San Fernando Kennel Club Dog Show - Our 1st Show!

This past weekend we decided to take a trip to Pomona LA fairplex to witness first hand the San Fernando kennel club dog show. We have seen many dog shows on TV but have never actually been to one. We were especially excited to visit the Frenchie ring and see a bunch of full grown Tinks posing and strutting their stuff around the ring. We awoke early Saturday morning to begin our long day, we had a two hour drive ahead of us and most of our friends thought we were crazy for leaving San Diego on memorial Day weekend but we were as excited as could be. We decided to make a weekend out of it and stay in LA and visit my family so not only was this Tink’s first dog show this was also Tink’s first vacation. We packed up all her food, treats, and her favorite toys and proceeded to Pomona.

We arrived at the dog show at 8:30 so we had time to get all our belongings together and figure out where we were going. We were told that we were not allowed to bring puppies but that it was ok as long as Tink stayed in our arms the whole time, considering we always keep her in our arms in public places anyway this was not a problem for us. We put her in a little bag with her cute head popping up and hopped on the first available tram to transport us to the show. On the tram ride there we saw one of the competing show dogs. She was a cute brindle with a poka dot coat on, she was extremely well behaved and you could tell she had her “A game” face on. When we arrived to the show building we quickly rushed to ring 18, the French Bulldog competition ring. I sat in the back with Tink while James got up close to watch the show and take pictures. We met a couple nice people that were willing to talk to us and answer all our questions regarding the show but overall most of the people were very serious and focused on the upcoming show.

We loved seeing all the French Bulldogs up close and admiring all the different types and colors of this precious breed. We hope one day Tink could become a show dog however it is way too soon to tell and she definitely needs a lot of training before she will be as obedient as the dogs we saw in the show. After the French Bulldog competition was over we walked outside and visited all the shops and exhibits. We bought Tink a collar, a frog/tennis ball toy, and some jerky. All the store owners were so excited to see a little French Bulldog puppy and they all wanted to kiss her and smell her wonderful puppy breath. At Lola’s collar stand we ran into a really nice lady with two brindled frenchie that had competed in the shows. She was very informative and we talked to her for about 30 minutes about Tink and her dogs and she gave us all kind of tips. I got down on my knees and played with her frenchie Charlotte and she was absolutely adorable, she was licking me and jumping all over me, it was great.

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