Pictures and Trial Updates!!!

First, here are some pictures of Foster and Lexi from the Murfreesboro AKC trial, taken by Phyllis Ensley.





Lexi and went to a USDAA trial with Jill and her two cavaliers George and Atticus in March. The club there put on a great trial!! Sorry there is no video but Jill and I were running too close together to tape each other! Lexi finished her P1 Jumpers title and got 1st place on Saturday!!! Then on Sunday she got her 1st P1 Snooker leg, 1st place and another Q in Jumpers and 3rd place!!!! We tried P2 Gamblers for the first time and realized that we do have some work to do with our distance handling!!! Standard is still our nemesis, BUT she did run with just 1 mistake (blown A-frame) on Sunday!!! It was a smooth run and very fun!!! We are getting there:) Jill and George finished up there Performance Dog 1 title with many Q's and placements!!! Atticus was running well too, taking home a couple of Q's and placements! It was a very fun weekend and we will definitely head back in the fall for their next trial!

We have another AKC trial coming up in April and 2 more in May!!!

Tomorrow Mike's brother Tim and their family are coming to Memphis to stay with us and see the sites here! I don't think we have ever had that many people stay here at once! The dogs will have a blast with 4 kids running around here all week! Fun!!!

Well I am going to get back to watching my friends at the AKC Agility Nationals!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a great week!!!

Murfreesboro Show!!!

So here are some links to videos from the Murfreesboro Show we did last weekend! We had a blast at the show and enjoyed all of their fundraising efforts for K-9 Cancer! Foster and Lexi both did well, with Foster getting 2 Q's in Jumpers and a 2nd and 3rd place with those!! Enjoy!!! Lexi and I are off to Cullman, AL for our first away from home USDAA trial this upcoming weekend! Exciting!!!! More to come soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3GaPKpki_4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKzMebWeE0

Plus here is video of Moana getting Q in Excellent Standard!!! Listen to the crowd cheering her on at the end!!!! Great run!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rze7KzlyNpM

Foster's Back on Drs. Foster Smith Website!!!

I was ordering some stuff from Drs. Foster & Smith's website for the dogs, and I went to the Sale Center and who had returned as the photo for the dog stuff but FOSTER!!!! YEAH!!!!

Check it out!!!

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.cfm?gid=142

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!!