Weekend Fun

Had a terrific weekend, which could only have been improved by being a bit longer.

Spent a sunny Saturday morning brushing dogs and cleaning the house, then visited with a couple who were interested in meeting and learning more about PWDs. After meeting the dogs, they decided that the breed was a bit too big for them but we had a nice visit and they are doing a good job doing their research to find a breed that is suited to them.

Julie and Jessie came over with Cooper and Talent, so Steph and Dave were able to meet quite a number of PWDs all in a brief period. Once they said their goodbyes, we loaded Ecko, Cooper and Talent in Julie's SUV and drove to the river for a quick romp.

We had fun letting the young 'uns romp in the water, then took them up on the grass to run around and dry off a bit before heading home.

Dave and Rebecca came south for the agility trial in Ridgefield and stayed with us on Saturday night. We used that as a good excuse for a barbecue and had a great feed and lots of good folks to visit with. Rebecca and Mandy and their dogs Lucy and India had a super day at the trial on Saturday with 2 Qs for Lucy and 3 for India!

Slightly the worse for wear from the stiff Painkillers Jessie was mixing and pouring the night before, Jan and I pried ourselves out of bed and hit the agility trial ourselves on Sunday. Decker and Jan were the only ones entered from our pack, but they had a nice Excellent Standard run with a weave pole problem being their only issue. They had an awesome Excellent Jumpers run in the afternoon and Qd with a 2nd place to finish Decker's AXJ title. This is the first agility title for Jan.

A Thousand Acres and a Squirrel

The weather was beautiful last weekend and it is supposed to be nice this weekend as well. Woohoo!

Last weekend, Julie wanted to check out the Thousand Acres/Sandy River Delta dog park in Troutdale and it wasn't too tough for her to persuade me to join her.

Chili, Ecko, Cooper and Tsuzi really enjoyed their outing. Cooper got a little barky and full of himself with other male dogs, so Julie had to get on his case about that a bit. Ecko enjoyed barking at the other humans we met along the way to let them know she was "large and in charge". We met several horses along the trails with their riders and the dogs were pretty blase about them. We walked out to the Sandy River, where Chili went swimming in the freezing cold water and super strong currents. We made sure she stayed close to shore and swam her upstream from an eddy where she would be carried in to the bank if she had problems. Cooper, Ecko and Tsuzi were more sensible then Chili and limited themselves to wading....

Here is the squirrel I mentioned in the title of the entry. A big, sleek fellow with the confidence to perch on the railing right near the bay window where Decker likes to nap.

Here is Ecko blasting through the dead grass on our walk.
The rest of the dogs were in hot pursuit...

Tsuzi really thought Chili needed to stop running so fast and was trying to get her to slow down. Cooper and Ecko thought the running was a good idea but were letting Chili take the lead.

Chili and Ecko