A great ending

I have a lot to catch up on today..I was planning on posting Saturday
but I had no signal all day.

Let's start with Luc's run on Thursday afternoon...the day was
interesting with smoke and haze rolling in from distant wildfires
settling onto the nursery field making it very dificult to see the
sheep and the panels. Luc ran at the end of the day and the haze
cleared a bit by then...but not enuf for the little man to see the
sheep from the post causing him to cross the field twice hunting
sheep. Finally he saw them and kicked out nicely behind them but then
had a tough time keeping them online as they pressed hard to the right
toward the exhaust. All were settled back online before a very clean
turn and one of the best drives and pen of the round. The sheep really
liked him and flowed around the course and right into the pen like
soft butter on toast...really nice. Score of 73 didn't get us into the
final round.

Friday was a busy day watching the nursery final round and several
open runs from district 5 friends. None of us made it into the semis
but everyone had lots to be proud of.

Luc, Sue and Maya had blood drawn for the Optigen DNA test early
afternoon and were all very good patients making that job so easy. The
two pups were required to have their eyes examined by the
opthalamologist after the 20 minute wait for dilation and they both
behaved well and got a "eyes clear" report.

The last stop at the trial site on Friday was the austrialian hat
vendor where Joe and I bought beautiful waterproof western style
hats...they look great!

The day ended with a dinner invitation from Cindy and beth ann who
rented a stunning townhouse in the mountains for the weekend. The
place was just amazing...breath taking views and comfortable
furnishings. We had an awesome
dinner on the deck under the stars complete with great Oregon wine and
excellent company. We returned to our humble little camper tired and
full!

Saturday morning arrived too soon and we decided to pack up and head
home rather than go back to the trial to watch for a while. So a great
finals week is ending for us as we start a long and beautiful drive
home thru the western mountains and valleys.

Kathy
www.dancinghearts.org
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