotel's pre-recorded emergency messaged began playing so proceeded to walk towards the emergency exit. Poor Hinata was so confused and terrified with all the commotion going on that she refused to go through the exit door and down the stairs. I had to pick her up and carry her down the stairs all the way from the seventh floor while she used her Doggo Skill #1: Puppy Wiggles to resist.

An ambulance was parked in front of the hotel and some guests were whispering about someone triggering the alarm for smoking in their room. The hotel staff later confirmed our suspicion that it was a false alarm. This is the second hotel in a row we stayed in with a false fire alarm evacuation. Fingers crossed the next hotel won't have one!

- Hamu