PCA 2013 and Hamilton, OH for Memorial Day weekend

Leslie, grandma, and some of the gang headed to Louisville, KY for the 2013 PCA national.  Yoda was to compete in BOB and the top 25 compeition!  Even with the judge change we were all excited. 

We got in and got unloaded into this fancy motel!  Im not use to these ritzy places.

Crown Plaza, Louisville, KY home of the 2013 PCA national

We were up early because of course Yoda needed a bath and judging started at 8AM.  Sadly Yoda didn't make the cut but he sure looked good! 

Congrats to my friends Cheslie and Angela Pickett on Greta winning BOB.  It was a nice lineup.

Then we rested awhile before dinner and right after dinner it was time to compete again.

Leslie & Yoda were in the top 25 compeition and Leslie pulled #2.  Her group of three had Ellen Perry and Chris Jones with top 5 papillons from last year.  Yoda held his own and performed flawlessly.  Even though he was getting tired by the end of the evening it was well worth it.

Yoda's #14 breed ribbon for the PCA top 25

Photos with judges and our breeder Paula will be posted when we recieve them.

The top 25 judges pick with Jackson---Yoda and him became good friends last year.  The crowd favorite was Tegan and Contender and we show against him alot as well.

Then early Sunday morning we headed to Hamilton, OH to finish off the memorial day circuit over there.  Lots of goldens had been finishing and we were hoping the points would hold long enough that maybe Marty could do it.

We started the day with some baths and Matty picking up a nice select for 2 points.  We then headed back to the ring later in the day for Marty.  He was quickly awarded WD but Leslie thought it was only 1pt and was nervous he wouldn't get the cross to finish.  Marty was awarded Wd/BOW and the WB was awarded BOS which gave her a major that Marty gets to share!  That is a hard way to get a major and not that Marty needed it...it was exciting to finish him with three majors and at a supported entry! The breeder judge had some very nice compliments on our boy.  It is great to have his CH done and now we will see what the future holds for this promising boy.

Marty right after finishing his CH.  BOW for a supported entry major (his 3rd major)

Marty wasn't shown on Monday as Leslie wanted to get home before the traffic rush and we were all really tired!  Matty was awarded another select for 1 point.  We are happy that he is starting to pick up some points.  He really broke the ice last weekend in TN.  He now sits at 62 points....lets hope he can keep it up!

Mom says we are off this weekend which will be nice and then we are showing for 3 weeks in a row!

Enjoy some photos from this trip.

*~*Justy*~*