We have made the decision to pull Finn from the show ring for a little bit - probably until the end of the year. It was a hard decision, but I think a smart one.
In April/May, he got ill and lost an incredible amount of weight. He has yet to recover physically from that. His rear lost so much muscle mass and his drive has become non-existent. The tell tale sign was when he did so poorly in the Orlando shows and the Atlanta shows. He just did not compare, physically, to the other dogs.
Prior to his weight loss, Finn was doing fine in the ring. Like most show dogs here in Florida, we were putting the points on knowing that soon we would be searching only for those elusive majors. And then after the illness, his winning came to a halt.
Our plan is to show in Deland, show a day in Arcadia, exercise him and lure course him and let him gain back his physique. I know he can do it.
So, until he is back in the ring, we will concentrate on finishing Bindi and specialing her.
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