Here comes two updates in one. Two weeks ago
we were in Caledonia at the Instant Replay tournament and came away
with a lot of positives. The Multi set a new best time with a 16.12
and the A team got back on track with a 15.5. We ran all our teams
so all the pups got some action and came away with a lot of valuable
ring time. We had what is becoming our annual wings dinner with the
whole team after racing on Saturday which as always made for a ton
of laughs.
This past weekend we were at the Positive
Pups tournament in Ancaster. We only ran 3 teams which one was the
Multi and once again for the second tournament in a row, they set a
new best time with a 16.01. The pups were the priority on this one
and they all got into a few races. Placements were not the goal for
this one as the pups always take priority but we still managed to
place with all the teams.
We
just got back from the Hot Diggity Dogs tournament in Trenton and
could not have had better time. Went with only two teams and the
Green team managed to pull out a second place finish in Open 1.
Rumors had a dog go down so that screwed things up a bit but they
managed to take 3rd in Open 1. Vivid had a great weekend and was
flying down the mats with consistant 3.8's in start. The weather was
perfect and the Trent river beside the arena made for a great place
to cool the dogs off as well as swim the back up and tag along dogs
during the breaks. We alawys look forward to this tournament and
can't wait to go back next year.
Our tournament is over and thank god we
survived. The weather did not co operate with us very much and made
for some interesting as well as frustrating times. But despite that
and the placement awards not being delivered on time, it went off
very well. The Ancaster Fair Grounds continues to be a hit despite
the weather sucking every time we go there. The Multi team set a new
best time and all the green dogs got lots of warm up time and a few
even got into a couple races. We have a weekend off and then a few
of us are headed to Trenton for a relaxing weekend with only two
teams entered.
We are back from the Revolution tournament in
Pennsylvania and had a great time. The best part of any traveling
tournament is the time spent together while away from the
tournament. As usual, tons of laughs and many stories to tell in the
future. Little Dave was in fine form and kept us all laughing at
every dinner. We went with a few pups so the main goal of the
tournament was to get them going which was very succesful. The
placement results were not what we would have hoped for but even
that did not ruin what was otherwise a great weekend. We look
forward to going back next year and spending more time with our
Pennsylvania friends.
It's with mixed emotions that I update the website. On one hand we went to the Unleashed one day tournament this past week end to give the young dogs some running time and could not be happier with the results despite a second place finish in Regular 1. Baliztic looked awesome in her first tournament and we are so excited at what she will give us. But on the other hand, we had to say good bye to Shayla on January 25. Go to the In Memory page to read more about
her and everything she did for us.
We took two teams to the Spirit Catchers
tournament with the main goal being to work on some of our younger
dogs. Well the young dogs did great and we came away with first
place in Regular 1 and Open 1. We are now on a break from
tournaments for a few months and will use this time to work with our
pups/young dogs and get them into their spots in the line ups for
next year.
New website is unleashed. We can not thank Dawn Sullivan enough
for all her work. She did an awesome job and we highly recommend
her!!!!
We are back from the Buffalo Wings tournament in Batavia NY and can not complain with a second place finish in Open 1. We had a bit of a set back Sunday but we managed to keep it all together and had a great time. Check out the blog for our recap
of the weekend.
Well the results were not what we were hoping
for at the 2009 CanAm Classic but I guess you can not complain about
a fourth place finish considering how great the competition was. We
managed to qualify 4 of the 5 teams we took for the CanAm finals on
Sunday. Congrats to our friends on Instant Replay and Spring Loaded
for their wins in Regular and Multi. NAFA did an absolutely
wonderful job and we can not wait to go back next
year. |