Felons

Bear with me here- this is a long post with no pictures- but it is well worth the read!

So last week Wendy booked the hotel room for the weekend and said that we have two dogs. Uh Huh. We actually had five. So we get there Saturday night and realise that it is "hotel style" and not "motel style" meaning that we have to walk the dogs through the lobby to get to the room. (which is conveniently located on the main floor right next to the lobby) And then upon checking in it is mentioned that they have a STRICT two dog/room policy. Uh Huh.

So....I shoved all three of mine in a large crate and we dragged them in through a side door- we were almost busted but thankfully my dogs kept their mouthes shut just this once! It was pretty nerve racking. Wendy just walked her two in, no problemo.

Her dogs haven't stayed at a hotel much before. Mine have, and although Wicca reallllllly had to pee by the morning they were pretty good. (minus Boone hacking up all the dust and dirt he'd ingested all day!) Wendy's dogs not so much. First off Lacey pooped under the table. Nice. :o) and secondly Coulee thought it was her job to "protect" us from the evils outside the room.

We all slept great.... :o)

The trial itself was great- Training Troop does a good job- more than 350 runs and we were done by 6:15 on Saturday! Woohoo!

Because it was the Howl-oween trial there was a costume contest. Sarah and her dogs won. It was the best costume- ever. I thought people were going to pee their pants. Sarah will be dressed up again this weekend at our own party so I won't spoil the surprise. I promise to take pictures next weekend!

The actual agility portion of the trial was great. Boone was only entered in four things- 2 per day and did great. He weaved. 12 poles. at a trial!

His first run was Advanced Gamblers and he did it! He got both mini gambles and the main one! I was so excited for him. He got 74 points which is pretty awesome for Boone.

His second run was Starters Standard. I can't remember what we did but we had faults. Oh- I know for sure I made him redo is a-frame contact so that might have been it....

Sunday he ran a Starters Standard and Q'd!!! Go Boonie Go! It was a great run- 12 poles, great table, good contacts. His tail was going the whole time. What a good boy!

He finished off running team with his Pyr Shep friend Cheetah. Chee was having an "off" weekend (he has tunnel vortex syndrome, and a serious case of the zoomies) but Boone ran his half great- he did a great job with the poles but I pushed him a little too hard and he missed the last two. I didn't make him go back as I wanted to make sure to end on a positive note.
Overall I am very, very impressed with him.

Wicca and Vito both came to hang out- Wicca was pretty ticked, she sat at the gate of the x-pen waiting for her turn. It was sad. I had her looked at by another canine rehab person and I got the same diagnosis- some different exercises but basically the same advice- keep her off agility equipment one more week- and than slowly rebuild- start with just jumps, keep her away from weaves and the a-frame for a few weeks longer and she should be good to go.