DOCNA Weekend

  Last weekend the Highlanders and I went to a DOCNA trial in Golden. The weather was nice, even a little too warm. The arena was too crowded for me to be comfortable, but with the warm weather we crated mostly in the car and didn't walk through the building unless absolutely necessary.  Too many people don't watch their dogs! I saw several instances of "flashing teeth" in the close quarters.   
 Wager had one run each day, and was confident enough to Q in jumpers. He bailed from the teeter and ran around the Aframe on Sunday, and offered to play with the next dog in line at the end of his standard course, but he came back and finished. He was high as a kite after his run! I think he gets over-aroused and doesn't know what to do with himself. He performed a good dogwalk, and didn't go off-course. His check-outs were minimal.
  Cozy and Jackson qualified for DOCNA nationals next year. Jackson had some good runs. He dropped a couple of bars- one that was set too high and another in a soft patch of dirt. I noticed the deep dirt in the walk-through, but there's not too much I could do about it.
  Cozy ran well in spite of the warm weather. Her NAC run on Sunday was slow, but it was a Q.

   I watched the new "Masterpiece Mystery" tonight: "Case Histories" based on the book by Kate Atkinson. It was wonderful. The soundtrack was perfect, the scenery was wonderful. I watched it online. The book is fabulous, too. It's fun to put faces on the characters.

   On the job front, we lost our biggest client last week. I don't know what the long-term effect will be, but I know my boss was very bummed. I hope I still have a job at the end of the year.
  I haven't uploaded the video from last weekend, so here's a photo of Jack from a couple of weeks ago.


The Flying Scotsman!
Photo by Ken Gee