This is Trip's yearbook picture.
Speck and his twin Rev (who wanted NOTHING to do with him ;-)
Judy and Oreo in the Semi's ;-)
Tiva tried dock diving (she was VERY brave)
And Speck's reward for keeping his head in gamblers. GOATS!
Aliens alive and well near Shasta
The rest of the set can be seen here.
Alphie was MR. Cheeky this week. But really wouldn't want it any other way. He was running fast and furious, it's really too bad that I couldn't think quickly enough to really do him justice. He only had one really bad run (snooker) but since I didn't really think about his opening while walking, it's not really his fault. He did finish in 3rd place in European Jumpers on Sunday (took me 3 tries to run that right ;-)
Emma. I was quite disappointed to not get into any finals with Em. I went to Scottsdale with the intention of making the PNS and PSJ finals with Emma and hopefully do well in those. In my mind, this was her last USDAA nationals and I wanted to go out with a bang. However, I think that if she's running well next summer, I will be taking her and Speck next year. She ended up in 6th place in Team Standard and ran well in all other team classes.
And Speck. Speck was such a super star this weekend, he ran really well in all his classes (when I was mentally there). Ended up in 12th in Team Standard (even with a spin after the teeter) and ran with very competitive times in the other classes. He didn't E in any class and just was such a good boy. On Saturday, we were in ring 6 and he finally remembered that the goats were out in the field (He remembered them from last year), but kept his head in the game, so his reward was to go herd the goats. He did a phenomenal job with the goats. Jorgen has done a very good job with him getting him to be less sticky to their heads. What a good boy. And in dock diving, he was jumping 18-20 feet. He's running to the edge of the dock and we are working on jumping higher. If we can swing it, I will enter him in Dock Diving competitions this year. And as time permits, I will enter Speck in Novice-Novice and Merckx in Pro-Noivce USBHA competitions this year. I will also start herding again with Em and Meri.
Other than a sore butt, the trip back was pretty uneventful. I had a lot of time to reflect on the future and what I need to do next. It was good to see Jorgen, Meri, Merckx, Strider and Gandalf. It was so nice to sleep in my own bed, even if all the dogs insisted on sleeping with us. It was nice to have another day off yesterday, and I spent most of it cleaning as Jorgen's parents are coming for a 3 week visit. I also bought a Shark Steamer, and I LOVE it for cleaning. Cleaning the dog room is so much easier since the floor dries so quickly.
I have pictures to post, but that will be later on this week. I think some of them came out well.
Back to work today ;-)
Got back @ 11:00 last night. Drove over 1000 miles yesterday, but it was worth it to sleep in the same bed with jorgen and all 5 dogs :-)
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It's 5:20 am, got in last night about 7 and was sleeping at 9. Emma and Speck were pretty tired too. Taking a shower and will be on the road soon.
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Sigh
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Had a great time, looking forward to being home.
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Will be updating on facebook
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- Location:US, Arizona, Maricopa, Scottsdale
Today I have taken:
Zyrtec
Sudafed
Inhaler
Cough medicine
A ton of cough drops
(last night I also had musinex)
And all the dogs had awesome standards. Alphie got called on down dw and a r , but decent time. Speck was clean and time was 33 something. Emma was clean and also 33 something
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Time was 27.xx, but we won't make the finals.
Speck is doing well with my cold-addled brain!!
Will have to buy the dog house arts collage of speck---it's good!!
Gem,Roo,and Speck are in 80th place. We won't talk about the other teams ;-)
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I am sick AGAIN!!!! I tried to go to urgent care last night , but no one would take kaiser insurance.
I am not 100% and it shows with my runs. I can't think on my feet. And while the dogs are wonderful, I am not at my best.
Bleh.
For the first time Em did not make it to the gp semi and I actually stopped running after I pushed her into the 2nd pole just because I was so freaking disappointed in myself. I am sure that Em was confused, but I had no desire to run after that. Sucks.
Speck is running well when I run and think well. And alphie and em are, of course perfect.
Have I told you I HATE being sick.
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Alphie went off course at the teeter (I didn't really support the teeter and he took the dw instead. Emma didn't stop on her dw contact and then she almost took jump 4 instead of jump 3, but the rest was clean---38 something. Speck was good, dropped the bar after the weaves, time was 36 something.
Life's good!
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Getting settled, more tomorrow!
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