We’ve only had a tiny taste of dog sports this January. Mom had big practice plans but with all the snow and then the ice, most of that has fallen apart because it is too difficult or to slippery. Still, we have had a few things to do.
Nelson did a buried hide trial on a Saturday morning. He Q’d on one of his two water searches. If there was a second day of it, he probably would have gotten Q’s on both searches. Buried hides can be tough.
The next day we did barn hunt. Nelson didn’t do well at all. I’m working on searching and telling Mom where the rats are. I have to find four of them. It is hard because I can’t get rewards in the ring and if I don’t get paid, I don’t work. We have been training hard to teach me that I get a jackpot outside the ring after I find all four, but we are still a work in progress. I did find three this weekend which is good.
Unfortunately, the photographer at the barn hunt trial only got photos of me, none of Madison or Nelson. Madison was the winner of the day. She just loves this sport and could care less about any reward. Currently, she is working on her next Crazy 8’s Title and earned sixty points. This is only the third time out of eighteen runs she has earned sixty or more points. Mom and her had a blast and are super happy with sixty points.
Last Sunday, Madison and Nelson went to a Sniff and Go. If you are not familiar with that, I’ll tell you what it is. You sign up for a certain number of searches, show up at your time slot, run your searches and then go home. Basically it is for practice and it is nice to have someone set searches other than your own mom for a change. For Nelson it was his first time doing it and he not only had a blast, but he did pretty well too.
Madison and I have one weekend of nose work in February, but hopefully in March, things will pick up again. A break is nice, but we are ready to get back to more competitions. The three of us love doing our sports.
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congrats!!! oh boy how would we love such a barn hunt…
We saw a weim at the sniff and go. He was kind of like you guys. Two people were hanging onto him and he was always causing trouble, LOL!
You are all such gifted and smart pups! We hope 2023 is a great year for all of you and you win lots and lots of beautiful ribbons!
We are looking forward to a fun year.
You all rock. I love that shot with the snowmen. That’s a great shot.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches all around and my best to your mom. ♥
Awww, thank you. We love our sports.
You guys are amazing. So active. I’m jealous.
It seems rather boring right now because there are not any events happening but we will rest up and be ready in the spring.
You guys always look like you are having so much fun! We need to talk mom into trying this with us!
Jimmy and Olive
The three of us love sports and going places but Bailie likes to stay at home and hang out.
I know winter and all the snow requires lots of patience and that is hard when you really really want sniff.
I’m glad you were able to do some inside sniffing
You are all such great posers
Hugs Cecilia
We practice at home too, but it is nice when we can go to other places and different people place our hides.
Nelson, you are smart and we know you will “get” it! We are glad that you all got the opportunity to get out and have some fun! We think you are all AWESOME! Purrs Marv
Thank you. I am getting things better now that I am a bit older. We can’t wait for things to pick up in the sports department.
We would love to go to barn hunts; they are very rare in our area. And hunt tests would also be fun, but we have only seen notices of them for the East Coast and Texas – way too far to drive.
We wish the GBGV club would set up hunt tests, but they are not. PBGV’s have them in Ohio and Wisconsin from what I have heard. Barn hunt is all over around here, but some clubs are not as good as others, so Mom has gotten picky about which ones we enter.
We are so glad you are finding some fun Winter competitions!
xoxo,
Sunny
It is nice to get out and work a little. As much as we love winter, we do miss all the sports.
It sounds like you had a fun weekend! XOXO, Sparkle
We had two weekends with a bit of sports and we needed that. Now it is back to practicing but practicing can get boring.
Every bit counts, i’m glad you have so much planned and have some things to do and enjoy meanwhile. Congratulations to Madison!
At first we really enjoy the break, but then we start itching to get back to trialing.
Those are all such nice photos and I’m glad you were enjoying some sporting fun. Y’all will be in the busy season before you know it.
We are hoping so. It is just about time to start entering spring events.
Here’s to more successful competitions in 2023.
We have our paws crossed!