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.

Happy New Year!

2009 is going to be a great year, I can feel it...

The year started perfectly with a 3 day agility trial and Lisa came into town for a visit. It was so fun! A party at the Rupps' house... a night in the city... it was definitely tiring, but totally worth it.

Dylan did his 1st trial at Preferred so he got to run in Novice again! That was actually really fun. He seemed so happy while running at 16" it really was wonderful to see him like that... what a happy camper. He went 3 or 3 in JWW and Katie ran him on Saturday -- thanks Katie! So, he finished his NJP title right off the bat. He missed his dogwalk contact the 1st 2 days, but had a beautiful 2o/2o on the a-frame both times... on Sunday he hit all of his contacts beautifully and got a Q in Standard. I was very happy he had such a fun weekend. Good boy D Dylan!

Rumor also had some very nice moments this weekend. He had fantastic contacts and a perfect startline all weekend. I led out farther than I have in the past and he didn't budge... I was thrilled with that. He got his last FAST Q to finish his Novice FAST title and he got 1 Open FAST Q as well. Still lots of baby dog moments, but definitely high points to each run. It was fun to watch his brother, Wonder, run... he seems way more mature than Rumor does at this point... but Linda is also handling/training him! Sadly, Rumor still doesn't like Wonder :-( They were saying hello to each other and Rumz started to growl at him again... he did it last time they saw each other too... little stinker!

All in all... a great weekend. Happy 2009!!!