RARITIES Mt. Rainier Classic
Ravensdale Washington
May 2005

What a beautiful spring day - perfect weather for a dog show.
It rained early, then cleared up, keeping everything
cool but not soggy!

This was the first show that we had 3 dogs,
Mysteria (her first time in the ring since whelping her pups),
Tiger Lily, and Myst's puppy, Trajan,
in his show debut.

A HUGE thank you to our photographers,
Austin Sankey and Adam Earnhardt,
without which no pictures would have been taken.
(Hey, 3 dogs is a lot to for me to manage!)

We started the day with Mysteria taking
Winners Bitch and Best Of Opposite Sex!
This was the major she needed to complete her
ICCF Championship!
Way To Go, Jesse & Myst!!!

Here we see another Winners Bitch competition, featuring
Jeff Sankey with Isabella, Jesse Dunn with Tiger Lily,
and Leslee Shonert handling Mysteria.
(Thanks Leslee for covering my butt!)

And here we see Arturo, patiently waiting for his turn in the ring.
Look how this dog has filled out. Wow!

Another competition, with Isabella and
Tiger Lily in their classes.
Isabella took Reserve Winners Bitch 3 times!

Bella Rosa's Trajan made his show debut this weekend.
We expected him to soldier right around the ring,
as he has been doing at home.
But at just 12 weeks, the ring proved
rather intimidating for him.

Here is our Trajan, running OUT of the ring.
Silly puppy!

At the break - it's all about having fun for us!
Our motto: The More Corsos, The Merrier!

Tiger Lily vigilantly watches over her boys...

as Arturo watches over her!

Arturo took Best Of Breed in Show #3,
over 5 other beautiful corsos, including this dog, Benicio.

Back to the females.
Here is Tiger Lily and Isabella.

Tiger Lily took Best Of Breed Junior Puppy 4 times,
then went on for WInner's Bitch & Best Of Opposite Sex
in Show #3 under Brad's handling!
Yeehaw Bradley!!!.

But the BIG NEWS was Show #4,
where Tiger Lily went on to take
BEST IN SHOW with Jesse!
Way To Go! You Guys Rock!!!

Here's is beautiful Taylor, consoling Trajan after his
ordeal in the ring. Taylor was definately smitten by the show bug,
and I daresay it won't be too long before we see her
in a junior handling class...

or a magazine!
(She sure looks like a future model to me.)

At the end of the day, it's not about who takes home the most ribbons...

Oh, who are we kidding. Admit it, guys! It's great to win!

Of course, hanging out with all our friends
(human and canine) is the very best part of all!