Two years later, the pups return to the Youth Herd Dogs Show, but this time accompanied by Apple Bloom. The first thing she does when she gets there is sign in the dogs. They then go and get into their places. A few minutes later, the first event begins. It's a new activity called Sheep Herding. For this event, the puppies are put in a pen of lambs and round them up as fast as possible as it's a timed event. The first pups to go are the Apple family puppies. They get a score of ten seconds flat. Apple Bloom is thrilled and quite impressed. Her puppies are in the lead. She couldn't be prouder.
An hour later, after the rest of the puppies finish up Sheep Herding. None of them knocked the Apple family dogs out of the lead. It's now time for the next event: Mud Crawl. The puppies all line up in their spots and then begin the Mud Crawl as soon as the horn sounds. Immediately at the start, Tubby takes the lead. Apple Bloom is impressed. Her little Tubby has already taken the lead. He keeps the lead all the way to the end of the mud slip and wins the event. Apple Bloom cheers. She's so proud of her little Tubby. The puppies then crawl into a pool of water and wash off and then shake off the water and the excess mud. Tubby then runs over to Apple Bloom and nuzzles her leg. "I'm so proud of you, little Tubby," says Apple Bloom as she pets him on the head. She then takes him and her other puppies over to the obstacle course. It's the final event of the day. Apple Bloom knows Minnie has this in the bag. She is by far the fastest of the five pups after all.
A few minutes later, the horn sounds and the pups are off and Minnie is once again in the lead. Apple Bloom cheers ecstatically. Minnie stays in the lead the entire time and comes out the winner once again. Fifteen minutes later, the event comes to an end and Minnie is given her ribbon and her winning medal. Apple Bloom is ecstatic. It's her first Youth Herd Dogs Show and Minnie and Tubby rocked it, all her puppies did. Now, it's time to celebrate. She can't wait to tell Applejack all about it. She absolutely can't wait. She's sure her sister is going to be so proud of her. She knows AJ is going to be so proud of her.