Dockdogs Springfield!!!

So, the food people took us to Springfield this weekend for the state fair.

This is me telling the food man I am tired of waiting and get me up on that dock!!!!!

Here is Mr. Big Stuff with the food lady.

He jumped a lot this weekend.

He is very tired.

He is not used to being part of the entertainment.

He had jumps ranging from 8' 2" all the way through 14'.

He ended up with 3 Novice legs and 4 Junior legs.

I am so proud of my little brother.

He likes to stand on the end of the dock sometimes and pose.

I have told you before how vain he is.

My Grandma and Auntie came to see us jump!!

My Grandma likes to give me ham sandwiches.

She didn't have any ham sandwiches with her this weekend though.

But she did give me lots of pets.

She loves me and my brother.

My Auntie loves us a lot too.

Now, on to the important Dockdogs stuff.

I jumped my personal best this weekend of 21' 10".

Can you believe that????

I was FLYIN'

I had lots of jumps in the 21' range.

I made the Semi-Pro finals again.

The food man and I have the best time at Dockdogs.

They play my favorite song when I am up on the dock too,

"Rockstar" by Nickelback.

Because I am a rock star.

Oh, I won the Semi-Pro finals with a 21' 4"

Here is Mr. Big Stuff again.

If I could do Dockdogs everyday,
I would be the happiest Golden Retriever in the whole world.
But it's a lot of money.
So I would probably have to get a job.
I don't want to get a job.
I would rather take a nap.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow, have we been busy the last few weeks.

The food lady didn't give me any pictures to post, so its just an update.

The food lady better get some pictures up here soon.

Soooo, a couple weeks ago I got to do 5 days of Dockdogs at

the Dupage County Fair. It was so fun. It was a great way to spend

my birthday week. :) I am 4 now, so things are changing for me.

I had a personal best jump of 20' 11" on Saturday.

So many of my friends came to watch, that I waited until they were all there

to see my huge jump.

Barb, Ron and baby Nathan, Polly and Jason, Mary, Kris, Deb, Sherry.

A lot of my other friends were there too: Marley and Kim, Frankie and Mary Beth,

Gina (the jumping Beardie) and Jan, Ryder's sister Ever and Grandma Jan.

My friend Dylan turned 4 the same weekend. He is not feeling well right now

but I hope he gets to play again soon.

The food man and I were the top seed going into the Semi Pro finals.

Then, we were the top seed going into the Final four.

Guess what? I won. Everyone was so happy and cheering for me.

I really like when everyone cheers for me.

OH!!! I almost forgot!!

Guess who thinks he is mister BIG STUFF now?

Yep, you are right, Ryder.

He finally decided that it wasn't so scary to jump anymore.

We were playing with Thunder and the BC's one day and Ryder jumped into the pool.

We were all shocked and excited at the same time.

Maybe he isn't so much of a weenie.

The food people entered him in his first competition next week.

I am actually really proud of my little brother.

He is trying really hard.

And now for some agility news:

The food people took me to a trial this weekend.

It was something called USDAA. The best thing about it is you get 4 or 5 runs

A DAY!!! It's great. The food lady and I ran 9 times this weekend.

We had so much fun. We rain a relay race with Rival.

I told you about Rival a few weeks ago.

She is in love with me. She was a very good girl though and

was not distracted by my good looks and charming personality while we

ran the course.

The food lady and I walked away with 5 Q's and we finished my

AD (agility dog) title. I had a few problems with the upside of the dogwalk though.

I am too long and have way too big of stride. I missed the yellow paint on the way

up a few times. I also only dropped 2 bars all weekend. That's HUGE!

Everyone says I jump so much better at 26" than I do at 24"

Alright, today is the food lady's birthday so we are going to the beach with

Thunder, Elan and Flash.

(Flash is still ignoring Ryder's glances. Poor kid)

Friday we are leaving for the Illinois State Fair for DOCKDOGS!!!

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The yellow labs are going too. We haven't seen our yellow lab friends in a long time.