Becoming Show Ready

I haven't shown competitively since 2006. To say I'm itching to step back into the show ring is an understatement. However, doing so when my dog is not ready would not make it a fun experience for either of us. I must be patient and do my homework and correctly assess when my dogs are ready. Here's the current status of Moto and Pinch.
Pinch
Here is a Star in the Making, but when the wheels come off, they come off big-time. I learned that showing him at the UKC trials. While each dog is different boy I've never had a dog quite like him. He's a blast to train, he's fun to show but he likes to examine ALL the parameters of every exercise, and all the parameters of each building block of each exercise. So everything, absolutely EVERYTHING, needs to be ring-tested before this dog is ready. Just when I've got one thing nailed down, there's something else that needs fixing. And some things need to be done every day to get it into muscle memory. I really and truly don't have enough time to do all the things that need to be done every day with this dog. I was hoping to bring him out in the spring, and now it's been delayed to fall. It may push back even further as he may need to mature. I'm impatient! It's hard.
Moto
Here's a dark horse that is emerging. I was absolutely thrilled with his Open B debut. He NQ'd by refusing to go over the high jump, as he decided he just didn't want to do it right then. BUT! His attitude was great. The judge told me afterward: "he broke a lot of hearts by NQ'ing. He's a lovely dog." MOTO! That was a wonderful thing to hear. No, he wouldn't have won the class. He wouldn't have even placed. That's not my goal with him. It's to have fun, and we did. People enjoyed watching us. That is winning. We'll try again at our upcoming Sheltie specialty in May. He still needs some tweaking, but that's really it. I'm seeing an attitude and intensity I've never seen in him before. While we may not have thrilling run-offs and placements, my excitement will come from watching an unsure, low-confidence, low-drive dog put forth effort and realize he IS a Good Boy and he CAN do it. What a valuable lesson we both are learning.
I'm being stretched as a trainer having two completely different dogs to train. It will be very interesting when they both are in the Open and Utility B classes together and I'll have to quickly switch gears and approaches to performance success on the fly.
I hope I can be a Good Trainer and know I CAN do it!