Great fun in San Diego!

[deedclemdogg]

Well, we're having a great time down here in San Diego--home of the famous HOGAN and Friar Stuart home! :-)

Splashdogs is putting on a great event! Great turnout of dogs--I think the waves yesterday were looking at 30+ dogs!

Sarge jumped on Friday in a wave with Bart handling him. He jumped a 19.? and a 20.02. I was pretty proud of the Sarge-Pants! He didn't stop or hesistate! He hasn't been to an indoor event I think since back in March--in Green Bay at the Pet Expo--so I was happy with that! He took 5th place in the wave. Although, Gunner beat him with a 24.02 to take first place!

Yesterday I ran Sarge in a wave and also got a 20.02 out of him. I guess he's consistent! :-) But it was great to see him looking happy and focused at the end of that dock. Famous Jim Woods is here helping out and he said Sarge looks so content and happy that he didn't recognize him! Imagine that! :-)

There's lots of big competition in town with Kona, Salix, MickeyD, Gunner and little Gunner, a chessie named Henry, Hogan (23.00!), Grizzly, etc. The Chessies are really putting the heat on the other dogs!

There's also some newbies who are really excited about the sport and other competitors who are here doing a great job with their dogs and having fun like Melissa and Bubbles, Andy and Jasmine, Katy and parents, Kato and his folks, Lisa's got the "Runamucks" here, Tessa--the new pup of Linda and Randy, and many others! Hope of course is cheerleader in residence! :-)

OH--and Dan, while we're here in the hotel watching the IDC finals this morning--I don't want to forget to tell you that Gunner picked up a tip from Mu in St.Louis and he did his first practice jump with one of those flip-turn-splashdowns!

The finals today will be really exciting to watch!

[Sassy Girl]

Wanted to send a huge thanks of course to the Splash Dog crew for this past weekend in San Diego. Thank you to Wendy for not only driving me down but bunking with me and making sure I had a good time. Thank you to all of my SD family, you guys are all awesome at helping me get into a better state of mind and helping me heal emotionally.

Though Gunner did not jump this weekend, I was actually very proud of Twizzy. He has only just begun and w/out any practice since beginning of November he still went into the water. Rob and Dave I hope your hands heal from playing with him, staffies are notorious for accidentally hitting skin.

I will say that I was totally amped to watch the final. First time in 6 months that we haven't been in the final four and with that pressure I'm glad I wasn't. Awesome job to everyone.

I hope everyone had a good time whether your dog jumped small, medium or large, it doesn't matter as long as you all had fun!

For those who are interested - here are the results from the finals in San Diego - talk about an awesome Pro Finals! It took a jump of 24'10" to get into the final 4!

Pro Finals
1st - Rob and Sisko 26'2"
2nd - Dave and Salix 25'6"
3rd - Bart and Gunner 25'0"
4th - Shari and Nevada 23'1"

5th - Mark and Hogan 23'11"
6th - Tang/Tracy and Kona 23'8"
7th - Tracy/Barbara and Henry 22'7"
8th - Tom and Grizzly 22'4"
9th - Make and Daisy 21'7"
10th - Jim and MickeyD 21'5"
11th - Marilyn and Phoebe 20'5"
12th - Craig and Stanley 19'0"

SV (a lot of the dogs were having trouble with this at this event)
1st - Bart Richardson and Gunner 6'4"
2nd - Wendy Krehbiel and Renegade 5'4"
3rd - Melissa Ness and Bubbles 3'6"

Just listing top 3 for the rest of the finals...
Senior Finals
1st - Charlene and Savvy 21'07"
2nd - Ursula/Wendy and Renegade 18'04"
3rd - Brooke and Chase 17'7"

Junior Finals
1st - Neil Medlock and Bubba 19'3"
2nd - Dana DeNardi and Chamois 14'9"
3rd - Cindy Lowry and Sadie 14'9"

Splash Finals
1st - Marilyn Barrett and Dunkin 10'8"
2nd - Judy Bassett and Bear 9'5"
3rd - Wendy Krehbiel and Jasper 3'4"

[Sassy Girl]

uh oh...you forgot the lap dog division....Twizzy is going to be miffed at you...no cuddling from him tonight...lol

I realized that just before you posted that - so sorry Bubbles and Twiz!!!!

Lap Dog Finals:
1st - Melissa and Bubbles 16.02
2nd - Urs and Twiztid 6.04

[Sassy Girl]

had to give you a hard time for not saving me from falling off the dock today, I still have the chills in dry clothing! :lol:

[daftershock]

so what division will gunner be entering you in??? So what you are saying is that your new nick name is Splash? :lol: :lol:

so how cold was the water urs?

Wendy were was the camera???? that would have been a great shot for TTT web site.

Gunner was more worried that Urs might steal his bumper than anything

Ursula swims very well in full clothing!

Unfortunately the camera was about 20 yards away sitting on a bench - I was laughing too hard to get it or to even think about helping Ursula out of the water....

[Sassy Girl]

you gals are soooo cruel...

Yeah, I do think the only thing on Gunner's mind was whether I was going to take that damn bumper, it was nice seeing my boy back to himself on the dock.

Hey, looks like this is a trend for me, same time last year, I fell in at the San Mateo event, now here we are a year later and look what happens!

LOL, :lol: ops: ops:

[all4sadie]

Congrats to all !!!! We had so much fun once again !!!!! Can't wait for Orange County !!!!

See you there,
Cindy & Sadie