Whew!!! Dockdogs in Dubuque

Alright peeps. Lots of news to share!!

The food people took us to Dubuque, Iowa this weekend

for Dockdogs. I know I don't even need to tell you guys this,

BUT........

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

The food man and I busted out some huge jumps.

In fact, we busted out 5 Masters jumps this weekend

to earn my Master Jumper National title. WOOT WOOT!!

I beat my personal best jump by 1.5'

I pulled out two 20' 10" jumps this weekend.

All my jumps were over 20' this weekend.

So, without further ado, this is how the food man and I

make it happen!!!

First, he lets me off me leash at the bottom of the stairs.

I race to the top of the stairs to hear and see all my

adoring fans!!!

Then, I run to the end of the dock.

The food man comes up the stairs and we

try really hard to get the crowd going.

Funny thing is though, no matter how much the crowd is yelling,

I can ALWAYS hear the food lady cheering.

She cheered so much for me this weekend that she lost her voice.

The food lady is a great cheerleader.

Next, the food man takes me to the back o the dock.

He makes me sit. I am usually barking at him

by now. Then we HI-FIVE and he tells me to stay.

Most of the time I stay. Sometimes I break my stay

and the food man makes me go back.

Then, I wait for my release......

Next thing I know, I am flying off the dock to chase my duck.

WHOOOO!!! Look at me fly!!!

The food man took Ryder up on the dock too.
He is still too scared to jump.
The food people keep telling him to
put his big boy pants on.
He needs to learn not to be scared.
Dockdogs is fun.

When I wasn't jumping, I rested.
The food lady said this is the first time she has
ever seen me sleep at any event.
I was pretty pooped out though.

Can you believe this?
The food lady hasn't tortured me in a long time.
She decided that I needed to be tortured last night.
Why or why food lady??????

Lots going on!!

Wow, have we been busy!

The food lady hasn't taken any pics lately, so you will

all just have to deal with me telling you what's been going on!

Last weekend the food people took me to an agility trial

in Manhattan. We only did 1 day since I have a hard time outside.

WELL!! Did I show them. My standard run was great!

I knocked the 2nd jump, but that's OK. I was 14 seconds under SCT

and the food lady and I had a great time.

When it was time for JWW, it was really hot.

I have A LOT of fur in case you didn't know so I get hot fast.

Well, the food lady and I take off to run.

Things were going great and then all of a sudden, there it was!!!

The prettiest dandelion I have ever seen.

I had to stop and show the food lady.

Whitney told the food lady, "Hey, sometimes you have to stop

and smell the flowers!' She was right. The food lady really needed to see

the dandelion. She just laughed and said "Come on buddy!"

so we finished the run.

I had a great time and was a very good boy so

I got a cheeseburger from Culver's!

On Sunday my friend Thunder invited us over to go swimming!

It was great. The water was cool and refreshing.

(Just so you know, the border collies still don't like Ryder)

Then, on Monday, it was Ryder's very first birthday!!

Where has the last year gone?

The food people got us a birthday cake and Jameson came over.

We also went to the beach on Wednesday. I LOVE the beach.

There was lots of running and swimming and fetching of Cuz's.

Yesterday the food people took me to another agility trial.

It was REALLY HOT and humid. I was not pleased with the weather.

However, I bucked up and had a great JWW run.

The grass was damp and slippery so I knocked a couple bars, but I rocked

those stinkin' weave poles!!

By the time it was my turn to run standard, it was just too hot for me.

I could only do half the course and then I had to go and get my leash.

The food lady understood. Sometimes it's just too hot for the F Dog.

After the trial, Whitney, Dylan, Rumor and the food

people drove to Mendota, IL

for Labfest at our friends Abby, Alex and Remi's farm.

It was so much fun. We swam for almost 8 hours.

Ryder even swam!! Everyone was very happy when he swam.

I am not sure what the big deal is.

I swim all the time and no one makes that

big of a deal about it.

Ryder had so much fun that he cut his lip and his nose.

We had a blast though. I hope they invite us back again someday.

OK, I need to go and rest up. On Friday we are leaving for

Dubuque, Iowa for DOCKDOGS!!!!!!!!

I cannot wait. All my friends will be there.

Dylan, Rumor, Abby, Alex, Remi and some of my Wisconsin friends.

I will let you all know how it goes next week!!!!