Ariel had quite a day today. My wife has been wanting to start doing obedience trials with her -- has been working with her steadily this year toward that goal. Today was Ariel's first obedience trial and she came away with High In Trial -- outscored every other dog!

What's more, though my wife and I aren't very fond of the comformation ring, or the whole conformation game, for that matter, we have thought about trying out Breeze as a learning experience. After all, there's years of obedience and agility trials ahead of the boy. We thought we might try to title him on both sides of the name.

Anyway, as a learning experience my wife showed Ariel in the conformation ring and walked away with Best of Breed.

And because she won Best of Breed and High In Trial in the same event, Ariel won what's called "Total Dog" -- BIG ribbon.

Fun day!