Waukesha, WI Dockdogs

Another awesome weekend. The food people sure are doing things right so far this summer!

We went up to Waukesha, WI for an event put on by the Wisconsin Dockdogs Club.

Lots of great people and we got to stay with my Uncle Kevin and my cousin, Ollie. (OK, Kevin isn't really my uncle and Ollie isn't really my cousin, but who's counting?)

We got there Friday afternoon and helped set up the pool. Sadly, I had to sit in the car and wait. I was not pleased about this. When they finally got done, the food lady convinced the food man that I should get to take a few practice jumps. Whew, it was worth the wait.

Saturday morning we were up and at 'em pretty early.

I jumped the first wave with the food lady and guess what? Yep, I caught it again. We had a personal best of 19' 9" on that jump.

The food man played with Ryder in the first wave and he did great!!

The rest of the day I jumped for the food man. He is doing a much better job of throwing my duck these days which makes me very happy.

Ryder spent the rest of the day jumping for the food lady. He gets very nervous with all the loud music and people, so the Wisconsin people were nice enough to turn the music off and tell everyone to be quiet. Still some hesitation jumping, but he is getting a little faster. Good boy little brother.

Sunday rolled around and we had 2 more waves left to jump. Ryder and the food man jumped a 9' 6" to secure themselves a spot in the novice finals. The food lady jumped me again and we set another personal best: 20' 10"!!! Way to go food lady to not screw me up. So proud of her.

Finals were that afternoon, Ryder and the food man took home 2Nd place in Novice finals and I took home 4Th place in Master finals.

I am being a total show off in this picture.

Oh Ryder :)

Ahem, Ryder is getting some press now too.
He made the Milwaukee newspaper.
I hope he doesn't start getting too big for his britches.
There is only so much room for rockstars in our house.

We are heading out to Dubuque, Iowa on Friday for another Dockdogs event. I can't wait to strut my stuff again. I am good like that.

Lots of updates

Whew, it's been a whirlwind few weeks for everyone's favorite golden and his trusty sidekick.

We have been playing lots of agility and even got do some Dockdogs too.

This past weekend the food people to took us to a trial in Naperville.

It's a very nice facility other than the fact that it was about 1000 degrees inside. Which you all know is WAY TOO hot for the F Dog. But I pushed through and had some great runs.

I picked up a couple of Q's and a few MACh points. The food lady tried some different things with me this weekend and I think they might have worked. She started with me for my runs which I was really happy about. I don't think I like when she leaves me. It makes me a bit nervous. She also didn't baby me with my weave poles. Leave me alone food lady, I got it!!!

Ryder has some really nice runs too. He is doing a great job and having lots of fun. He kept trying to do the teeter, but we all know what a pansy he is and he isn't quite ready for a full height teeter.

Last weekend we did agility at the same place. Again, I had some good runs and some brain farts. But I am assuming all the brain farts will be gone but the time I am 5. :)

Ryder did a nice job last weekend too. 3 of his sisters were there last weekend too. They played agility too. He is the cutest one though. OH!!! I almost forgot. My friend Lori Sue asked the food lady to run her Aussie, Addie. I wasn't happy about this. The food lady should only play agility with me. But anywho, the food lady ran Addie and when they were done, my friend Sue runs into the ring with a fancy, sparkly bar and big huge ribbon. The food lady and Addie were really confused. Apparently this run was for Addie's MACh 6. The food lady almost pooped her pants. It was really nice of Lori Sue to let the food lady "get a MACh". That's what agility is all about, friendship and support. The food lady cried (shocker, I know). Lori Sue really likes me and my brother for some reason. Actually, I know why. When I was younger and much more immature, we were at a trial and I broke out of my crate and ran into the ring when Lori Sue was running Ryder's favorite Border Collie, Lit. The food lady was devastated and crying like a baby. Lori Sue told her it was OK, no harm, no foul. They have been good friends ever since. It's great to have good friends at agility.

Lastly, we had some Dockdogs to take care of. It was a ton of fun and the weather was amazing that weekend. Lots of my friends came out to jump. Dylan, Rumor, Marley, PJ (she jumped!!), Frankie, Ruby. It was fun to see my friends and show off. The food man and I placed 2Nd in the Masters Finals and Ryder took 4Th in the novice finals. The food lady even got to jump me and I caught my duck!!!! TWICE. It was really cool. I love playing Dockdogs. Word on the street is we are playing it the next 2 weekends.

For once, the food lady didn't screw up!!!

YEEHAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryder doesn't have quite the same jumping form as I do.