Our first ever camping! And Mint's win in dog dancing!

Hi! It's Cinnamon.

On the weekend we went to our first competitions this year and we camped in Mum's car for the first time ever!

On Friday evening there was the Paws'n'Music (dog dancing) competition in Mangawhai, about 130 km from our house, and on Saturday and Sunday there were Obedience and Rally-O competitions at the same venue.

At first Mum was thinking about participating in the Obedience and Rally-O competitions on Saturday only, but at the last minute she decided to enter the Paws'n'Music competition too. However, the venue was far from where we lived, so Mum decided to stay in her car with us overnight so that she wouldn't have to make two round trips.

We arrived at the venue just before 4pm and the Paws'n'Music competition commenced at 5pm. After the competition, we had a walk around the small town of Mangawhai and then had dinner outside by Mum's car.

We also enjoyed chilling out on the grass and walking around the ground before it got dark.

Chilling after dinner

We went to bed at 9:30pm.

Our bunk bed in the car

I slept upstairs for the first time ever, except at hospitals!! However, it was a little annoying when Mint barked and disturbed my rest when Mum was out at the clubhouse to wash her face and brush her teeth. He is a mother's boy and he often barks if he can't see her for a long time. I wonder when he will grow out of it!

Because we were tired from the drive from home and also performing in the competition, we all had a very good sleep, although at first Mint was trying to get Mum's attention for a while by scratching the floor of his crate, which Mum ignored :-P

We woke up at 6:30 in the morning. As soon as we got out of the car, we enjoyed a good sniff at the wet grass.

So many interesting smells!

I think our breakfast was lighter than usual, as I still felt hungry after eating it.

By the way Mint won Elementary Freestyle in the Paws'n'Music competition on Friday evening! Although I didn't do well, I was very happy for him!

Well done Mint!