BevLive: Finals, Day 1 Nursery

It’s late. Sue and I have been over in Amanda’s camper celebrating her arrival. Finally, she and Bill have made it at about 10:00 tonight. Except for a brief stop at Whole Foods to stock up on more delicious treats they have been driving almost nonstop since 5:30 Thursday night.

Trial got off to a very good start right on time at 8:00 this morning. We ran the 54th dog just before 7:00. This was our longest day until the semifinal of the open next Saturday and it went fairly well. Alasdair is currently leading with a 151. Sue and Peat had a very nice run late in the day to tie for 6th with a 126.

The sheep are very good. They run, they stop, they check out the dogs and depending upon what they perceive they either run or walk. I think they were more inclined to run in the middle of the day but it’s hard to tell. It appeared that with careful management they could be kept walking but it’s hard to tell how much is luck of the draw, how much dog and how much time of day, especially with young dogs.

I run Meg tomorrow morning. The sheep look very hard. I have no idea how we will do.