Since it was Memorial Day weekend we had to have a cake! Okay, so we use any excuse to have a cake but this was a very worthwhile reason.
In addition to cake, Karen supplied us with great lunch spreads everyday.
The first few years we had great weather at this trial. But ever since we had the "Under the Sea" theme, the trial has seemed to have been run "in the sea". Most dogs don't care and we all come with waterproof coats, pants, boots, hats, and gloves. This year we needed all of that as it was really cold as well....especially on Saturday.
Mike spent time digging trenches in the sand to make rivers to take the water away from the course. But only so much can be done when it continues to rain.
We would rake and rake......
....but after only a dog or two it would be back to this:
Even with all the working on the course you can still see the splashing as Sparkie does the weaves.
Here you can see the water splash up as Sparkie enters a tunnel.
The dogs were having a great time voicing their opinion about things...but that's nothing new!
Gosh, kind of makes you wonder if it's possible to do agility without barking!
When not talking so much it seemed like they were smiling and having a great time.
Go Wazzu!!!
Or concentrating hard.....(funny look on her face....she must be getting ready to bark)
....even hard enough to show such determination.
One thing's for sure, Sparkie is always trying hard....
...and giving it her all.
Sparkie must be running fast to make floppy ears go straight up.
There can be no question about whether Sparkie made her contact! (Calls this weekend were excellent the entire time. I didn't see one missed call.)
Even though it was raining a lot, Boogie still didn't like waiting in the RV. He thought every turn should be his turn!
Looks like Boogie wasn't the only one that didn't like waiting.
ConnorI find it interesting the different start line routines. This weekend, Wazzu was very indifferent.
Sparkie seemed so sad...even pitiful looking.
Shari's dog, Slick, cracked me up. What kind of start position is this?!
Most of us give our dogs directions as we maneuver around the course. But Karen, owner of Mega-Dogs, takes a completely different approach. She tells Quickie the course right at the start line. After seeing their run, I'm thinking maybe we should all try this!
This weekend for the first time in almost two years, I tried to run Boogie in a few runs. Okay, so I didn't run...Boogie did. I stood in one position and sent Boogie out to do the course on his own.
He's never done that before with either us handling him. While we only Q'd in one run, I was extremely proud of him in every run. He came so close in every run....just one little thing. He made me very happy by getting his first Elite Chances Q on a difficult Chances course.
And the people at the trial were great! The all seemed genuinely happy that I was able to be back on the course again. And they clapped and hollered so loud each time Boogie and I ended a run. It was very touching. It was hard to hold back the tears at the end of each run. Happy tears they were for sure. I just can't describe what a great feeling it was to be out on the course with my little boy again. I hope he was as happy about it as I was.
Someone should tell Boogie that you don't need to jump through hoops. Gosh, he doesn't even need to jump this high over jumps! Someone tell him he's a little dog!
What a great end to a great weekend.
After everyone left and we got everything cleaned up and put away, we brought out the "family dogs" for an after party. That would be Karen's dogs, our dogs, and Theresa's dogs. It was so fun just to see all the dogs meandering around cleaning up all the treats that had been dropped over the past three days.
After a while, three of the black dogs decided to have their own little get together.
Debbie
5/29-31/10
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