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My oldest two were very active in the dog program in 4-H as well as horse, rocketry and a couple other projects. Then Alec went gung ho in FFA and is now a State Officer for Iowa. Meredith has learned a lot from tagging along all these years and man, she has plans.
What I find that 4-H does is develop good leadership and communication skills as well as a sense of community. Citizenship is a HUGE part of 4-H too.
I recommend getting hooked up with a club-some counties have clubs devoted to particular things-beef, swine, dog, etc. Many are diverse and offer help in all areas. Again, if you can show your mom and relatives that you can commit to the club and it's activities, they might feel more comfortable knowing you have a support system for you and your dog.
Kid in a crate? I got blackmailed!! One of my father-in-laws co-workers has ridgebacks. I see her at the shows all the time and she took some photos of Meredith sleeping with her smooth collie - in the crate. Sent them to my FIL who asked me what the heck do I really do at those shows and what am I doing to his grandchild-good for a laugh. Poor dog was all squished in a corner with a look of save me. Meredith had a cold that weekend and was on some good drugs for it. Made her very sleepy. This was also her first show in juniors where she and the collie almost got attacked by a St Bernard, so the collie was very protective of her charge the rest of the day. I'll see if I can find it and post it.
Cindy and the crew at Foggy Bottom
Let's see-----health, head, hands, and heart! That's the 4-H one and the FFA one that I like is Blue Jackets, Bright Futures!
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