04/28/2025
We survived our first tournament of the season. We were dealt a bad hand a couple of weeks prior to the tournament when our member Alyssa lost her beloved Khira, one of our solid fulltime dogs. So we need to pivoted… Trek was only supposed to do warmups at this tournament but oh well lets throw him in the first race of the day and debut him. He did GREAT and earning his FD and FDX titles both on Saturday. However, then our club was hit with another curve ball on Saturday when one of our senior part time dogs Finnick got injured and needed to be pulled. Meaning that we needed to pivot again. Bella was our other senior part time dog that shared a spot with Finnick, we had to throw her in full time, something she hasn’t done in two years. But then other problem was that Bella and Trek both only run anchor. So here we go again just throwing Trek into a situation where all we could do was try it because we had no other options and of course he did it like a champ. Trek was definitely the superstar of the weekend.
Therefore, with everything that was thrown at us that we in turn threw more at Trek this weekend, we are extremely happy with how everything went over there the weekend. We placed 2nd on Saturday and 4th on Sunday. Which we will take any day of the week because going into the tournament weekend we were worried we could only run 3 dogs and need to run exhibition.
Our Green Dogs all did so well in the tournament setting, they are adjusting to all the noises and energies. One little greenie this weekend impressed us all, since she has been struggling at practices with carrying her ball, however Sadie showed us over the weekend that she just keeps that stuff for the big shows. Not only did Sadie carry her ball all the way every time (Saturday and Sunday) but she also got a new PB of 6.520.
To end the weekend Chip received his Onyx Award plaque that he reached last September. He is a staple for our club, as he is solid, he will run with any dog, any handler, any position and won’t come back without that ball. His mom thinks he is Mr. Perfect, and we think she “might” be right.
We can’t wait to do it all again in a few weeks
**Whoops shout to Press and Luda for being good boys with minimal fumbles 😉**