Young dog is always so much fun to be with, but old Nanako is still affectionate and very sweet.

It was March 20, 1992 when I adopted her from her show handler. She was 16 months old and not even housebroken then. (Imagine it, it was unbelievable to me!)
We had hard times for a while but now it is one of the good memories.
I have quitted to use her for demonstration at training classes or seminars. I know she is still happy to do her job and always loves to go out with me, but I don't want to give her much stress anymore.
Instead of Nanako, I start using Leanne for a demo.
Nanako can play a well-mannered obedient dog but what Leanne can do is a badly-behaved, not much trained bad dog!
I use Leanne because we can show people what we should deal with this type of high energy, excitable dog.
I think Nanako is too old to play this role.

Grooming Leanne is always a hard work, but both of us enjoy it.
At least, I believe she loves to be groomed too. I love long hair and this is why I can't shave down Nanako yet. I know it should be almost the time to do it, because it is getting hard for Nanako to stand stay on a grooming table for a long time.