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| My Babe and I! |
We want to take the time to thank our clients. Without you our Saturdays would be oh so quiet !!!!! Good job this year too!!! We are so proud of each and every one of you!!
Well from here on out...it's trial time. Our trial time..Snowbirds must get under way pretty soon in order to be ready. I will give a quick review of what's happened this past year!
We trialed and trained for National Finals points...Had plenty of them. Although the performance less desirable than we hoped for..we were glad to have been a part of the big dog trial. The Nationals as always was a grand event on many levels. Lots of friends to visit from near and far. Beautiful tricky field to run on, well organized by the friendliest of folks. The only downfall is I thought the sheep were UN-even..wouldn't have made a difference for me as sheep were not my problem, however, I thought the UN-eveness at times kept some of the best dogs out. (not complaining) (just observing)..Ron and I truly enjoyed ourselves and stayed the whole time to watch! We thank everyone that put this grand event on..it was nothing less than first class!
Canines N Ewe had plenty of students prepared for the big event.
Jennifer Moening - Cody (Nursery)
Jeff Blackstone - Dusk (Open)
Tricia Guidry - Tipper (Open)
Sara Goodman - Rob (Open)
Everyone gave great effort in preparation Tricia Guidry advanced but lost out in the Semi Final.
I think nerves got to some, and course work to others. All in all Ron and I say WELL DONE team...you all prepared and ran your own dogs..and gave it a hell of a run!! Good job and lots of good stuff coming to you in the future!!
My dogs Sly, Soot and Lane were prepared..but had some bad luck.
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| Sly and I |
Sly was injured all summer, which left her more UN-fit physically than I had hoped. She ran hard, but was dog tired in the end. Soot ran during a funky hour of the day where the acoustics just didn't seem to carry. She handled the sheep with grace and patience..but a big mistake on the drive cost us dearly.
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| Soot |
Lane (3rd. trial ever) nursery dog has his own cinderella story. He was a dog returned at a year old as the original owner was no longer a fit home. Lane went from never seeing a sheep to being trained and qualified in 8 months. he is a hell of a dog, and will make a great asset to our team. Lane had a great go around the nursery field; but no pen. the sheep loved him and decided well they would rather sleep than go in the pen. Lane is a young 2 and has a bright future as a nursery dog for next year!
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| Lane |
Ron and I had car trouble..so we instilled plan B..yep we are in love! With a 10 foot garage in the rear for the dogs, might I say YES we are comfortable.
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| PLAN B |
Things we've lost this year...They are gone but not forgotten ..
RIP Zippo
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| Old age |
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| Accident |
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| Left home while we were in Klamath.. |
Now back to the grind, summer flew by BUT the temps soared.
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So for now...
Signing off and wishing everyone a happy and cool crisp Fall season and may your pumpkins glow bright!
