Yesterday marked the end of Silkenfest for 2014.
I think everyone had a good time, and we got to meet Silkens & people from all over the country as well as a few Brits & Canadians. Next year Silkenfest will be in Florida. I've never been there, but I hear that the beaches are long, the water is warm, and the sand is white.
Hopefully, J is keeping her eye on the calendar. It would be a long drive, but I'll try to talk her into it. I doubt she'd take me if flying. Bitch. Of course, by that comment I just mean she'd take the intact bitch if only taking one dog (ignore the slight snarl in my tone), and just one dog would be likely if flying.
Sigh. What can you do? I won more than Opa! at this SF.
J does really want to go to SF in 2015. The actual bronze BadAss Trophy should be completed in a couple weeks, and she wants to be there to present it.
Maybe Opa! will get her act together & win it - but I doubt it. Just look at her: lying on the sofa like a limp noodle or rag doll. Oh, poor Opa!. It's so hard to be her. Yada, yada, yada.
How long does this heat thing go on? (I am spayed & don't remember). It's only day one, & she is already on my nerves.
Anyway - I guess this wraps up my blog for 2014. I tried to blog weekly between the past Silkenfests, but my heart just wasn't into it. Maybe I'll change my mind once the lure coursing season picks up if J drives up to interesting places.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Oval Racing to end SF
Today was the last day of SF2014. Sigh. That means we get to go home, which is good . . . but that Greyhound puppy can be SO annoying. Staying at the hotel has been very relaxing - and J has a small grass area x-penned off from the sliding door. It's small but works; at least as long as we get out to race or lure course during the day. I guess I'd get bored with the traveling life.
I do not get to oval race. Officials are not amused when I cut across field or run backwards from the finish. they lack imagination. However, today J & Aaron (the lure Op) just let me run. I heard J tell Aaron just to run it around - no matter what I did. J said that has given up on "training runs" & said she just wanted me to burn off some energy. Smart girl, that J.
I started to run around, then stopped & ducked under the tape -- despite J's comments, Aaron tried to lure me forward - but I just cut into mid field. I tossed in a few stalks & downs for the crowd & then chased the lure home (from mid-field). FUN.
They let Opa! run, too. She just ran in an oval. Boring.
Oh. You want to know the results? Garis won: what else is new? hah. Opa!'s bro got Best FTE - but I think he was the only one. Whatever
and that wrapped up SF2014 - it was a bit of an anticlimax. J did a count & gave the remaining Orca toys to as many dogs that finished as she had Orcas remaining. That was nice. Yesterday, I let her give mine to Aaron. He does a nice job with the controls; it keeps things interesting.
This should be my last post, but we'll see. There will be at least ONE more.
I do not get to oval race. Officials are not amused when I cut across field or run backwards from the finish. they lack imagination. However, today J & Aaron (the lure Op) just let me run. I heard J tell Aaron just to run it around - no matter what I did. J said that has given up on "training runs" & said she just wanted me to burn off some energy. Smart girl, that J.
I started to run around, then stopped & ducked under the tape -- despite J's comments, Aaron tried to lure me forward - but I just cut into mid field. I tossed in a few stalks & downs for the crowd & then chased the lure home (from mid-field). FUN.
They let Opa! run, too. She just ran in an oval. Boring.
Oh. You want to know the results? Garis won: what else is new? hah. Opa!'s bro got Best FTE - but I think he was the only one. Whatever
and that wrapped up SF2014 - it was a bit of an anticlimax. J did a count & gave the remaining Orca toys to as many dogs that finished as she had Orcas remaining. That was nice. Yesterday, I let her give mine to Aaron. He does a nice job with the controls; it keeps things interesting.
This should be my last post, but we'll see. There will be at least ONE more.
Monday, June 2, 2014
Racing (a day late) & Awards
I must apologize to all my fans for not posting last night. Sunday was SO busy, and J was tense all day (because of the presentation about Bados) - just to complicate things.
J generally does not enter me at races but just lets me do practice sprints. From time to time I get a tad annoyed if someone tries to pass me & let them know this. I don't bite anyone - (cooties, ick) - but I might growl & air snap. OK, once upon a time, I did body slam Cayman during a lure course - but there was no biting involved, & he did a good job ignoring me.
Anyway - there was some miscommunication about people wanting more entries and, when J offered to enter me, she was told that another person would scratch all her dogs if I were entered - also miscommunication. People have been a bit sleep deprived in the PNW leading up to SF, I guess, because this created a domino effect of tears, and then hugs & apologies once all the confusion was sorted out. Oh, the DRAMA. Sometimes humans just need to 'get a grip'.
In the end, I was not entered - which is the norm. I still got to practice, as did Opa!, the Greyhound puppy, Wye (co-owned by J), and a bunch of other Silkens.
For those who do not know: Logan won, Teddie was 2nd, and Pagani was 3rd.
Our vet, Sherri, came up for the day - actually she had been there on show day, too. Bados & I have convinced her that Silkens are pretty cool. She had been planning to come up for the banquet where Bados will be honored & decided to come for both the show & racing as well. She wanted to stay for lure coursing, but had to work today (damn, jobs). J was happy that she came.
While Sherri was here, Appley had an acupuncture treatment; it helped him relax & helped with some trigger points.
That evening, J left us in the room while they went to the banquet - you may wonder how I know some of these details . . . I have my ways.
One of the first announcements was about the BadAss Trophy. I think J did a pretty good job on that; she actually shed fewer tears than I expected during the presentation. It's a combo award for top lure courser that is also an ISWS CH (or UKC ALCh). Amusingly, Bados won for this past year - even though he died in October. J thinks that's awkward, but what can you do? He really was both a pretty boy & a BadAss lure courser.
Other awards for the past year were announced. I got Top Singles in Lure Coursing again, of course. Apparently Bados had earned an LCM 2 before he died; J had had no idea. Not surprisingly this got more tears from her.
I should probably wrap up todays events as well. This was Lure Coursing day. Yeah. That's my favorite. J ran both Opa! & I in Singles (I always run in Singles . . . no one else quite does what I do). Opa! rocked on the prelims (150pts & tied for 1st). I did my usual thing, the coursing/stalking combo - it's fun to lay in wait for approaching prey. LOL.
The finals surprised everyone - Opa! was feeling just too tired & overwhelmed by all the excitement. Her brother, Smoky, was here competing, too. It was all too much. Opa! stopped part way through, but she did keep her eyes on the lure the whole time; then she ran back & attacked once it approached the finish. I think she'll do fine next time. Her 1st run was SO good, she still managed to earn 3rd place; not bad.
Aaron, the lure operator, kept the lure pretty close to me & I never found a good spot to stalk. Damn it, if he didn't manage to get me to run the whole way. Touché, human! We'll see what happens next time we compete. vbg. Oh, I got 2nd place. Echo won (he's one of Claire's puppies that still lives with her & Barb).
Cartier won the whole shebang. She & her sister, Rosie are zippy little things.
Tomorrow is Oval racing. I don't do that. It's stupid to race in a circle - I mean, we all KNOW exactly where it's going, right?
J generally does not enter me at races but just lets me do practice sprints. From time to time I get a tad annoyed if someone tries to pass me & let them know this. I don't bite anyone - (cooties, ick) - but I might growl & air snap. OK, once upon a time, I did body slam Cayman during a lure course - but there was no biting involved, & he did a good job ignoring me.
Anyway - there was some miscommunication about people wanting more entries and, when J offered to enter me, she was told that another person would scratch all her dogs if I were entered - also miscommunication. People have been a bit sleep deprived in the PNW leading up to SF, I guess, because this created a domino effect of tears, and then hugs & apologies once all the confusion was sorted out. Oh, the DRAMA. Sometimes humans just need to 'get a grip'.
In the end, I was not entered - which is the norm. I still got to practice, as did Opa!, the Greyhound puppy, Wye (co-owned by J), and a bunch of other Silkens.
For those who do not know: Logan won, Teddie was 2nd, and Pagani was 3rd.
Our vet, Sherri, came up for the day - actually she had been there on show day, too. Bados & I have convinced her that Silkens are pretty cool. She had been planning to come up for the banquet where Bados will be honored & decided to come for both the show & racing as well. She wanted to stay for lure coursing, but had to work today (damn, jobs). J was happy that she came.
While Sherri was here, Appley had an acupuncture treatment; it helped him relax & helped with some trigger points.
That evening, J left us in the room while they went to the banquet - you may wonder how I know some of these details . . . I have my ways.
One of the first announcements was about the BadAss Trophy. I think J did a pretty good job on that; she actually shed fewer tears than I expected during the presentation. It's a combo award for top lure courser that is also an ISWS CH (or UKC ALCh). Amusingly, Bados won for this past year - even though he died in October. J thinks that's awkward, but what can you do? He really was both a pretty boy & a BadAss lure courser.
Other awards for the past year were announced. I got Top Singles in Lure Coursing again, of course. Apparently Bados had earned an LCM 2 before he died; J had had no idea. Not surprisingly this got more tears from her.
I should probably wrap up todays events as well. This was Lure Coursing day. Yeah. That's my favorite. J ran both Opa! & I in Singles (I always run in Singles . . . no one else quite does what I do). Opa! rocked on the prelims (150pts & tied for 1st). I did my usual thing, the coursing/stalking combo - it's fun to lay in wait for approaching prey. LOL.
The finals surprised everyone - Opa! was feeling just too tired & overwhelmed by all the excitement. Her brother, Smoky, was here competing, too. It was all too much. Opa! stopped part way through, but she did keep her eyes on the lure the whole time; then she ran back & attacked once it approached the finish. I think she'll do fine next time. Her 1st run was SO good, she still managed to earn 3rd place; not bad.
Aaron, the lure operator, kept the lure pretty close to me & I never found a good spot to stalk. Damn it, if he didn't manage to get me to run the whole way. Touché, human! We'll see what happens next time we compete. vbg. Oh, I got 2nd place. Echo won (he's one of Claire's puppies that still lives with her & Barb).
Cartier won the whole shebang. She & her sister, Rosie are zippy little things.
Tomorrow is Oval racing. I don't do that. It's stupid to race in a circle - I mean, we all KNOW exactly where it's going, right?
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