WE'RE AFRAID - WE'RE VERY AFRAID

On Saturday morning,
we awakened to the smell of
green beans cooking.
"What's this?" we asked.
Before daylight we were walked
and soon Mom and Dad
were on their way.

It was the day
of the
Scottish Terrier Club of Western Virgina's
Specialty Dog Show.
Mom and Dad are both members
so hence the green beans -
the members provided the lunch
for the participants.

We're so glad we got to stay at home -
it looks like they had set up a torture chamber.

There was more grooming
and bathing and hairspraying
going on than there is
for a human beauty pageant.

Mom, the dogshow novice,
was in charge of passing
out the numbers.
See the little Scottie on the pole
in front of Mom?
The founding family
of the
Scottish Terrier Club of Western Virginia
have won so many trophies
they took the Scotties
from them and made poles to
run the ring rope through.

This little black girl
from Charthill Kennels
was quite the entertainer.

This was the only Wheaten Scottie
in the show.
And this little gal
saw the Winner's Circle twice.

And this beauty from
Anstamm Kennels
won the
Kirk Breeder's Cup

And Mom came home and took one look at us
and said,
"Our grooming habits are changing"
Even though we don't look it,
we know we are all champions
in the eyes and hearts of
Mom and Dad.

But she did bring us a
Scottish Terrier Cookie Jar
that is full of treats!

And now we are hiding,
because we know she is
going to try to make us look
like show dogs.

Java is so lucky
he doesn't have a beard -
she'd be trying to make him
look like a Scottie.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java