By Cassandra Wright
At Timber Creek High School there was recently an event where all students in their first year of the Vet Program participated in. This event was a mock dog show. Each student was able to pick the dog breed that they wanted from a certain list and they then had to make a model of the dog. Several people made the same dog breed and competed.This dog had to be the real size of the dog and look like it too. Each
student also had to pick a show name and regular name for their dog. “My dog’s regular name was Dexter, but his show name was Beefy Bacon Bits,” said Isabella Graf, a freshman who competed in the dog show. The dog breed that she was tasked with recreating was a Vizsla.
The way that this competition works is that once each student has chosen what breed they wanted to make a model of, they have to compete against the others in their dog group. These groups are the Toy Group, Hound Group, Herding Group, Working Group, Terrier Group, Non Sporting Group, and lastly, the Sporting Group. Each of these groups had a winning dog. These seven winners then competed for best in show, which was won by the working group winner.
There are many different ways that students went about creating their dogs, but most cut out the shape of their dog from cardboard and painted it. Most of these dog models were very accurate, and looked exactly like a dog of that breed. Graf cut out the shape of her dog from a cardboard trifold. She then looked at the AKC (American Kennel Club) website to find the most common color for a Vizsla. Students have to be careful to make sure that their dog model is the most accurate that it can be. For the dog show they have to be prepared to answer questions on their dog such as their weight and height. Accuracy on their answers to these questions will help the student possibly win the best in their group.
Overall the students in the dog show were all really excited about it and thought it was a very fun experience. “It was really cool seeing all of the different breeds in the show and overall it was an amazing experience and I would definitely do it again if I could,” said Graf. It seems like this dog show was an amazing way for the vet one students to let their creativity flow while also learning about a bunch of different dog breeds and how a dog show works.
Were all fur-tasctic. Dog Show winners line up for a photo while showing their winning dogs. This event took place on 1/10/24 and each student in the photo made their dog model. “I love watching the students and all of their super cool dogs in the show and getting to judge them as a vet two student,” said Addison Toney, a sophomore taking her second year of vet, who helped judge the competition. Photo donated