Fastest sit in the Midwest

Saturday Skyler and I took Clover and Nimitz to the annual Reskie Reunion. It's a fun get together for all the people who have helped the American Eskimo Rescue of St. Louis during the year. We visited with people that we met at adoption days while we were fostering Nimitz, and got to see Eskies that had been adopted by others. The dogs loved getting attention and seeing all the other Eskies. There were about 100 people there, and probably about 40-50 dogs, most of which were Eskies.

One fun part of the event is the contests, which this year were dubbed the Olympics. One of the volunteers had made very cute medals for the winners of each contest, complete with a little photo of an Eskie.

Last year Clover won the Fastest Sit contest (and many years ago, in her younger days she'd won the Highest Jump). This year I hoped that Nim would win the Fastest Sit. Sit is the one command he knew when we got him. We've continued working on it though. I often play a little game with the dogs, playing with them, then telling them to either Sit, or Down. So Nim's Sit is pretty fast. However, when I saw the number of people that entered the Sit contest, I thought we'd be in trouble. How would the judges even be able to see Nim's fast sit?

Skyler went in like a pro though and had Nim stand until the judges said to sit. And when the judges said "sit" and Skyler told him to, Boom! down went the dog's butt. When they announced the gold winner, I was not expecting that Skyler and Nim would win. The competition was tough. But Nimitz was announced as the gold medalist. Way to go (once again) Nim and Skyler!

But of course, no matter how many ribbons and medals they get, I'm happiest about the way that they so obviously love each other. From how cutely Nim plays with Skyler, bringing him back balls and Frisbees for a game of fetch, to how Nim jumps up on Skyler's bed to cuddle in the morning, and to how Nim leaps onto the chair and gives Skyler kisses in his ear when Skyler's had a bad day at school.