BevLIve: End of The Big One

Another lovely day of dog trialing. Perfect weather, less wind then yesterday. Sheep were better but still difficult especially at the fetch panel and pen, at least for me.

Both my dogs ran really well, pleasing me but failing to pen and not getting much score. Nel took too long to lift but then handled the sheep well. We missed the fetch and had a mediocre drive so I quit at the pen. Mirk had a good gather missing the fetch. A good drive and no pen. This hasn't been my most successful trial but it sure is a good one.

Herbert won the first go around with Juno and is in the lead again with an 87. We still have 13 dogs to run in the morning to finish the second trial before we run the nursery. Bud and Joni tied for second with Bud winning it.

Not much else to report. We ran dogs from 6:00 this morning until 8:00 tonight. I was assisting with the setout for the last few hours and our two riders, Mindy and Tom, are still cheerfully setting sheep for the fifth day. They are the ones that deserve a prize.

Amanda and Roz didn't get on well as Roz seems to be feeling unwell so Amanda retired. She runs Clive in the morning.