BevLive: Finals, Day 2

I’m sorry I haven’t been as faithful to you all as you are to the blog. This is the time at the Finals when the meetings seem to come fast and furious.

The northeast didn’t have much luck on the first day of the finals. Sue ran Brook early and had a pretty hopeless draw. Brook was a good girl and tried her hardest but the sheep kept running. They had a good shed but by the time the judges called it the two discarded sheep were half way to the exhaust. Brook was tired and grabbed one for a DQ.

I ran Hemp the middle of the day. He was short on his outrun but had a good fetch and started a good drive. For some bizarre reason he decided to grab the sheep that faced him at the first panel. Bad dog, no biscuit and a DQ.

Amanda and Clive got off to a rocky start when he over ran on the outrun and had a very poor fetch. Like a professional Amanda got Clive straight and had a very good drive and finish. I don’t recall her exact score but it should get through to the semi final no problem.

Nel and I did some background sheep work, providing local color for a Fox news spot. No doubt the beginning of her film career once the producers see how beautiful she is.

Last night was the annual board of directors meeting for the USBCHA. That coupled with a reception in the mansion for the committees and judges filled my day. Doug, my husband, arrived in the morning to watch his dog, Hemp, grip off. So now I have a little company in the camper.

We are all (Sue, Amanda, Doug and I) driving to Wilson’s to tune up our dogs before we all run tomorrow. Might get a nice lunch in Charlottesville fitted in there too. Be sure and check out “sheepdog news” on Twitter. Heather is doing a blow by blow of all the runs. The streaming video starts on Saturday for the semi final.