Backyard Classic 1998

Lansing, Michigan, June 6-7, 1998

Jamie Como sending Wager off on a wild WCI duck chase.

This year's Backyard Classic was held at the beautiful home of Mike and Jody Petry.  Many people drove great distances, and everyone had a great time, especially Gambler and Hickory, who both got their WCs!  (Click on any of the small pictures below for a full size version, which will open in a separate window.)

The first event in the morning was Obedience.  Since we weren't entered, pictures are rather thin, but here's one of the stylish Canadian Lise winning high in trial:

In the afternoon, the first Conformation show was won by guess who:

Here he is with BOS Cede, and then the winner of the second Conformation show, Roy:

Here's what happened to Sailor the next day:

And not just him!  Here are Hickory, Ellie, and Gambler in the same condition, known as "WC Water Test Syndrome":
   
They all had to be washed off in a special washing off pond after the test.
Despite the muck Hickory and Gambler both passed their WC!

But, we digress.  Back on day one, after the shows came the fun! For example, here is a Toller demonstrating proper technique for catching a frizzbee and looking like you just stepped on a rattlesnake:

And how to chase a bumper:

The evening included a wonder-full dinner, by which we mean it's no wonder everyone was full after that dinner!

We finished off around a big bonfire burning picnic tables that no longer met the Petry family standards:

The next day was a field day!  People watched dogs:

Dogs watched people:

People watched cars (we don't know why):

Donna fell over launching a bird (we don't know why either):

Eric and Nelson discussed dogs:

Some dogs didn't pass their tests: For example, this is what Rusty thought of the WCI before he even started:

Did we mention that Hickory and Gambler got their WC? 

To see all the best pictures from both days (a total of 29), click here (a page of thumbnails will open in a separate window, click on any of them to see a full size version).

To browse the complete set of 285 pictures, click on the links below for specific categories:
 

Events

Obedience
Conformation
WC Land
WC Water
WCI Land

People

Addie (9)
Debbie (6)
Diana (19)
Diane (4)
Donna (19)
Elizabeth (1)
Eric (4)
George (4)
Heather (21)
Ilene (3)
Jack (6)
Jake (2)
Jamie (2)
Jane (19)
Jody (1)
John (1)
Kathy (5)
Kevin (1)
Larry (1)
Leeann (6)
Lise (11)
Marj (6)
Melissa (1)
Nelson (9)
Peggy (10)
Rusty (16)
Sue (11)
Tammi (9)
Terry (1)

Groups (62)
Unidentified (22)

Dogs

Bretta (6)
Cameo (5)
Cassie (13)
Cede (6)
Chance (1)
Chase (4)
Chewbaka (4)
Cheyenne (6)
Cowboy (4)
Dasher (3)
Deke (3)
Delta (7)
Dobro (13)
Ellie (14)
Gambler (6)
Gem (5)
Gunner (3)
Hickory (15)
Jake (2)
Journey (1)
Kali (6)
P C (1)
Rosie (4)
Roy (1)
Rusty (16)
Sailor (11)
Stormy (6)
Turbo (9)
Wager (11)

Groups (62)
Unidentified (22)

For our standard categorization of the Backyard Classic pictures, use our Backyard Classic 1998 Picture Archive, which contains over 285 pictures from the show. (Please note that picture assignments are not perfect. If you don't see a picture under the name you expect, try looking it up by date instead. If I took it, it is there.)   As with all our pictures, the URL includes the names of the people/dogs in the picture: Your browser probably displays the URL in a line at the top or bottom of the window, so you can tell who is in the picture.

Our full-site Picture Archive contains a far larger number of pictures, including more of the same people you'll see in the Backyard Classic archive.

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