Weimaraner Wednesday

Our good friends over at Tri State Weimaraner Rescue are hosting a party through Three Scoops of Vanilla this coming Friday, November 9th. 25% of the sales November 9th ONLY will be donated back to Tri-State Weim Rescue. Please check out all the goodies that Erin has made up for people to purchase at Three Scoops of Vanilla. Even if you don't have a Weim, Erin has made up all kinds of dog friendly pieces.

Lure Coursing

After the competition was over in Georgia they had Lure Coursing set up on the field across the way. We figured as a stress reliever we would see what the pups thought of it. We let Bokeh go first (this is his very first time trying it) and he loved it.

I chased it for a little bit but then lost interest... I would rather chase a REAL bunny!

Some things we saw

Here are some of the things we saw on our way to Georgia.

Bridge from Ohio to Kentucky

Leaving Ohio and entering Kentucky

Part of KY

Once we all got settled this is how we slept on the way there

We saw some YELLOW for Clive and Murray

Saw this van with some cute doggies on it

It was a beautiful time to make the drive. All the leaves were changing colors, it was so beautiful.

Some fireworks stores

Bokeh is that you?

Hmm.....this isn't Bokeh but sure looks like him. This is a girl named Molly. Isn't she cute? Molly's dad and our dad met on Facebook and said how much Bokeh and Molly looked alike. They had the chance to meet in person at the USDDN World Finals. Molly's dad said she is an Aussie/Border Collie mix but she sure looks pure Aussie to us. She was such a sweet girl and did AWESOME. She came in 3rd place for Toss and Fetch. Way to go Molly!

Awards from USDDN World Finals

Picture of the trophy table

Each finalist received a beautiful medal

Bokeh waiting patiently for the awards ceremony to begin

Our friend Chris from Xenia, Ohio and his dog Izzy were invited to attend as well. Funny thing is dad was the one who kind of got Chris started doing disc dog with Izzy. Amazing what both Bokeh and Izzy have accomplished in a year in the sport.

This is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of Toss and Fetch. Doesn't the dog on the left look just like Bokeh? Read more about her tomorrow. :) The first place winner is actually from here in Ohio as well. Go Bucks!

Day 2 at World Finals

Well the second day started off a little better. Bokeh was wanting to play and having fun up until dadster and him got tangled up when he was trying to weave through dad's legs and dad stepped on Bokeh's foot. After that Bokeh didn't want to play anymore and would go to catch the disc and then just not catch it. Everyone told dad not worry about it and this was a huge environment and that he is still young and will get better. Even with Bokeh pooping in the ring and not wanting to finish playing on the second day he came in 43rd out of 46 teams. A friend on Facebook left a nice comment that said that the following "Don't forget, that's 43rd out of all the competitors in the world. Not bad when you think about it". That is so very true. Again it was such an honor just to be invited to compete against all these wonderful teams. It was truly amazing to watch them in person. Everyone was so nice and cheered each other on.

Video of Bokeh's second day performance

Here is a photo of dad and Bokeh after the award presentations. Bokeh received a medal and on it it says 2012 USDDN World Finalist. What an honor. We are very proud of you Bokeh.

Someone is 5????

We must interrupt our Georgia trip details to wish our very own baby girl, SAGIRA, a very happy 5th birthday. We love you baby girl and you have made the past 5 years of our lives so very happy and wonderful.