Tipping toes and paws through the tulips

I have always wanted to take the dogs out to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn Oregon

and every year I would forget until I saw other’s beautiful tulip pictures.

Years ago I did the annual volkswalk through the fields during the tulip festival and have pictures from them. I thought it would be fun to have pictures of the dogs with all those tulips. This year I remembered but was afraid the weather would not clear enough to go get pictures. One afternoon it cleared and I grabbed the dogs and Tammy and off we went.

It was a blast and we got lots of commits about the dogs and I actually had a lady take a picture of my dogs.

What a beautiful group!!!!

Hershey

Kant

Slick

Echo

I just love that they let me put them anywhere and just put up with me and my camera. Of course when it was all over we had to have a play session since everyone did so well!

Thank you Tammy for going with me and take such great pictures while I managed the dogs!! This might become an annual event!!

Bend or bust…

My first trip to Bend after Jordana moved over there and the snow was gone from the roads was in April to take a couch and some stuff over.

The dogs thought having a couch in the back of the van was a great idea. I got over to Bend as Jordana was getting off work and

Oakley also thought the couch in the back of the van was okay. I stayed the night coming home in the morning after Jordana left for work.

What a great day and great views of the mountains.

Stephen stayed at the house with the dogs but I am not sure where he is going to sleep.

Trip number two was in May to take some more of Jordana’s stuff and to move some of Stephen’s stuff.

This time Stephen also came over with one of his parents cars loaded.

It was an over and back trip

so I took a pair of great co-pilots.

We had snow along the sides of the road so of course we had to stop and let the dogs play.

This was Odin's first snow.

And Echo just wanted to eat it.

We unloaded the van with some help

and had a little play session before heading back.

Of course I stopped at Godfrey’s Nursery since it is on the way and the back of the van was completely empty so there was plenty of room for all those hanging baskets and flowers.

The final trip was in June to move the rest of Stephen’s stuff that was moved from his apartment to my spare room. And this trip was done early in the morning, arriving in Bend in time to have breakfast and then head back home.

I am glad I enjoy that drive to Bend!

Versatility-NATCH 2 Kant and a NADAC Judge

I got home May 16th and am finally able to breathe after a crazy busy 2 weeks!! Why is it that it takes so much work to get ready to go on vacation!?! I was off work for 6 days and had to make sure everything was covered. I was leaving for Gillette Wyoming for 9 days and only taking two dogs and leaving 2 along with 3 cats with a house sitter.

I am so excited to announce Kant earned NATCH – 2 and Versatility NATCH – 2 on Saturday, May 7th, at the CAT outdoor Canby trial.

I did not think she would get it outside on the wet grass but she ran perfectly

and only gave me a little scare right at the finish when she started to go left and she was supposed to go right but it was a beautiful run!!

I never thought we would get 1 NATCH and I am so proud of Kant and cannot believe we are celebrating our 2nd NATCH!!

I hung the beautiful ribbon from my rear view mirror for the trip to Gillette and smiled every time I looked at it!! Thank you to all that were there to celebrate with us!!

Thank you Joe Camp for the agility and NATCH pictures.

Sunday morning I took off for Gillette Wyoming to attend a Judge’s Clinic.

The weather getting to

and in Gillette was crazy

but we arrived without any trouble and survived camping very nicely.

From my campsite looking west

and looking east.

There were 29 great judges at this clinic and I had a good time meeting judges for the first time and visiting with ones I knew! I went to this clinic as a judge under supervision and I was hoping to leave a judge! Well I did something right and I am now a NADAC Judge!! I do love being a judge and have enjoyed all the judges I worked with and learned from under supervision but I am excited to be a “real” judge!! Thank you Arlene for believing in me, mentoring me, and helping me get here, I could not have done it without you!!!

The world's greatest co-pilot.

WAG April Games Trial

May was super busy and June turned out to be busier then I expected but life is slowing into a nice manageable pace.  And I am finally able to get caught up on a bunch of blogging!!

April 23rd and 24th was the WAG Willamette Cup Games Trial. Arlene Courtney was delivered in great style and brought fun courses. Kant got 11 out of 12 Q’s and got 2nd place in the largest Willamette Cup Class, Elite Medium Dogs.

We ran very well together. Kant earned her TNE -600,

points for NATCH-6 in Touch’N’Go,

and points for NATCH-8 in Weavers.

Echo also had a great weekend getting 9 out of 12 Q’s and beat Kant in all 4 Weavers.

Echo finished her Open Superior Tunnelers and then got a couple of extra point runs

and she was running in Elite Weavers for the first time and got her Elite title.

Slick even add a few more points to his lifetime points with a Q in Tunnelers, Hoopers,

and Touch’N’Go.

This was Artemis’s debut trial and he got a beautiful Q in Touch’N’Go!

He did awesome for his first trial and was a bit distracted by the crowd. He and Stephen only ran on Saturday.

Thank you WAG for putting on a GREAT Games Trial and thank you to the Willamette Cup scorers for doing all that extra work. Thank you Joe Camp for the pictures! We had the BEST time!!!