BevLive: Canadian Finals, Day 2

The weather always seems to be the same here. I know they must have bad days, but you sure can't prove it by my experience. Every night cold. Every day 80s and bright sun. Today was more of the very nice same.

Running remained about the same today as yesterday.Ian Zoreb and I started the day tied for first with our previous day's scores of 77. Scott Glen and Drift got an 83 in the morning, quickly followed by Amanda and Clive with an 80. Those scores stood until after the lunch break when Hemp and I got a 90. He was a very good boy. That score won the go around.

Amanda had a pretty good go with Bart, but a ewe had a second go at getting past Bart at the pen: he stopped her with a little too much authority, and the judge called him off. Poor Ethel, recovering still from being ill earlier this month, drew a weak ewe who wouldn't keep up with her mates and timed out on the drive. Stormy had a great go with Roy, scoring 71 with no shed, so he is still in the hunt for Sunday. Kate failed to pen after a very good go and had a 63.

We are running 15 dogs from the second go around tonight. Dennis Gellings and Jan just got an 88 to go with a score in the 70s, so that will be in for sure. Kate and Salt had a good second trip around the course, but she had a Suffolk ewe that just refused to pen. We will have to wait and see what it takes to make the cut. Amanda and I both have all our second runs tomorrow.

Turns out only ten dogs run Sunday. Ten for the CBCA Finals, and this is also the Western Canadian Finals so ten for that with any dog that qualifies for both only running once.

Kate, Amanda and I went to Black Diamond this morning and did a little shopping, which included a visit to a local meat market. Just had the best steak of my life for dinner.

I ran into Calgary after my run for a quick look around and make a trip to a used book store. I'm running low on reading material and getting anxious as a result. I like to have about five books at a time going so I have the right book for every mood.

So that's all the Canadian news for today. There were 15 scores of 70 or higher, so I’m going to need a good go with both my guys tomorrow. We'll see what the morrow brings. Was a good day today.