BevLive: disappointments

A day of disappointments tempered by our successes of yesterday. Being the competitive things we are, Amanda and I were both anxious to qualify our second dogs today and win the third trial. We failed on all counts.

 My failure was tempered by the fact that Hemp worked worlds better than he had on his first run. He improved throughout the run, and by the end of it he was actually helping the cause. So while we didn't accomplish much today there may be hope for Meeker.

Bev and Mirk

Mirk delighted me. The sheep were tough this afternoon and gave Mirk a good looking over at the lift. They walked toward him in an effort to get over him and back to the setout. He met them halfway and brought them down the fetch in a fairly decisive manner. This was not something he could have done a year ago. The sheep tested him quite a few times around the course and never found him lacking in resolve or push. We finished with a qualifying score, which happily we didn't need since he got in yesterday.

Amanda and Ethel

Amanda and Ethel just never quite got things going. The sheep started off cranky and only got worse. Ethel's resolve and wisdom were completely wasted on them.

The running started out very good this morning and deteriorated as the hot day progressed. Jaran Knive's 92 in the morning was tied by Bill Berhow fairly early on, making us suspect some more really high scores. But, except for a late 90 by Dennis Gellings and Jan, the scores were pretty poor. At the end of the day it took a 77 to qualify.

Sue Schoen and Maid

We finished running around 5:30. One of the trial sponsors, The Homestead Resort, had us all for a great dinner, the awarding of the Woolrich vests to the competitors, and the draw for tomorrow's running order. I drew up 4th with Mirk. Amanda got a difficult 15th with Clive.  The weather forecast is for low 70s and no rain so there won't be the awful heat penalty to the afternoon runs.

Wish us luck.