Successful sniffing makes our family quite happy. Last weekend, Bailie and I were in an AKC Scent Work Trial at the Scott County Fairgrounds. It was a lot of fun, and we got to do lots of sniffing. Mom was the Volunteer Coordinator, so I helped her out with some of the signage.
Being a Volunteer Coordinator helper is hard work! After helping for a while, I had to sit down and rest. Lucky for me, they had an Adirondack chair in just my size! You know we love to find these big chairs!
We got to sniff in some fun spots like horse barns, food buildings, and stacks of picnic tables. There was lots of dirt, and I managed to keep my beard real dirty most of the weekend.
Bailie went around with Mom helping out sometimes too. We both managed to get into sand burrs which was not a good thing. They are super painful and hard for Mom to remove from our furs.
We love this quote! It really gets one in the right frame of mind for the competition. Our goal for the weekend was four new titles between me and Bailie. We could possibly get five, but we don’t want to be greedy.
Bailie didn’t have a good overall pass rate, but she managed to squeak out two new titles, and in two of her legs she placed fourth! Neither of us ever place at big trials like this, so it was an amazing accomplishment! Her new fancy name is: Ethos Irish Cream TD SWN SWA SCE SEE RATO CGC NW1 NW2 L1I L1E L1C L1V L2C NW3-V NW3-I. The Container and Exterior Excellent Titles are her new ones.
I passed a lot more of my searches than Bailie did, but I only earned one new title, my Advanced Exterior Title. Amazingly, I earned a second and a third place in Advanced Buried Hides! Mom is super proud of all our placements. I would have probably gotten my title in Advanced Buried, but a woman rode by in a cart pulled by a horse, and it totally threw me and Mom off our game. Oh well, next time! My new fancy name is: Ethos Intel Inside TD NAP NJP SWN SIA SCA SEA RATS CGC NW1 NW2 L1E L1C L1I. Our string of sports weekends seems to be off to a good start!
Sniffing and titles make us happy, so I’m joining Comedy Plus for Happy Tuesday!
Wow! Lot’s of excitement! Have fun at the fair, you all look pawsome!
It was a fun place with lots of great smells.
That’s pretty darn cool, congrats you too, ya done good!
We did some fun sniffing around where other animals have been.
congrats!!!! you are amazing!!!…and someone is horsing around behind you in the last photo… do you know that guys?
I could feel those horses coming up behind me…spooky!
Amazing that you can remember your names.
Mom has a spreadsheet with all our sports levels, legs, and titles so she doesn’t forget. We also have our full names on the meet the team page of the blog.
WOW! What an amazing weekend for you and Bailie! I also went on a hunt yesterday. My mom wondered what I was doing in the yard that had my intent interest…and then she saw that I had something in my mouth! When she came outside it was a baby bunny that had recently passed to the Rainbow Bridge. She did not know it I caused its demise or if I was protecting it after it had passed. I had a very dirty muzzle too! RIP sweet baby bunny. XOXO, Sparkle
A dirty muzzle usually means a happy hound, right? I would guess you wouldn’t be real interested in a non-moving bunny, so perhaps you accidentally killed it, but we were bred to do that, so you should not feel bad.
Congratulations on your two new wins. This is such a good thing for you to do. Keeps you sharp.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a woof woof Happy Tuesday, you two. My best to Olivia and your peeps. ♥
Our noses are super sharp, we know it, and Mom is learning that too.
Way to go! Congrats
Thank you.
Great job girls!! I hope you never have to paw your full name…whew, that’s a bunch of titles!! BOL!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
It is a lot. The good thing with Scent Work is when you have all four elements, then you lose those letters and get one different one.
Excellent work, both of you, congratulations to you and your mom for the hard work!
Thank you. We were all exhausted after the weekend, but it was a lot of fun.
Congratulations to both of you! You’re just incredible!
We always love to go and sniff, especially since we are scent hounds!
Congratulations on your fancy new names!! ♥
Thank you. We always have fun adding to our names.
Congratulations!! Y’all are doing amazing. That’s sure long name now!
We are doing our best to get titles when we trial, and it is trial season now.