What happens in Vegas ends up on my blog - Day 1

My little sister, Erin, invited me to go to Vegas for 4 days on a trip her team won

I had never been to Vegas and was very excited for this trip.

Last Thursday I landed in Las Vegas at 1:30pm

and my sister was waiting for me!

We got to the Bellagio by 2:30, got checked-in, and headed out to find our room!

Past the Conservatory

and the World's Largest

Chocolate Fountain!

You can look but don't touch,

all the items in the mini bar are weighed and you will get charged just for lifting the item.

From 4pm to 5pm there was a social gathering with Erin's team and the people they brought;

what a fun group of people!!

This was followed by a meeting for just the team

so I headed off to the spa for a manicure and pedicure!!

After we were both done we had dinner at Cafe Bellagio!

This is a live, growing picture

made out of flowers, it is stunning!

After dinner we went outside to watch the fountain.

It was beautiful!

And amazing!!

After enjoying the fountain

I enjoyed some chocolate dipped strawberries while Erin had ice cream!

Yum!!

What a GREAT first day!

WAG NADAC Games Trial

What a wonderful weekend at the Willamette Agility Group’s NADAC Games Trial and Willamette Cup!! WAG knows how to put on a trial!! Thank you Arlene for bringing some fun courses and being an awesome judge!! And the weather was incredible!!

The puppies got lots of time to play in the field!

Eris

Eris with a great recall off a dog!  This was one of many!!  Good Girl!!

True

My little shadow!

The Willamette Cup is an award given to the team that has the best score after the first 11 rounds and if needed the last Tunnelers on Sunday is used as the tie breaker. Kant got 10 out of 11, getting 2nd place in the Willamette Cup;

we crashed and burned in Tunnelers 2 on Saturday!! But she ended the weekend 11 out of 12 running perfect on Sunday; so close!!

I love the teamwork Kant and I have!

Echo was 7 out of 11 for the Willamette Cup and 8 out of 12 for the weekend!

She is so much fun to run and we are getting better and better!!

Echo qualified in all 4 Tunnelers,

3 Weavers,

and 1 Touch’N’Go!

She got the last needed TNG Q for Champs

now we only need 2 more Regular Qs and she will be qualified to go to NADAC Championships in South Jordan, Utah!

Eris and True spent a lot of time in the barn meeting and greeting everyone

and of course watching the other dogs running agility!!

Thank you Joe Camp for ALL the wonderful pictures!! I have missed you!!

Puppies at the Park

As I was driving home from work yesterday enjoying the sunshine
I thought I should go home and take the dogs for a walk

but I was quickly deciding against dealing with all those leashes

so I decided it was time to take the puppies to the dog park!

In the beginning Eris and True were keeping close to Echo

and following her

but before long Eris was running with the other dogs at the park.

That black dot in the middle of the picture way out there is Eris;

her and Echo were running with a pack of dogs that included fast Whippets.

True was watching them but that was a bit past her comfort zone.

Even with all the excitment and distractions Eris and True had great recalls.

There is a path that loops around and we did four laps!!!!

Right before the last loop we stopped for water and

I picked up the Chuck-It.

So the last lap included chasing the ball!

Kant always gets the ball but everyone loved running after it.

Welcome to Minto Brown Park

Eris and True!!

What a GREAT afternoon and

the first of many trips to the park!

Cherry Blossoms, puppies, and a girl

This is the fourth year in a row that we have taken pictures with my dogs and my good friend's daughter

with the cherry blossoms in front of the Oregon State Capitol.

Every year we worry about the weather and each year we get one great day to take pictures!

I bring

Kant and

Echo to work with me,
Heidi picks up Amelia, and

we are off to take pictures!

And here are a few of those pictures...

 

Even Heidi

and myself get in to the pictures.

Some of my favorite pictures are

Amelia walking

the dogs

or are the dogs walking her?

The pictures would not be complete without including the puppies!!!

True

Eris

Hannah

Thank you Amelia for being picture perfect!!

Thank you Heidi for all the wonderful pictures!!