The Good the Bad and the Great!

The Medicine Hat trial was lots of fun as usual- the weather was almost perfect, and the club did a great job of hosting the trial.


Wicca had a good start to her weekend- a Masters Standard Q- it was a great run and I was very proud of her. The other two standards had a bar or a missed weave entry. And then came jumpers where she was horrible- broke her start line and shot out before I could even stop her. Brat. We made it half way though and I stopped her, picked her up and carried her off. I haven't had to do that in a very, very long time. Brat. Outside the ring I put her down and discovered that she was limping. Front Right shoulder. In the jumpers round she had gotten hung up on a weave pole- for those that have seen her weave you know that can happen with her as she tries to push them out of her way- I think what happened is when she got stuck she tried to force her elbow around it- yeah. I gave her some metacam and let her rest. In the morning she seemed to be better- I wondered if it was just the skin that she had irritated- rubbing on the weave pole like that- and ran her in Gamblers first thing Sunday- she did great- got the mini gamble once- almost twice :o) and got the main gamble no problem. A Q for Miss Wicca. And then she was limping. So I pulled her from the rest of the trial- poor Wiccie. She was pretty miffed about the whole thing. It sucked to pull her from Team as I wanted to run with Gyp for her title- but what do you do.


Boone had a GREAT weekend and I am very proud of him. He didn't leave the ring- although he did try once but I called him back. He did an a-frame contact by himself!!!!! I was so excited. He also weaved twice- 6 poles. I am thrilled with him. He had a great standard run- and was by far the best he'd ever been. He also had a really good snooker run too- but I got stuck behind a jump and he took the wrong tunnel entrance. He and Cheetah- another Pyr Shep- ran as team partners and Q'd!!!! Can you believe it! Cheetah is a free spirit kind of a guy, and sometimes does his own thing- all weekend he had been pretty goofy but he pulled it together for team. Pyr Shep Power! :o) So of course we had to do the cheesy team picture-it's not every day that the two wierdo pyr sheps Q ya know....
and the outtake.... :o) and finally, the great news of the weekend is that Gyp got her ATCH!!!! As predicted she had a great weekend and had no problems getting those two last Q's needed. Gyppie is a great dog- one that always tries her hardest to do what's right- she is an honest dog with a lot of heart. Sarah has done a great job with her. I am sure Sarah will be posting later today about her weekend- you can check it out on her blog...Good Job Girls!!!