26/05/2026
🇮🇹 We a ready for the 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗚 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🇮🇹
I don’t quite know how to feel about stepping into the ring with 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 one last time, now at 9 years old. It’s a whirlwind of emotions.
𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 is not my show dog, he is part of me, he is my soul dog, with him, everything feels different… stronger, deeper, more real.
This will be his third 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄, and his last. His very first show was the World Dog Show in 2017, he was just 5 months old, completely untrained, and became 𝗿.𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿. In 2018, we came back in Junior class… and he became 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿.
In 2020, we stopped showing. Covid happened, and then in 2021 I became a mother. Life changed, priorities shifted, and showing simply paused. But deep down, I always knew I wanted to come back with him one last time to a 𝗪𝗗𝗦, when he would enter 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀.
That moment is now, 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 is no longer the dog he was at 2 or 3 years old. He doesn’t have the same speed or move… but he still loves the ring with all his heart. Our connection is something I can’t even explain, it’s rare, it’s intense, and it’s beautiful. Seeing how much he still enjoys being in the ring is incredible… even if sometimes it makes him a little hard to handle 😂😅
But I couldn’t say goodbye to the rings in any other way 🥹
No matter the result, 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 will always be my greatest love and my biggest pride, for everything he has taught me, for how much my life changed the day he arrived, and for the place he will forever hold in my heart ❤️
📸Photo: thank you for helping me taking this picture with our phones 📱 😂