04/06/2024
I am posting this a bit early and sort of preemptively. AKC has not yet sent out official invites for this event, however Za is in the top 5 for his breed.
This event is usually held here in Florida within a few hours drive so when AKC announced that it would be moved this year due to scheduled construction, I was actually devastated. You see, this is my first dog that I have started doing dog sports with and have been looking forward to attending events like this since first making arrangements to get him! I have made a conscious choice to go ahead & take this trip.
Will there be lots of unknowns? Sure. Will it be a long trip? Most definitely. Is taking two weeks off from work, driving 30plus hours to run my dog for less than 8 seconds at time a little crazy? Yup.
But I intend to make the most of his time here with me and if that means getting out of my comfort zone, that’s just what I will do.
We will make memories, have fun and see places that maybe we would not have ever seen!
So go out and try new things with your dogs! You never know where it could take you, even if it feels a little inconvenient or uncomfortable at first.