Madera was great fun!

[Sassy Girl]

Hey all,

We wanted to thank the Splash Dogs crew for making this weekend's event great fun! Thanks to Wendy for letting my psychotic bunch lay around in her camp - Twiztid and Gunner were not happy sitting and waiting in their kennels while others jumped and Twiztid being a staffy was very upset when he saw me and Gunner go up...the Jack Russells have nothing on the sounds a staffy can make.

I was very excited to see that our little Staffy - Twiztid finally took the plunge off the dock. Though he needed some reminding here and there, that is a pretty tall leap for him. He is only 15 1/2" at the shoulder. He did his best and took some nice belly flops off the dock! Yeah Twizzy...that makes 3 dogs in our home dock jumpers - that's cool!!! We're gonna have to start looking at way's for multiple dog discounts....lol :lol: :lol: :lol:

It was great meeting Haley and her parents along with Rex and Odie. Haley, is one great little handler and is so calm when she gets on that dock. I was very proud to compete with her and see her and Odie in action!

Thanks all! Also - hey since we only made it on Saturday - what were the Pro final placements????

[MickeyD'sMom]

MickeyD faced very tough competion, imagine Little Gunner, Salix, Kona, Renegade, Chief, Ace......well very proud to announce MickeyD has taken first place in the Pro Division.......drum roll, please!!! Ok one thing I forgot to mention is those "other" dogs were really not there!!! :wink:
Jim had a ball with the lure course he can hardly wait to try it again!

[tlhesq]

CONGRATULATIONS MICKEY D!!!! That's fantastic. We're so proud of you.

[Sassy Girl]

aaah - my Gunner wasn't listed as great competition for Mickey D - though we've been neck and neck over the past year..hmmmm

I think it's another conspiracy against BC's...aaah man and from my Road Mama!!!! :cry: ............lol :lol:

I'm so proud of Mickey D and Ren - they both did awesome this weekend!

[MickeyD'sMom]

Urs:
The reason I did not mention Gunner is that he really was there (well not for the finals) the "other" dogs were make believe!!!! Besides if you had made it on Sunday MickeyD would not have that blue ribbon!!!!!But Shhhh let's not tell anyone!!! :wink:

[Sassy Girl]

ok...i guess I will suck it up and let it be...lol

mickey d looked great on saturday when I saw him. much deserved 1st place!!!!

[Howie and Maxx]

You should have seen MickyD run the Lure course on Sunday!! Talk about determined to get that little Lure/thing/whatever it was!! He did GREAT!!! :lol:

[Sassy Girl]

I saw the pics - that was very cool.

We took advantage of the lure coursing on Saturday when we were there also - our Twizzy loves it and Gunner makes a game out of anything, so had to do it.

Twiz ended up with the 2nd best time of the day on Saturday - yeah Twizzy! Dock jumping, lure coursing and flyball...hmm what's next?????????

[ssejrnv]

Congratulations Mickey D on the first place ribbon :!: The dogs and I were dissappointed we couldn't make it :cry: . Especially Emma who is not much of a dock dog but ROCKS the lure course. Not to brag or anything (well actually I guess I am) but her best time (on what looks to be the same course) was 12.06 which is pretty good for such a little thing. I hope that there are more of these combo events in the future.
JJ and the crew

I agree that Madera was great fun! Congrats from us to Mickey D.

Renegade had lots of fun dock diving despite me stressing out over my throw and completely throwing out of the pool a few times. Back to tossing in a bucket in the backyard for me.

Renegade loved the lure coursing as well and at one point tried to drag me over there instead of to the dock! He was quite proud to have the fastest big dog time on Saturday.

Jasper (my 7 yr old golden) competed for the first time this weekend as well and although he's flopping from the dock rather than jumping he's having a blast.

I wanted to complement Amanda for her great spirit of fun - she handled Jasper for me on Saturday and they posted a whopping 12" jump. Jasper had fun and Amanda was excited for him too which I think is awesome. She comes out willing to jump any dog and have fun regardless of how far they jump!

Wendy and Renegade