Apple Blossom Cluster AKC Dog Show (insanely pic heavy!)

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    Apple Blossom Cluster AKC Dog Show (insanely pic heavy!)

    Thanks to the heads up from mrv, hubby and I got up early (well early considering this was our day to sleep in) and headed down to the K-zoo fairgrounds, about an hour south.  The weather was really nice.  Our GR forecast had been iffy so I expected clouds (there were none).  Consequently, a lot of these pics are really bright b/c I don't have the filter I want for my camera.  I took over 350 pics of my favorite breeds, but I'll post some of my faves...

    My favorite Aussie


    I forget what these are, but this one won best of breed and group


    I LOVE Sibes!!!






    My second favorite Aussie (love this color)


    Sooooo beautiful!!




    The Sibe ring




    Pretty brown Newfie



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    Winning Border Collie (I woke up at 6:30 and still missed the BCs and GSDs)


    Winning Heeler


    Beautiful Dane, not sure of the correct term for the color, but it was a brown that appeared silver


    Winning German Shepherd (woohoo my fave!)






    A Dane puppy coming to meet us




    Too cute!





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    CONT'D...



    "Clean-up to Ring 11!"


    Dobie ring






    Yay, some crated Friends (yes, I call any GSD "Friend") by the obedience ring






    The Dane ring


    Who doesn't love retrievers?






    Great Pyrs







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    CONT'D....

    Ridgeback, or as I like to say, African Lion Dog (it sounds so cool)




    Those little dogs are actually Great Danes


    Beagles!  Oh how I love well-bred Beagles




    Akita ring













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    CONT'D...

    The Shelties took for-e-ver!  When I close my eyes I see Shelties..


    Flat coats?




    Bored


    These little girls passed by with an adorable Frenchie


    Neopolitan




    Collies




    Found a Friend again!




    The toy rings



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    There's Friend again!


    Finally, on to the goods! - the Belgians...


















    Malamute ring






    A winning Golden



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    CONT'D...

    Hounds

    Ibizan




    Pharaoh




    Non-Sporting

    Chow


    Sharpei


    Shiba


    Schipperke


    Boston



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    omg! a newfoundland.. brown coat! *squeal*
     
    Beautiful pictures! Wish I couldve gone.
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    CONT'D...

    Working










    Dogs will be dogs







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    Last batch, I swear!

    Sporting











    Herding

    Friend!








    Gimme da treat!


    Group winner


    Group winner



    So I was rooting for the Alaskan Mal, but the toy poodle won the show.
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    Wow!  Great pictures!  That Sibe is to die for.  I'm pretty sure the tall scruffy dog in the second picture is an Irish Wolfhound.  I'd have to see it from the front to tell if it's an IW or a Scottish Deerhound.  You were right about the other breed you weren't sure of.  It is a Flatcoat (they can be black or brown).
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    How fun, I want to come!!!
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    Awesome photos! Thank-you for sharing! I'm glad you took so many. My favs were the Groenendaels, the Ibizans, and the Malamutes.

    Although I now have an overwhelming urge to bathe and brush my dogs. Seeing those gleaming, puffy, immaculate Sibes made me jealous! I've got a pack of grungy, rangy beasts, and now I'm embarrassed about it![&:]
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    those were the fluffiest huskies in the history of the world!!  [:D]
     
    great pics, thanks for sharing!
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    I believe the second photo is a Scottish Deerhound. 

    You missed the Am Staffs? Noooooooooo![:D]