Broken again - sigh

We made a two week trip starting in Lewiston, ID and then on to Pendleton, OR the next weekend.  On the way up, Sketch managed to hurt himself while the dogs were swimming in the Salmon River.  It appears that he banged his left stifle on something, and he was totally lame-not-gonna-put-this-foot-on-the-ground at first, then worked his way to using it but still a little lame.  It's about two and half week later and he is still slightly lame, so he'll go to the vet on Monday if he is still lame then.

So, he ended up spending a lot of time in his crate.  Which he didn't have a problem with as long as it still hurt, but that only lasted a couple of days.  We did some sight seeing ...

This is the altar at the Stonehenge replic in Mayhill, WA.

He did a little controlled swimming in a cove off of the Columbia River.

I let him run loose at Walker Lake on the way home, which probably wasn't a good idea but he was SOOOOOO BORED!!!  ;-)

A trip to Bozeman

Sketcher went to Bozeman, Montana so Teaz could show in four trials and the both of them could show in the runthru on Saturday afternoon.  Teaz earned six more OTCh points and won two HITs and they both did well at the runthru.  They also got to swim ...

 

... and play in the snow!

 

 

a show dog, at least at a match

Sketch went to a match yesterday and did quite well in a Novice runthru, tho we didn't get to do the stays because they conflicted with Teaz in Utility.  We also did breed for practice, and he won Second in the Sporting group, out of five whole dogs.

He doesn't look particularly impressed ...  ;-)

more field fun

Sketcher ran in an HRC Started test today and earned his second leg.  Sid came along to watch her first hunt test and got some pictures.

Waiting in the holding blind, semi patiently ...

Off to the first water mark.

training

We were at one of our training groups this morning and Sid was taking pictures of the stay line-up.  Who is the cutest boy there?

Success

Saturday, both Teaz and Sketcher passed the Started test, earning their first legs.  Today only Sketch is entered and so far he has aced the land test, so we only have two more water marks left.  He is really enjoying this fetch stuff!

Throw it already!!

Waiting semi-patiently to do the water marks on Sunday.

Two legs!

Fieldwork is Fun!

We are in Arizona, attending a NAHRA trial this weekend.  Teaz is only entered once, to see what I have to work on before next weekend when she had BETTER finish her JH.  Sketch is entered both days, just because!  Today we did a little training, since we have done next to nothing since last fall.  Sketcher approved ...