Lethbridge Trial

Man oh man, it was a HOT one in Lethbridge this week-end. Gross hot. "This ain't fun anymore" hot.

The "girls" did not have the best showing this week-end.

Miikka tried her guts out on the first series both days, but struggled with the short retired both times. Poor Peanut. It has always been a weakness of hers. Funny enough that the short retireds were her strongest birds when she won two weeks ago.

Darbi went out after the water blind on the first day and finished with a Certificate of Merit the second day. Her blinds were good, but her marking was not up to her usual standards. Not sure if she is lacking confidence, not feeling well or she was just suffering in the heat, but it is something I am going to pay particular attention to in the coming days and weeks. Her blinds have always been her weak point, so maybe she is just out of balance right now as we've worked so hard getting her blinds to a higher standard.

My new dog Turq (Prime x Darbi 2008) was the star of the truck oddly enough. He finished SECOND in the puppy stake. He was an orangutan to run and he made me laugh out loud. I felt like I was taking a snorting bull to the line. Time to get the boy going on obedience work.

Pictured here is Matti, who finished SECOND in the Junior this week-end. She is the Shaq x Miikka pup who finished third last week-end. I got a chance to see her run the last series and was impressed with her focus, drive and tractibility. She was fun to watch!!

Also congrats to Meg (Prime x Darbi 2008) who finished FOURTH in the puppy stake this week-end in Ontario.

I get the same amount of pride when the pups I've bred do well, as when my own dogs do.