BevLive: Meeker, Day Three

Ate another nice dinner. This is the handler's dinner put on for us by the Meeker committee. Everyone seems to be having a nice time. I sure am.

Mirk had a fairly amazing run. As per my fears he had a really hard time with the sheep. On an eleven minute course it took him 8 1/2 minutes to get them to my feet. An eternity when you're fighting the clock. We made our turn fairly quickly, then did the drive in two minutes, leaving us less then forty seconds to shed. But like the pro he is he nailed the shed. 54. Not much of a score but since it took a 44 to make the thirty dog cut it was good enough.

Nancy Stephens shedding. Last preliminary run scored a 62 making the cut with a rare pen.

Amanda and Roz had a great run earlier in the morning. Roz took no foolishness from the sheep and muscled them around the course in great time. They scored a 63, easily making the cut.

The best run of the day and of the trial was again Tom Wilson and Sly. She had no trouble moving the sheep and except for missing the second drive gate it was pretty flawless. He scored a 74, tying Dennis Gellings and Jan for first place in the trial.

There was plenty of heartbreak. Our favorite Don Whittington would have made the cut with his run except for a crossover. Dennis and Jake had a good run until a grip on the way to the pen (which he didn't need to qualify).

I drew up the first after the lunch break. Amanda is 24 and 27.

So we are fairly happy.  Unfortunately Amanda's camper troubles are more serious then we first thought. So we aren't sure how that's going to turn out. Or how we are going to get her to Virginia on time for the nursery finals.