Roughdiamond Samoyed's show spirit

Casanova and his handler Larissa are having a fun warm up training session before they enter the show ring at the dog show in Chilliwack Dec. 13th, 2009. As you can see Casanova has the right show attitude. For sure he does enjoy dog shows, especially since he finished his Canadian Champion titel after only two show weekends. Casanova and Larissa excelled in the show ring with professionality and a smile on their faces! Way to go Casanova AKA Budda!

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Pets & Animals

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• Casanova
• Larissa Schulte
• show handling
• dog show
• Lower Mainland
• Sammy
• Samojede im Show ring
• Canada
• BC

[kaivilyn]

when do sammies usually start to 'calm down'? my 8 month old has a TON of energy

[RoughdiamondSamoyeds]

Hi there,

I can imagine, that your 8 month old puppy is a bunch of energy! And it will be like that for a few more years ;-) :-) Which is a good thing. You only have to make sure, that you focus your puppy's energy in the right direction ;-) Casanova is 1 year now and he is energy pur ;-) .....so it is a good opportunity for him to be so focused and disciplined in the show ring!

[kaivilyn]

is it true that a well socialized puppy will calm down faster?

[RoughdiamondSamoyeds]

If you combine socializing with having the opportunity to get rid of the puppy energy, I would say "yes" ;-) It mostly comes down to training, practice and lots of opportunities to perform and excel (in what ever activity) is helping the puppies to find their balance. ;-) Puppies are eager to learn and hope for getting a treat and praises! Sometimes they are so full of energy that they do not know how to show you HOW smart they are. You just have to find a way to focus their energy! :-)

[kaivilyn]

thx for the advic! now to find a way to spend that energy properly..

[RoughdiamondSamoyeds]

Good luck and LOTS of FUN......that's what is all about anyway! :-) :-).....just another little hint....Do never play rough games with your puppy like tug war or chasing or "fighting". And always praise your puppy, when it just lays down and does nothing. You can name that behaviour like "Good calm"....."relax" and give a little treat and some praises. As I said earlier, they hope for every chance getting a praise and a treat. So just treat the behaviour you like. Even it comes by surprise ,-)

[RoughdiamondSamoyeds]

Hi there,

Casanova will be in the show ring again at the end of January 2010 in Cloverdale ;-) :-) We are all very much looking forward to that!

[kaivilyn]

yes I live in Surrey so I've heard of this dog show-Casanova did great!

[RoughdiamondSamoyeds]

This dog show was in Chilliwack, BC on the 12th and the 13th of December 09.

For sure it was lots of fun! :-)

[kaivilyn]

lovely XD when is the dog show?