Fun @ the Dog Show & in the Snow!!!!

We (Lexi & I) had a great time at the USDAA show in Holly Springs this past weekend! 4Paws did a great job putting on this show!! Lexi had some great runs this weekend, but she just has the worst luck a scaredy cat dog can have!!! She encountered a judge that stayed VERY close to the contacts AND a puddle of pee on the table all in her STD run on Saturday! Luckily, she had gotten her last leg for her P1 Gamblers title shortly before that! (2nd place too) On Sunday, as seen in the video, she wasn't over the judge and the contacts as she cut a few glances at him (different judge from Sat) and then leaped over the yellow like it was fire !!! LOL But somehow she did all 12 weaves after missing the entrance on the first try! Anyone who has watched us knows that this is HUGE!!! And then right afterwards leaped onto the table and into a down. PERFECT!!! She did get another Q in P1 Gamblers and 3rd place on Sunday! (And got those A frame and teeter contacts) Then the scary chute flapped and snapped in the other ring during Jumpers and she got scared again! LOL She pulled it back together and had a great run! The show was great, with an awesome potluck and great raffles!!!

Here are some pics from the 5-6" inches of snow we received this morning as a complete surprise!! The weather guys said it would just be rain!! So much fun with the pups! I couldn't get up the hill and out of drive way in the Jeep(2 wheel,rear wheel drive)...so I am working from home! Now it is sleeting, and maybe more snow tonight! So here are some pics of the pups out in the snow, and Hank the snowman! :)

Lexi and Hank the Snowman

Foster and Lexi wrestling in the snow


Bailey carrying the ball through the snow

This picture of Foster is just hilarious!!! I think he was eating snow as he was running, but it is just a hilarious face he is making!!!

Where Have We Been???

I would love to tell you somewhere exciting, but alas it is not to be! After taking the month of December off from Agility, Lexi, Foster, and I started back to practice in January. I think that we all had really missed it! Lexi and I started back to class 2 days a week too. We are getting ready for the USDAA trial in Holly Springs next weekend!! Many of our agility friends are off to Franklin for an AKC trial this weekend, IF the ice they say that we are going to get isn't too bad! Two of our friends are starting their newest pups and I hate that I will miss it!! Good Luck Janet and Carol!!! Reba and Luke will be amazing!!!

I don't think I have missed this trial in 4 or 5 years...but Lexi really wasn't ready with her weaves so we stayed home. So why, you might be asking yourself, is Lexi doing a trial the very next weekend?? A couple of reasons...The trial is close to home, and USDAA has a few classes that can be done without even attempting the weaves:) It will also be a gauge as to where she is at with weaves in the ring.

I have also been busy creating some fun things for gifts, and for some swaps that I am doing for the Everything Wendy Vecchi Group...a little deviation from what I normally post here, but check it out!!


A project for an EWV swap (bummer i don't get to keep it :) lol )


A Mini Album for Mom Boz with pics of us from 2009

Cover of a DVD that I made for someone as a Christmas gift

Last Thursday, Mike and I started P90X!! It is a set of fitness DVDs that help you get into shape over 90 days...they are really hard!! But so far we are sticking with it, and we really like!! (Well Mike doesn't like the yoga dvd)

I wanted to share with you a gift I received from some of my agility friends, Jennifer, Jill, Marion, and Barbara, for Foster's PAX! Isn't it amazing!!! She painted right on a leaf!!! AND it looks just like him!!!!


Lastly, (well for tonight anyway) we celebrated Bailey's 9th birthday on the 19th!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!!!

Foster Got His PAX!!!!!!

This weekend in Benton, AR, Foster got his final (20th) Double Q to finish his PAX title in AKC agility!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!! It took awhile to get this last double Q but boy was it worth it!!! Check out the videos below!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Halloween and Fall

Just a few pics I have taken recently while traveling and of fall and Halloween at our house:)



Our Charlie Brown tree lost all of its leaves in one day!!!

Cotton fields on the way back from Paducah

Pretty fall colors on the way to Paducah

Our Foyer

Muddin' in Memphis

Better late than never...I started this post a little bit ago and had trouble uploading the video. So here it is!!

This past weekend Lexi and I competed in a USDAA trial hosted by 4 PAWS agility here in Memphis. It was great because everyone who normally cannot come to our agility trials when they are out of town were able to be here!! My parents came in from St. Louis and Mike got to come too. We had a great time playing all of the different games they have. We tried Snookers for the first time and I am hooked!! I can't wait to play it again. Lexi Q'd and took 1st place in Gamblers and Jumpers on Sunday!!! Yeah!!!

Also, Susan Garrett was competing here in Memphis as well, getting ready to go to the USDAA Nationals in Arizona!! It was really exciting to see her compete all weekend in person! Here is some video of Susan and Encore competing in Masters Standard on Saturday!





Jill and George joined us competing this past weekend, and they took 6 out of 7 Q's and all were 1st place!!! Wow!!! Poor Atticus (we now know) wasn't feeling well, and didn't want to compete. He has been a sick puppy, but he is on the mend now:)