DockDogs National Championship

This chilly weekend was the 10th Anniversary of the DockDogs National Championship... talk about a blast!

The black dogs and I arrived Thursday evening... Lisa and I went to grab sushi before the crew was finished setting up all 4 docks. When we came home we all went out to the bar -- it was so fun to see friends from all over the country and catch up... plus, I met plenty of new friends there too.

Friday was extremely busy starting at 8am and stayed hectic until late into the evening... Dylan jumped in the Senior Big Air Qualifier (14' 10") and was in the Express Speed Retrieve Qualifier (8.325). I wasn't worried about Dylan and the cold... I was, however, worried that Rumor would have 1 good jump and that was it b/c it would be too cold for him. Luckily, I was wrong! He jumped great all weekend! Rumor had the Senior Big Air Qualifier (21' 6") and the Master Big Air Qualifier (21' 9"). He also had Turbo Speed Retrieve but I was quite the handicap for him on that Qualifier (7.281). The Luau Friday night was fun... Rumor ended up winning an award too! So that didn't hurt :)

Saturday was another busy day... Dylan improved his Senior Big Air jump (16' 1") and hit a personal best in Speed Retrieve of 7.970! That placed him in 8th, overall, so he made it into the Express Speed Retrieve Finals I was trying just the 'chase' method with Rumor in his Senior Big Air jumps and it clearly didn't work... jumped 16' 2"... so, I gave up on my horrible throwing the rest of the weekend. His Master Big Air jump was way better with a 22' 4" jump! We also improved to a 6.431 in Turbo Speed Retrieve, but that was not enough to make it into the Finals. I was just glad Rumz jumped well enough to make the Senior Big Air Finals... I knew we had a good chance there! Saturday night was the 10th Anniversary Banquet... it was a blast... everyone dressed up in formal attire and looked fantastic! It really was a great evening...

Sunday we started off the morning with the docks frozen solid and the pools had some ice in them... uh-oh... I thought that would really bother Rumor. Luckily, by the time it was the Senior Big Air Finals it had warmed up quite a bit. Rumor's 1st jump was fantastic... he busted out a personal best of 23'!!! That allowed me to breath a bit easier... going into our 2nd jump I was 2nd to last so there was a lot of pressure on the last person. Our 2nd jump wasn't as good, but we still won the division -- I was sooo proud of Rumz! Dylan didn't want to be left out so he pulled out another personal best in the Express Speed Retrieve Finals of a 7.818 to finish 4th! I was thrilled with both of them... they did awesome this weekend :)

Michigan... a weekend getaway!

This weekend was filled with agility, friends and lots of playing on the beach! I was able to have Colby's house in New Buffalo for the weekend and stay there with some friends because there was an agility trial in Buchanan, MI. Friday I left after work to go up there... Kelly and Polly joined -- the dogs all had a blast playing on the beach and we had fun at the house and at Casey's for dinner.

Saturday started at the trial. Dylan had a great JWW run, but I was right in front of him so he couldn't enter the weaves (oops!)... but the rest was very nice. He was really tired for his Std run so I wasn't expecting anything. I'm very happy I decided just to enter him for 1 day this weekend, since he isn't a big fan of trialing outside. Rumor had gorgeous weaves today in all classes! His Std run was great, but we missed 1 dogwalk descrimination... other than that, he looked really nice. A whole slew of us went back to the house after the trial... did lots and lots of swimming... then out to dinner at the Stray Dog. It was a fantastic day!

Sunday was just Rumor for agility. He Qed in Exc FAST and did a very nice job. His JWW run was fantastic, but I messed him up on a part of it (awesome weave entrance tho!). In his Std run I stepped in a hole and the mis-step really hurt my tailbone (that is still not totally healed from flipping the quad) and I had a tough time recovering... but, we finished strong :) Polly, Kelly and I went back to the beach and made sure the dogs were totally pooped! Then we finished the weekend sitting on the deck and heading out to Mexican.

Overall, it was a perfect way to end the Summer :) We lucked out with the weather... had a wonderful weekend... couldn't ask for anything more!

Agility, DockDogs and friends, oh my!

I haven't updated in a while, but the boys have been keeping very busy! For Labor Day weekend I thought it would be fun for Chris to compete with the black dogs at On The Waterfront event. He can only compete when he isn't working... so I decided to become DockDog Staff on Sunday and he would compete with both boys.... so, in order to keep myself entertained on Saturday, we did an agility USDAA trial :) Lots going on...

So, Friday after work I went to Rockford so that Chris could practice jumping Rumor... he had only jumped Rumz once and that was last August... they did great! He had Rumor jumping 22'+ pretty consistantly... he looked awesome.

Saturday morning the boys and I went to Crystal Lake for a USDAA trial. Dylan got to play and had a really nice Standard run... all perfect except his missed dogwalk contact... bummer! He did, however, get Qs in PI Gamblers and PI Snooker -- I was glad to get Snooker out of the way :) Rumor also did very nicely. He got Qs in Advanced Gamblers and Advanced Snooker... both were pretty good runs, too. He didn't have a great Standard run, but his Grand Prix run (had it not been for 1 refusal at the weaves) would have been clean! Not too bad since I was having a hard time running since my tailbone still hurts a lot. We went back to Rockford Saturday afternoon and watched some friends jump at DockDogs.

Sunday Chris jumped the black dogs and I worked the event. I was absolutely amazed with how well Chris and Rumor did in Speed Retrieve. Until then, my personal best with Rumor was a 6.66 seconds at a club event... and low 7 seconds at a national event. Chris' 1st time out he got a 6.3 and his second jump of the wave he got another personal best.... 6.264! AND he thinks he can really get Rumz under 6 seconds... that would be fantastic. Clearly, Chris' reaction time is WAY better than mine! He made it to the Speed Retrieve Finals... didn't perform quite as well (with a false start), but ended up 8th -- I was very proud of them both! He had nice Big Air jumps with both Dylan and Rumor... no personal bests, but they were 2 wonderful teams.

Now... onto more agility... the boys won't see dock diving again until Nationals -- can't wait for that!

Rumor OAJ :-)

Little Rumz is *finally* playing with the big boys... I recall doing Open JWW in December 2008, but we finally finished the title this past weekend! Rumor was a very good boy -- besides his weave entrances, he had 4 very nice runs this weekend. Our FAST runs weren't anything to write home about, but his JWW and Std runs were quite nice. On Sunday, he would have Qed in both JWW and Std if he hit his weave entrance... so, I'm happy with his progress. Now, to fix those stinkin' weaves! :)

Dylan ran very nicely this weekend too. On Saturday, he hit 2 very difficult weave entrances! Unfortunately, he knocked 1 bar in each of those classes (1 with his tail!). Sunday he had a harder time with the weaves, but still had a blast.

Next weekend we are back at McCook with 1 of my favorite judges, Dan Butcher! Should be a great weekend -- can't wait!

AKC Agility: Crystal Lake, IL

It was nice doing agility this weekend with the boys. WAG had an agility trial in Crystal Lake... unfortunately, they have new rules so parking was a complete pain in the butt if you weren't there really early.

Dylan had a fantastic weekend, when it comes to the yellow ... he nailed every contact and event *held* them! Good boy D Dylan :) The great thing was that there were also 24" weave poles... he LOVED those. It was so much easier on his body, it was amazing... he wasn't bouncing off them each time. D ended up with 1 Q in Exc A Std, but had other very nice runs. I was quite proud of him this weekend.

Rumor had some good moments this weekend. He was on restricted activity for over a week because he ripped a huge part of his front pad off and I wanted it to fully heal for the trial. So, he was a bit out of his mind our 1st standard run. His 2nd run was much better when we got a Q in Open JWW... he only needs 1 more! There were very difficult weave entrances all weekend and they never changed them between Excellent, Open and Novice, which is very tough on the baby dogs. Rumz had some nice parts throughout the weekend, but we still have a lot of holes in our training that we will continue to work on :)

The Boys are Back in Town!

What a fun weekend... our 1st agility trial in over a month! It was a nice break, but definitely felt great to be back running the 2 black dogs again :)

Dylan was such a good boy all weekend. Just 1 error in each run, but he did beautifully and had so much fun. He just looks super happy. He did a fantastic job and held every single contact and I couldn't have been happier. Unfortunately, it was my fault that we messed up 1 of the runs... but it doesn't matter, he still rocked and we both had a great time.

Rumor also did really well. On Saturday he Qed in Open Std to finish his OA title. His JWW runs weren't quite as put together, but he certainly had some very nice parts. It was fun to finally play with the "big boys" on Sunday in Std. He did a nice job. We missed 1 jump (my fault) and he didn't get the weave entrance (tough entrance), but other than that I think he did very nicely. I'm still holding contacts a lot with him so our times are super fast, but I think it will be worth it down the road.

It was a weekend of MACHs! Liz/Ruby, Marty/Kit, Tammy/Lexi all got their MACHs and Jacquie/Flash were 1 bar away. It was a wonderful weekend... lots of nice runs and some great friends/fun times were had. It's good to be back

DockDogs - Dubuque, IA

The boys and I headed to Dubuque this weekend for the DockDog event there... the weekend was a blast! The weather was a little suspect Saturday morning, but was very nice the rest of the weekend. Made me realize the boys and I all need to get used to the heat/humidity and get into shape!

Dylan had a very good weekend... he did a few Big Air waves and 1 Speed Retrieve wave. For Big Air, he had a jump over 17' that put him in 1st for the Amateur Finals in Big Air. In the Finals, he ended up in 2nd place by 1". I was so happy with him... another jump over 17'... what a good boy.

Rumor also had a great weekend! He had some descent Speed Retrieve times, but his 7.363 second time wasn't enough to get him into the Finals. He did, however, have a new personal best in Big Air of 22' 7" -- woohoo! Seems like the little man has finally figured out what's going on. He had a couple jumps over 20' and a couple more over 21'... but only this one over 22'. The good news is that put him in 8th place for the Pro Finals. That was Rumor's 1st time in the Pro Finals. It was very exciting, but he was definitely the underdog. He jumped just a bit over 21' and ended up in 7th place, but I was very proud of the little guy. As it turns out, the Semi-Pro Finals were much more competative and had numerous dogs jumping 22+ and Vader jumped over 24'.

Overall, it was a really fun weekend... now it's time to get back to agility :)

Ely, MN... vacation and DockDogs

Chris convinced me to go to the Ely, MN event with him this year... and I'm so glad I did! Since it is 10 hours away, I wanted to make a vacation out of it... so I took my 1st *real* vacation in over 4.5 yrs!

We stayed at White Iron Beach Resort and had a blast there... we BBQed, made bonfires, went pontoon boating, played with the dogs... also saw the North American Bear Center... the International Wolf Center... and saw the Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary in Orr, MN... it was great!





DockDogs Northern Stars put on a great DockDog event in Ely... so many nice people and the event was just a blast. I was very proud of both black dogs! They both had new personal best records... I think all the swimming/conditioning they did really made a difference.

Rumor didn't start out very strong on Friday... he wasn't jumping well... I think his Speed Retrieve was over 9 seconds and his Big Air was under 15'. Dylan, on the other hand, did very nicely! He had a Speed Retrieve time under 8 seconds... and he set a new personal best (by far) in Big Air of 18' 7"! Before that, his best was 17' 11" set 2 years ago.

Saturday, Dylan had another nice day. 1 jump in Big Air over 18' and he was a bit slower in Speed Retrieve... mid/high 8 seconds. Rumor was like an entirely new dog the 2nd day. He stopped doing the "chase" for some reason... he kept stopping on the dock. So, I tried the place and send... he jumped 22'! I couldn't believe it... after that, all of his jumps were well over 20'... most over 21'. I was also thrilled with Rumor's improvement in Speed Retrieve... the little boy busted out a 6.66 and won the wave.

Sunday I pulled Dylan from the Speed Retrieve Finals because his times were getting worse and he was #8... some new friends were #9 and I wanted them to have the opportunity to play in the Finals. Rumor was #1 and so I wanted to focus on him more instead of running between the 2 dogs. Dylan was in the Senior Big Air Finals... he didn't jump all that well so he finished 6th, which was still fine by me. He had fun. Rumor won the Speed Retrieve by a couple hundredths of a seconds and and he finished up 3rd in the Masters Big Air Division... he had a jump of 21' 2". The winner had 22'... a 1st time dog... pretty impressive.

Overall, it was a wonderful weekend! I was very impessed with the DDNS club and they ran a very nice event. I'm so glad Chris talked me into taking the trip... it was well worth it and now I want to go back next year! :)

Smack Dab Agility

I can't believe it's already Memorial Weekend! With a busy weekend the boys only got to play agility 1 day... they both had some very nice runs tho. The rest of the weekend they were just playing and acting like dogs!

Dylan ran very nicely in both Std and JWW... his *only* problem in each run were his weaves. Big D even hit every contact nicely and never dropped any bars. Our next goal is to get those weaves! He would have Qed in each run otherwise... oh well, he still had a blast and made me laugh -- what a happy boy.

Rumor's JWW run didn't start out on the best foot. He went into the wrong end of the tunnel at obstacle #1! The rest of the run was beautiful... oh well, sill mistakes. His Std run was very nice too. Rumor's consistent problem is the weaves as well...

We're taking almost 1 month off of agility and trials... time to act like "dogs" and play more DockDogs too! When we come back, our main focus will be the weaves... both boys have to improve in that area and it will be a *huge* step in the right direction.

Happy Memorial Day!

Let the DockDogs Season Begin!!!

This was definitely a great kick-off to the DockDog season this year... I can't wait! Chicagoland DockDogs hosted an event in Berwyn this weekend and the weather was great. Dylan and Rumor both played in Big Air and in Speed Retrieve. They had a blast. It was even more fun because Chris came home from Poland this weekend so he came to hang out at the event and Dylan got to play with Chris too... he loves Chris.

Both boys had fun at Speed Retrieve. Rumor's time was around 7.7 sec and Dylan time was in the low 8s, I believe. Neither one made it to the finals as 6 of the top 8 dogs were in the 6 second range. I really think Rumor can get in the low 7s/high 6s once he practices a bit more. He has only done this 3 times now so I'm not too worried about it.

For Big Air, both boys had some nice jumps. Dylan jumped over 16' and was having a blast. Rumor had a jump over 19' that put him into the Senior Finals. In the Finals, I totally messed up his throw and his 1st jump was only 15'... his 2nd jump was much better.... 18' 8" which was good enough to win the Senior Division -- good boy Rumz!

We had a blast and our friends did really well too. Ollie won the Masters Division... Fergus was 2nd in the Masters Division. I believe Ryder also got 4th in the Novice division -- everyone did a great job!

a little AKC and a little USDAA

Saturday I took both the boys to an AKC trial in Villa Park. I wasn't expecting much b/c the footing there is horrible, but I had to be around that evening for a Bday party (which worked... was a total surprise!) so I wanted to stay around the area. Dylan had a great Std run and hit all his contacts (A-Frame was close) and I was thrilled with that! He missed his weave entrance, but ran very nicely on the course. His JWW run was also awesome.. he GOT the weave entrance except the little turd ran behind me to take the wrong end of the tunnel after the weaves. What??? Since when does he cross behind me for anything? Oh well, was still a good run. Rumor had a *really* tough time with the footing. In JWW he was trying to turn and took a couple face plants :( it was sad. His Std contacts were really nice, but he couldn't collect and missed the teeter... I was ok with that, I knew he was trying, but it was just too slick for him. They were both good boys.

Sunday we went up to Franklin, WI for a USDAA trial. Rumor needed a Q under a 3rd judge to finish his Agility Dog (AD) title so he was entered in Gamblers, Standard and Pairs. He has only trained outside once and has shown outside once (last Sept) so he was a little crazy in Gamblers. We didn't get the gamble, but he was trying and at least running. Our Standard run was very nice, but I ran down a line (tunnel, tire, chute, tunnel) and Rumor missed the tire and I couldn't stop him before going into the chute... but the rest of the course was great. Very nice contacts and he was listening much better :) Our last run of the day was Pairs and we got our Q there! So, Rumor is now Rumor AD!

The most fun part of the trial was that the judge was Lianne (Lisa Baird's daughter) and I had no idea! She has known Rumor since day 1... when his name was still Forest. She didn't know I was going to be there and thought he was a very nice looking dog when I brought him to the line. I think once she heard me say his name she put it together -- I was thrilled to meet her!

Overall, a very nice Mother's Day gift for me from Mr. Rumz

Dylan OAP

Dylan is FINALLY back in Excellent for both JWW and Std. We had a fun weekend in Grand Rapids this weekend... I got to run Zane along with both my boys. Dylan's Std Q was our only Q for the weekend, but lots of nice parts to runs. Poor Zaners... he would have gorgeous runs and 1 off course each time -- bummer. Rumor ran beautifully and just had a tough time with the weaves... other than that, he was great!

Rumor: more USDAA

Rumor got to do his 2nd USDAA trial this weekend. I was a bit concerned b/c last weekend he ripped up his pads pretty badly, but he was looking good so I figured he would be ok to run.

Rumor had some very nice runs... on Saturday he had a long day. Starting out with Starters Jumpers -- he pulled out of the tunnel b/c I didn't wait until he was committed, but the rest of the run was nice. He did his 1st tournament class ever... Steeplechase... we had a tough time with the weaves (he still doesn't feel like hitting the entrance in trials), but the rest was very nice. Rumor got his 1st Starters Gambler Q as well as a Starters Standard Q. We ran in Grand Prix too... it was a bit over Rumor's head, but we got through the course... just wasn't super pretty :)

Sunday Rumor started the day out with a Starters Standard Q so he finished his Starters Standard title -- woohoo! We also got a Starters Pairs Q with teammate Zeke. Zeke did very nicely and Rumor/I almost NQed the team, but we saved it at the end... a Q is a Q :) We finished Sunday with a great Jumpers run! 1 dropped bar, but I didn't care... the rest of the run was really fun.

So, Rumor now has all the Qs he needs for his Agility Dog (AD) title... but we just need to get a Q under a 3rd judge. The rules online under the USDAA site says you need 3 judges to finish the AD title... so, I'm going to enter 1 day at the next USDAA trial we can find and hopefully just pull off 1 Q to finish Rumor's AD!

Rumor's USDAA Debut

This weekend Rumor got to play for the 1st time in USDAA at a RACE Agility trial in Crystal Lake. Until Dylan gets a CMJ to measure him at 21" (he has 2 regular measurements at 21"), he will just be coming to hang be the entourage.

Rumor did a very nice job at his 1st USDAA trial. He had many baby dog moments, but some very nice runs as well. Saturday he had a couple weave problems, but did much better on Sunday. Out of 9 classes, he ended up with 1 Starter Standard Q, 2 Starter Snooker Qs and a Starter Jumper Q. We had some other close runs, but I was proud of him. He didn't have any issues with the smaller tire or the higher a-frame, so that was good.

It was also fun because Rumor's littermate, Ben, was there doing his debut as well. Ben is a talker just like Rumor They both ran well for baby dogs.

Fox Valley Agility Trial - St. Charles, IL

It was a fun weekend for agility! Lots going on... a group of us started the weekend by having an awesome, enormous sushi dinner -- it was delic!

Saturday the boys didn't have much of a handler until the afternoon. I didn't help Rumor in Open JWW AT ALL and then I was unfair and tested him way too much on the weaves by fading a ton and that just was mean to ask of him at this point. Dylan didn't have much success with his weaves, but he did have a nice dogwalk in Std! I'll take a good contact :) Rumor also got his 1st Q in Open Standard. It's amazing how helpful it is when I actually DO tell the poor pup where to go. Alex/Grant had a beautiful JWW run and finished their OAJ!

Alex's OAJ was a great reason to celebrate so we all had pizza over at the Rupp's house... lots of dogs were there!
Abby, Alex, Remi & Trapper
Dylan & Rumor
Fergus & Ryder
Zane, Scout & Wisp
Ricochet
Neo
Pretty impressive... 13 dogs playing and everything went quite smoothly! Rumor showed everyone how much he liked watching basketball and playing Wii!

Sunday didn't have any Qs for me, but it had a lot of fun events...
MACH Abby Jo Kickass!!! Whitney/Abby had 2 fantastic runs and they earned their MACH. It was super cool because Whit's grandfather brought her the MACH bar... of course, I started to cry.
We also had a live feed of AKC Nationals... it was fun to watch the Challengers round and the Finals. Lori Sue/Lit made it into the Challengers round and Laura/Bruce made it to the Finals! Deb/Tucker also had a great run and finished 18th in the very difficult 16" class... I think she was only 5 dogs out of the Finals.

A fun weekend!

Smack Dab Agility - Naperville, IL

It seems like we haven't trialed in forever! Smack Dab had an agility trial in Naperville, IL this past weekend... it was nice because everyone was there. Unfortunately, the way they had the rings/running order set up I barely got to see any friends :( Oh well, hopefully both Dylan and Rumor will be back in Excellent soon enough and we will be with everyone again so I don't miss so many runs....

Dylan sure had fun this weekend if nothing else... he really is such a happy boy running in Preferred at 16". Saturday he didn't get to do much in Standard because he blew his A-Frame contact (which was the 3rd obstacle), so he was done. His Open JWW run later in the day was nice, but he slipped once and knocked a bar... but he was enjoying himself, for sure. Sunday, he got pulled after the A-Frame again... which, sadly, was the 2nd obstacle. Poor D. His JWW run was nice, but he was being a dork at the weaves and it took him a few tries... so, no Q, but he was cruising!

Rumor was a good boy this weekend! I actually had time and made the effort to rent rings the past 2 weekends and actually work and train him. It was amazing what a difference that made... I *almost* felt like we were a team! It really is tough to only train once a week... poor little dude. But, he still had a nice weekend. On Saturday, he got a Q in Open FAST to finish his OF title. His Standard run was going well until he crashed into the side of the chute - OUCH! Poor little guy... I think it really did shake him up. I wasn't helping much in Rumor's JWW run Saturday afternoon... for some reason my back was killing me and I could barely run... with the Open course we had... running was necessary! So, we missed a jump, but Rumz has a really nice run -- I was happy with that. Sunday he didn't have a shot at the Exc FAST send... so, I tested him... he broke his stay... and he got pulled. His Standard run was really nice... I was thrilled with it... the only odd thing is that he crashed into the double. For the most part, he doesn't knock bars... let alone take out jumps. I'm not really sure what went on there, but I'm not too concerned about it. We finished the weekend off with Rumor having his 1st Open JWW Q -- woohoo! He didn't hit the weave entrance so we got 1 refusal, but the rest was nice... I was happy to end on that note :)

Agility: Manhattan, IL

Another weekend of agility. It got so warm that all the ice was melting and the parking area was one large mud pit... made for a messy couple of days.

Saturday started off with Rumor's 2nd Open FAST Q. He was a good boy. That was his only Q of the weekend though. He DID start attempting the weaves on the first try though which I was thrilled about. Until recently, he has just been running by the weaves with no effort at all. Sunday he attempted the weaves, found the entrance, but then just couldn't stay in. I was happy with that effort.

Dylan only had 1 Q for the weekend... in Open Standard Preferred. After his first run, he decided that he no longer wanted to do 12 weaves... only 10... he thinks 10 is enough. We will be working on this before the Smack Dab trial! Other than that... he was a good boy... he actually never got called for a contact all weekend -- woohoo!

Agility: Kewanee, IL

I love the Kewanee trial... great facility, awesome footing and so many friends always go!

Dylan was a very good boy this weekend. He got his last Novice Standard Preferred Q to finish his NAP. Actually, this weekend his contacts were amazing! Well, amazing for D Dylan anyways *wink* He never got called for 1 contact in 2 runs which, I think, is unheard of for him. He also got 2 Qs in Open JWW Preferred. He is such a happy boy jumping 16" its amazing.

Rumor also had a nice weekend. No Qs, but he had some great parts to each run. I'm very pleased with his start lines and his contacts. His weaves still need some work, but on Sunday it only took a couple tries each time, which is a step in the right direction :) At this point, I will take any improvement!

Now, back to the grind. But, we have Manhattan this weekend so at least we get to play again!

Vegas Baby... Vegas!

I went to go visit Lisa in Las Vegas over the weekend and we had a blast! It was great to see her life out there since she has been to Chicago a number of times already. Friday night we went to their local hangout, Torinos, and then headed to the Chippendales for a show -- it was very entertaining!

Saturday I went to go watch Lisa do agility with Tractor and Pebbles... it was fun! Then we had an '80s themed party that night, which was fantastic -- the costumes and games were out of control and everyone really got into it!

1st Dock Dogs event of the year!

Dock Dogs held their event at the Chicagoland Outdoor Show again this year. It was definitely smaller than in the past, but was still a lot of fun. I was only able to attend Wednesday and Thursday, but that was probably a blessing because the water was SO COLD and Rumor had a tough time with it... jumps were definitely shorter than usual. Dylan could have cared less... shocker :)

I was thrilled because Rumor actually successfully competed in Speed Retrieve for the 1st time! His best time was 8.345 which put him in 2nd for the wave. The waves weren't that great. I believe he did make the finals on Sunday, but I was just coming home from the airport so we didn't compete. His jumping was definitely shorter from the cold water... his longest jump was less than 16', which isn't like him. Oh well, he had fun and still did a great job.

Dylan had a blast, as usual. He could have cared less about the cold water... he just wanted to play! Dylan got to do Speed Retrieve both days... on Wednesday he had a time of 8.723 seconds... Thursday I tired him out a lot and his time was in the mid 9 second range. For Big Air he was jumping under 13', but had a blast -- what more can I ask for???

Chris, Katie and Andy were nice enough to take care of the boys while I was gone for the weekend... so Dylan and Rumor still got to enjoy the event :)

Congrats to Fergus and Ollie! They both did great in the Semi Pro division! I believe Ollie got 2nd and Fergus got 4th... awesome job. I missed their jumps, but Marley and Frankie also had a great time this weekend at the event... always a good time.