So on Tuesday night we headed for Cindy's home on the Snake Trail north of Cowley. Shar and I, Jeremy and Jillian had no trouble with the directions, but Deb and Brenda......... well, they were so busy talking they missed the crucial turn into the driveway and we received this phone call in the field, "Hi, Judi, we are kinda lost. And this is so not funny right now. Where are we? On a road. If we knew where we were, would we be calling you????? Heh?? Heh??? Oh, turn around and come back and turn left into the driveway when we see the sign on the rock. Will do.
While we were waiting, we laid tracks for Jeremy and Jack. Jack handled the track very well and Jeremy did a good job of handling the pup, waiting when he was supposed to wait and moving when he was supposed to move. Not once did he 'push' his dog.
Cindy's Belgian, Lugar, made the most improvement. By his second track, he was deep-nosed and pulling with conviction. I walked behind Cindy and let her know that he was right and she never said a word to the dog and he was super. Shar and Ryder found Deb in under a minute and handled the corner just right. Fyre managed to find Sharlet and was pretty excited about it. And Token went
zipping along and missed lying down on one of her articles, firing by to the next. Brenda managed to hold on to two German shepherds without losing her composion and that was cool. We all did very well at tracking. Next week, we hope to track Cowley's glider track. We'll look into it.
Our visit to Vista Village this morning was super. Around 30 residents were on hand to watch the dogs perform jumps and tunnels, barrel racing and tricks. Fun for all, but Brenda's dogs stole the show as Ali zipped around the agility course and weaves like an old pro and Tug barked his way around the barrels. We are thankful that she came all the way from Cranbrook to join us. Thanks to Shirley, Barb, and Sharlet for putting on a very enjoyable show. We are allowed to train in Vista's courtyard anytime so we really should make time for that.
Hunter learned to swim today. We were unpacking the agility equipment and he just couldn't stay out of the van. And so he came along with RoZe, Drummer and Ryder. He had the funniest approach to swimming I've ever seen. He was doing corgi-in-the-tallgrass leaps straight up as he headed out to the deeper water. What a nut! But he swam and that was the goal.
If it's hot tomorrow, we'll get out to the river again for some more water games. Working on entries for the Cranbrook show.
And Working,.... and working.
On a sadder note, Liz and Andy lost Huxley, their flatcoat retriever, to kidney failure. He was a neat dog with a super sense of humor which he shared with everyone. He will live on in his kids.
Square dance practice at Shadowbar Sunday at 11:00 for those who can make it. Maybe we can do some rally O, too.
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