Autumn Oaks
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:06 pm
Son Steve and I just returned from our first Autumn Oaks where we were trying to shoot a little video for CARNIVORE. This is quite a dog event with over 25,000 folks attending, over 800 dogs hunted and approx. 300 shown. I had a good visit and interview with friends John Wick and Mark Zepp with Garmin/Tritronics.
While UKC does not allow us to follow any of the cast, we did shoot a lot of the bench show. I found a blue dog that I would really like to breed to one of my females. He was extremely athletic, moved like a cat and looks as though he is going to be the first hound to win the Purina Points Hunt and Bench Show for a breed.
It was 2,625 miles round trip and was almost as hot in Richmond, IN as it is in Menard, TX. I visited with the Mayor of Richmond and asked her what the economic impact AO had on the town and she said that last year it brought $2.6 million and will bring over $3 million this year. I asked if we could move the event to Menard??? She was not very receptive to that notion.
Adios,
Gary
While UKC does not allow us to follow any of the cast, we did shoot a lot of the bench show. I found a blue dog that I would really like to breed to one of my females. He was extremely athletic, moved like a cat and looks as though he is going to be the first hound to win the Purina Points Hunt and Bench Show for a breed.
It was 2,625 miles round trip and was almost as hot in Richmond, IN as it is in Menard, TX. I visited with the Mayor of Richmond and asked her what the economic impact AO had on the town and she said that last year it brought $2.6 million and will bring over $3 million this year. I asked if we could move the event to Menard??? She was not very receptive to that notion.
Adios,
Gary