Show Weekend!

Lync competing at the Flatcoat National in August 2014

Taking a short break from packing and getting ready to leave tomorrow for Calgary.  It is the AKC winter show at Spruce Meadows.  It is so hard to believe that this was Lync's very first show ever!  He showed last year in Baby Puppy class, he was a rockstar and I knew he loved the show ring.  Pat Kopec showed him for me as I was still recovering from my accident, he won Best Baby Puppy In Breed.

I also competed in Scenthurdle with Kort and he got enough points to get his Scenthurdle Masters title.   Tate was alive and doing well, he came up with us as well.  Things sure have changed since last year.  This year I am traveling up with only 2 dogs, Kort has been retired from Scenthurdle due to his continuing back problems, and Lync is sitting on 9 points toward his Championship with only 1 more to go!
The entry is great, 16 on Saturday and Sunday!   He just needs 1 Winners Male to finish, fingers crossed, it won't be easy as the entry has some gorgeous dogs in it!!  If I am unsuccessful this weekend I will go up to Medicine Hat in July , and possibly Red Deer.  There is a show in Cochrane that is sooner but I will be going to Thunder Bay at that time for my sister Joanne's Wedding, maybe I can convince someone to take Lync to the show?  We will see, I would like to be the one to get the last point on him.

I would also like to travel to the States this year and get a start on his American champion.  I have never had an American champion, I never took Tate or Kort to the States, I showed Drake in the States and he had 7 points I think but I never finished him.

Lync will be the 4th dog I have put Championship on, and the first Flatcoat.  My plans are to let him grow up until he is about 3 before Specialing him in any capacity other then our local show.  We have Obedience, Scenthurdle and now Agility to keep us busy until then .

Ok, off to finish packing, then I need to bath Lync too!

Agility !!

Tonight was Lync's very first agility Class.

It felt good to be back doing Agility.  I wasn't sure I would ever do it again after having to retire Kort so young due to injury. I will continue to go and see how Lync likes it.
Tonight Lync amazed me by running through the tunnel with no hesitation at all.  This sounds simple, Tate liked tunnels, but Kort wasn't sure of them at first, I had to do alot of encouraging.
Lync was running full blast through a full length tunnel and speeding out the other end like a bullet!!  I know one thing for sure and that is I won't be able to run fast enough to keep up with him.  I will definitely need to teach distance, something I didn't take very seriously with Kort.  I am looking forward to the challenge though!

I am also very excited  to be in the very first class of Amanda and Cindy's newly formed Agility Club, Sundog Agility.  The arena is beautiful and bright and clean.  I am very very happy for them both !

Training

 This was my first attempt to video some training with my new tri pod, I need some practice oviously lol! 

Coming Home!!

I miss this face !!!! taken by Amanda

Tomorrow afternoon I leave to return home to Lethbridge.  I hope the flights are all on time and there are no delays!  I really miss home, can't wait to get there even though it will be so hard to leave Thunder Bay and my family, home is now in Lethbridge .

I am sure my dogs are wondering where I am by now and if I am ever coming home lol!

Today is Jane's Birthday so we are going out for supper which will be nice, then hopefully I will be able to get some sleep tonight as tomorrow will be a long hard day.  I won't be getting to my house until about 1 am, and that is only if things go smoothly, so fingers crossed!

Kort with his bestest buddy Pixel :)

News from Thunder Bay

Saying Vows

 Still here in good old Thunder Bay!  Time is going by so fast, I leave for home on Friday.  I am already getting a bit of anxious about the flying part, hoping that the flight home goes smoother then my flight here.

To re cap, I left on December 29th , my plane was to leave at 10 to 1 in the afternoon, instead it left at 1:30,  that put me in Calgary at 2:15, by the time the plane stopped , we got off, I collected my luggage and made my way to the Westjet counter, my plane was already fully boarded and leaving.

The best they could do for me was get me on a flight that left at 12:30 in the morning, 9 1/2 hours later.  If that wasn't bad enough that flight took me all the way to Toronto, a 5 hour flight, arriving at 6 am.  I managed to occupy myself in Calgary for the 9 hours by going for something to eat, listening to music and talking with other passengers.  The flight was horrible, I had packed all my medications in my suitcase never thinking this could ever happen.  My fibromyalgia causes my nerve endings to jump or twitch, the entire flight my left leg was twitching , it ached and my feet felt numb.  I removed my boots and stood up for awhile, I had a window seat so I couldn't stand there for very long so I woke up the young man sitting in the isle seat and went and chatted with the flight attendants.  I also was nauseated and had a stomach ache.  They gave me a ginger ale and I headed back to my seat.  Everyone on the plane was asleep but me.  I woke up the young man again and asked if he would mind moving into my seat by the window, he was very happy to do so, thankfully!

When we arrived in Toronto I found my next gate to board my plane which was to leave at 8am, when I got there I found out that flight was also delayed and wouldn't be leaving until 10:30,  by this time I was so exhausted I didn't care, I hadn't slept now for 24 hours. I finally arrived in Thunder Bay at 1 pm, 15 hours after I should have!

Anyway, the Wedding was on the 31st and it was perfect, one of the most beautiful Weddings I  have ever been too.  My niece Sherri was absolutely stunning.   My mom was still not feeling well so I left with her at 11 o'clock and we rang in the New Year at home.

The complete family! and my head hahaha!

Today my mom started her experimental treatment for her blood disorder.  Her blood doesn't make red blood cells anymore so her blood pressure continually drops and she gets weaker and weaker.  I took her for her weekly bloodwork today and sure enough her blood is so low again that she needs to go for another blood transfusion tomorrow morning.  With any luck the pills she is taking will work and she will never have to have another transfusion ever again.  The pills come with many risks, one being blood clots.  My mom has already had a stroke so she is on blood thinners thankfully.

It is going to be so hard to leave, my mom will be so sad, I hate to think about it.  I would stay longer but my dogs and my husband are back in Lethbridge and I miss them.  My sister Joanne is getting married in May so I am thinking of driving here, that way I can stay longer as I will bring the dogs with me.

That's about it for news from here.

My beautiful family at the Church