Fit or Fat?

Rocky is our first Berner, he is adorable, obviously, and now and then he gets put in the shower room, the worst of the farmyard is hosed off him, a quick once over with the brush, say quick it takes three times longer than it should as he decides its more fun to be chased around the sofas than stand and be coiffured, then we spend the next few hours hoping he stays clean long enough to be judged in a local show.

The top two pics are him in the Honda doing a Donkey from Shrek, are we there yet? He gets bored easily.

The next two pics are the star of the show and yours truly just before we enter the arena. Don't be fooled by the blue sky, the torrential rain for the last 24 hours turned the show ground into a swamp with mud deeper than on our yard! The show attracted the usual collection of amateurs hoping for a pretty rosette and professionals hoping to crush the enthusiasm of the newcomers with their air conditioned dog carriers and inflatable pet salons. Anyway, our lad did well, not as well as we would have hoped but a second out of 8 entries was a credible performance. We were told afterwards that the Judge thought Rocky superb, just needed a better covering. Fat he's talking about, Rocky is exceptionally fit, but unlike his owner has not an ounce of fat on him. According to the owner of the winning dog, which to me looked fat, the dog, not the owner, fit dogs never win. Funny old game this dog showing.