Informative Essay On Dog

I never realized that dog training would be one of my biggest hobbies, until now. This year I participated in the 4-H Dog Show at the Knox County fairgrounds. I did dog training last year and plan on doing it for the rest of my school years at ROWVA. Two years in a row, I have won Dog Champion. You do this by participating in Showmanship, Dog Care, and Obedience. I learned that hard work pays off.
I arrived at the fairgrounds on a Saturday morning, very tired but ready to show. I got my number, 25, and went to pick out a pig pen to stay in for the day. Grace and I chose to sit next to each other and talk about how we were feeling. Grace is my friend from Williamsfield and I met her during Dog Training.
“How do you think Pepper is going to
I was so nervous that Pepper was going to do something bad so I it was hard for me to smile. The judge called everyone individually to show off their dog.
“Number 25, Beagle,” the judge called.
I took a deep breath and jogged forward with Pepper. I showed her very well until she peed in the arena! Luckily, the dogs can pee in the arena in Showmanship but not Obedience.
We all exit the arena, all feeling very confident. The judge took about 5 minutes to make the final decision and called us back to the ring.
The judge started from the lowest rank and worked up to the highest. It got to the 3rd place position and Pepper was still not called. She called my friend Grace as third place. Then it got to second place.
“Second place goes to...Beagle, Pepper!” the judge called.
I smiled and walked forward to take the Reserved Champion place. I was still proud of Pepper even though she got 2nd.
We all exit the ring once again and go to sit down. Grace and I talk about how we did and tell each other good luck for Obedience. I wanted to get Dog Care over with, so I headed over for
I also changed into a more comfortable outfit. Around noon, we started to line up for Obedience. I was toward the end so it took a while to go but in that time, I made sure I was focused. For Obedience, every one goes in the ring separately.
“Number 25, Beagle,” called the judge.
I smiled at her and walked into the ring. The first thing she had me do was a course. Pepper and I had to walk, jogg, slowly walk, heal, and turns. After that, she had us do a figure 8. This was when things went downhill. Pepper thought one of the posts was my sister. She looked similar to my sister. Pepper started to jump and whine because she wanted the girls attention. The judge noticed that and knew that Pepper never does that. She was the judge last year and saw what I could do. She asked me if the girl was a relative but I said no.
“She looks like my little sister,” I said, very nervously.
The judge told the girl to switch with someone else and we continued with the figure 8. The last thing Pepper and I had to do was a recall. I called Pepper and she sat there like she didn’t hear me. I waited because if you call the dog more than once, you get points taken off. Finally, she came without me having to call her a second