BevLive: at the Bluegrass

Yesterday was a long day. Worked all my dogs in the morning at Dave’s. They all were variations on pretty good with Hemp working very well and Meg being an idiot. Left Dave’s at 9:00 and drove a long time.

Pulled into the trial site at 7:30 in the evening. These trips always take longer then Garmin and mapquest seem to think. It was raining all day, frequently quite hard which slowed us down.

Herbert and Alison Holmes pulled in about half an hour after me with my new puppy, Becca. She is really cute and already so nicely behaved, thank you very much Joyce Elliott. I’ll get a photo tomorrow.

Today was a recovery day. Didn’t do much. Groceries and the movies and many long dog walks to make up for yesterday’s drive. The new puppy stays right with us and comes when she is called, two very endearing qualities in a puppy.

It’s cold and wet here. Was in the upper 40s low 50s all day with showers. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.

Went to the handler’s meeting at 6:30. About a 100 people there. Scary huge dog trial. I don’t know how these people pull it off every year. The bookkeeping alone would foil a small country.

I run Meg first thing tomorrow in the nursery. I hope she has all the foolishness out of her system, an unlikely occurrence. Looking forward to trying Joe. A lot of fun with Joe for whom I have few immediate expectations of success. Takes the pressure off.