Fun in the mudd!!!

as I had mentioned earlier Sony was on a CH team last weekend at Fair Hill. she did well despite the fact that it rained all weekend. fri was OK but Sat was a mess. My teamates and I decided not to scratch but to at least start running and then see how the dogs did. since they were seasoned dogs and knew about running in muck . The original schedule had Sony with 3 team classes on sat and Perf GP we ran Team Snooker Jumpers and Gamblers . Sony did pretty well considering her state of fitness and all the muck. Team jumpers she had 2 bars and 1 refusal(cuz I got lost and could not find #8 :)) she had the double down and the last jump. but managed a score :) Team Gamblers I opted to do as few jumps as I could. she did well and managed to keep all her Gamble points. Before I ran Team Snooker I had David work on her, he said she was a little tight but not surprising with the weather. I did keep her coat on as much as poss and we even ran the van for the heat a few times during the day. she was having an AWESOME run in snooker but I caused a refusal at #3. my teamates were doing a bit better than me and we were in qualifying range after the first 3 classes. however because of the weather the decision was made to cancel Team Std on Sunday and Run Team Relay on Sat. then all 3 tourn were done. so I went back to the van to get Sony out and she was real stiff and sore. David had already gone for the day so I told me teamies I was not comfortable running her. they were fine with it and decided to run the other 2 dogs anyway. all I had to do was go out there no dog and trigger the timer with my hand and hand off the baton. I believe my two teamies ran clean but my 200 faults for not running relay put out of Qualifying range. I felt bad but knew I made the right decision for Sony. I also scratched her from Perf GP even tho it was 16".

That eve she got out of the van at the hotel much better, and hardly seemed sore. unfortunately since she was covered in mud she and Rivet had to sleep in soft crates. I felt bad but at least it was warm . Sunday started out pretty chilly and miserable but not much rain. many people left and that made for a very early finish. we stayed to help pack the trailers, by then the sun made an appearence so I took the girls for a walk along the cross country course. and after we took a picture of the dogs on one of the jumps.

Sony has a trial next weekend some classes at 22 some at 16" can't remember. then a few weeks off until the Tourn only trial in PA. until then..

Judy and the finaly clean Sony :)

Forgot

forgot a link to the flyball tourny in IN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47qzk70gUmo

Sony is on the last team "Pirates for Hire" she is the 3rd dog. just 1 quick race :)

Happy Anniversary

its been exactly 1 year since Sony's surgery. its been a long road but she is back and doing well. still not as fit as she could be but we are getting there!

she has been very busy the last few weekends we played flyball in IN for 3 days then last weekend we were at the Keystone trial. this coming weekend we will be at Fair Hill in MD for 3 days.

the weekend of flyball was a ton of fun. Sony and Rivet shared a spot so neither had to race full time. well Sony surprised me and did very well and did not get too tired until the last race on the last day. one of her greatest assets is she can rest in a crate even with all the noise. I found her more than once upside down having a snooze :) she hasn't really played in almost 2 years but she never forgot. not only did she never fault. her box turn never deteriorated. it was so much fun to run her again. the exercise was even good for her.

knowing that we were busy a few weekends in a row I had planned to give Sony an easy weekend at Keystone. and concentrate on Rivet . so Sony was entered in Perf Speed at 16" on Sat. she was having a great run but I miss cued and she ran around a jump, in trying to fix it quickly I sent her to an off course jump which she gladly shot off to :).
Sunday I entered her in Masters Std at 22" since she was going to be on a team at FHI next weekend at 22" she dropped the first bar which I never heard but saw the judge put his hand up, so figured she at least didn't crash it :) she ran the rest of the course flawlessly with no other faults. I could not be happier. I was told by a friend who was watching she looked pretty good at 22" from what I saw I too thought she looked OK. makes me feel pretty good going into next weeks team. the first jump has been an issue for her but I will try and work on it before the weekend.

I did alot of thinking on my 3+ hr drive home. I was asked about the Kinetic dog tourn trial if I was doing Perf or CH. as I had not decided, I was asked about poss doing a Perf team . I accepted the offer and will be teaming with Katie Conn and Twix who recently got back from worlds. no pressure right :) :)

so I decided that even tho Sony is doing well I am going to get her Qualified in all the Perf tourn. just what she needs. (2 PGP 2 PPSJ and 1 PVP) then concentrate on getting her Q'd in CH. then I can see what she is ready for come next years nationals. I believe if she has even qualifiers I can choose. so will have to make sure I keep track.

Judy and Sony