MURPHY’S LAWS AS PERTAINING TO DOG SHOWS
After trying forever to obtain that elu- sive second major, you have no problem getting the third major the next day. 1 day that it is exactly a major. 2 The novice people who enter every show and will drive 8 hours even if you show at 8 a.m. will not show up on the
show leads. 6 not win Breed. 7 before the Group. 8
Although every dog show has dozens of vendors, the day you forget your tack box will be the day the vendors have no
If you go to the trouble of checking out of the hotel before you show, you will
will win. 3
If you try to build a major, the “stuffer”
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If you don’t check out of the hotel before you show, you will win Breed and there will be no time to go back and check out
Your dog needs a major to finish. You drive 12 hours to a three-day circuit to discover the superintendent erred in the count and you are one short of a major—and, of course, your dog is WD. You go home, as the next two days are not majors. You get a call Monday morning… the super erred—again… the following two days were majors and your dog would have probably won, as the judges were great for him.
py’s six-month birthday. 9
Your National is always scheduled two days ahead of your most promising pup-
10 Yourdogwill totallyblowcoat one week before the National, and after you have paid for hotel, airline, banquets, etc.
The day you leave your mud boots home, because it is the middle of a drought, there will be 12 inches of rain. 5 28 • T op N otch T oys , D ecember 2021
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