Mom, is that you?

Coalbyn's Patriot's Dream - AKA "Dreamer" AKA "Mom"

Our little family went off to the big dog show in Scottsdale today. We went mostly to see Gromit's breeder, Jean York (above) who had come from California for the show. We also wanted to show Jean and her husband Ed how Gromit is doing. Jean and Ed are wonderful people and utterly devoted to Corgis.

Gromit's mom, Dreamer, and Gromit have a reunion.

The other attraction was that Jean was showing Gromit's mom, "Dreamer," today and Gromit's brother "Night" was there too. So Gromit got to see his mom again, regale her with stories of his Corgi adventures living in Arizona, and also got to hang out in the x-pen with brother Night.

Gromit and Night

Gromit's mom loved his stories of life in Arizona

Night and Gromit took up right where they left off two months ago at Coalbyn Kennel in California: Wrestling matches! As near as I could tell it was a tie with Gromit getting the best of Night about as often as Night pinned him. It was a huge amount of fun for us to watch the two of them together.

The hard part was not asking Jean to please sell us Night so he can Gromit could cause Corgi mischief to run rampant at our house. But we resisted the temptation and Night seems to have other plans, anyway.

Holly the wiener dog had a pretty good day too. We went into a vendor tent that had all the squeakies in the world for sale. Holly thought she'd died and gone to squeeky toy heaven. She pick out three that she liked and we've added them to the Official Squeaky Toy basket in the corner of the living room.

More real than WWE

Since we got home Gromit has slept and slept except for a brief awakening for dinner. Then back to sleep. He burned up a lot of energy today walking around the show, visiting the dog paraphernalia vendors, greeting tons of people, and occasionally greeting other dogs large and small. Gromit did great too, no posturing or puffing up at other dogs. He did poop right in front of the Giant Schnauzer group though. Don't know if that was just a puppy accident or he was letting them know that Corgis are not afraid anything.

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Comment by Gromit, Sparkle, and Doug on March 8, 2010 at 10:15pm: I'm glad we went on Saturday because Sunday was cold and rainy and I've heard that the Monday events were canceled due to unsafe conditions for dogs and humans. I presume the grounds got too slippery.

Comment by Alice on March 8, 2010 at 6:29pm: It's been raining here in Az too but we do get a couple clear days in between. It's been pouring pretty much since Saturday night and it was hailng last night.

Comment by Geri & Sidney on March 8, 2010 at 1:39pm: Looks like gorgeous weather in Arizona. Still all rainy here in CA!

Comment by Alice on March 8, 2010 at 1:37pm: I wish I knew about it. I would have gone!

Comment by Geri & Sidney on March 7, 2010 at 5:28pm: what a great story and pictures! Thanks for sharing :)

Comment by Edward and Gemima on March 7, 2010 at 11:38am: CUTE little family there........

Comment by Beth on March 7, 2010 at 11:28am: I do enjoy looking for my dogs' relatives online from time to time. I haven't been to a dog show, but I was to the big horse show at Devon a few times and that was a blast.

Sounds like a good day, and mom is gorgeous!

Comment by DR, Nala & Simon on March 7, 2010 at 8:55am: Gorgeous dogs!!! That seemed like a fun day. What a cute reunion with mom and the brother!

Comment by Joanna Kimball on March 7, 2010 at 4:21am: Looks like a fantastic day! And aren't dog show vendors the absolute bomb? All three dogs are beautiful and your pictures are lovely.