Exciting Few Weeks To Come!

We have had a GREAT few weeks and are going to have an even BETTER few weeks to come. First, last week, before I left for Chicago.. Lianne and Fred Hassen of Sit Means Sit dog training (www.sitmeanssit.com) called us and offered to sponsor us!! They wanted to be sure we made it to Worlds in Minnesota in a few weeks, so they have paid a good chunk of our trip! I was not only beyond surprised but very honored.

We are going to be driving there, not flying like we thought, and my good friend and one of T's favorite people, Becky, will be driving with us. :) He is going to be up against a lot of REALLY good competition, so we have absolutely no expectations of this weekend, just to have fun and soak up the experience. :)

This weekend though, T and I leave very early Friday morning for a weekend filled with both of Tractor's favorite activities! We will do a little agility AND jump a couple big air jumps on Friday.. and do a couple agility runs AND super vertical on Saturday! It will really be the only time he'll get to practice on an actual DOCK.. so that is really the main focus for us this weekend. I am super excited about the rest of the weekend, don't get me wrong, but I'm really looking forward to getting him back at the vertical stuff, as he hasn't done any since Dubuque.

I will be sure to post an update when we get home, with lots of pictures and video. Another one of the VP's favorite people.. Aunt Janet is coming with us and we will be SURE to post full updates on Sunday or Monday.

Tractor and I are signed up for not only a group agility class, but also a competition obedience class starting in August. We are going to work on getting some more solid obedience, including a reliable HEEL as well as rock solid stays. Once we graduate from those classes, I will still probably keep him in a group agility class, but we are also going to join a rally class for fun! In addition to all of this, we will also keep doing 1-2 private lessons per week, just because we can't imagine doing agility without our favorite trainer, Mary Kay! :)

For now. we are just enjoying class.. our private lessons - we are starting to do more difficult handling as well as getting me to move laterally from him on his contacts.

Today, we were talking to a few people at agility, and FINALLY have found a TRUE holistic vet/chiropractor here in Las Vegas. I am going to try to get him in before we make the drive to Minnesota.. so I'll keep you posted!

That's really all.. just wanted to say things are just going so wonderful right now.. and I can't wait for the summer to continue! :)