We went to Lexington KY this weekend for the Labor Day shows. Heidi headed up first, picked up one of my EZ-up tents which Cheryl M transported for us, and she single handedly got a great spot and PUT THE TENT UP ALL BY HERSELF! Seriously folks, this is not an easy thing to do! Laura and I arrived the next day and brought another tent, more x pens and a generator in the Cardi Party Wagon. Kathy brought a third tent on Friday morning, and Cardi Camp was built.
We had set up a big Cardi play area with three xpens before Kathy got there, and after we got her tent up, we set about to move the xpens and cardis under the tent. I wish someone had gotten this on tape, because it was a sight to see. With all the dogs in the pens, all the humans lifted the xpens just off the ground and we started moving to the tent. The dogs figured out right away what we were doing, and the herd easily moved across the field to the tent! Here's a short video of all the dogs in the pen on Saturday morning:
On Friday, brother David from the Ocho came to visit - look at how handsome he is!
And here's a pic of pretty sister Ginger:
We had a pot luck lunch planned after the show on Saturday, but it was so blazingly hot (100+ temp), it was not a great day to hang out and enjoy. We had a bunch of great folks there, but it was just too awful to spend much time outside. As we were huddled under our little spot of shade, we heard a call for medical personnel over the loud speaker. Later we learned that an Obedience Judge had collapsed. We hear the Lexington Club has the opportunity to move this show to a new indoor venue, but apparently some of the club's "old guard" is resisting it. Hopefully after this year, they will re-consider.
On Sunday, we loaded up the wagon and headed home - here's how Spencer spent the ride home - perched in his "special boy" seat:
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Yeah, it was completely BRUTAL on Saturday from the heat. I don't ever want to show in that much heat again--I thought I was going to go down just before puppy groups and told Susan I stabbed her in the back as I was praying for second NOT first in the puppy group--and thankfully took a second with Lowri! It was great fun to get to visit with everyone.
Sounds like a successful weekend for the Ocho. I hate brutal heat like that, and I can only imagine how the dogs must have felt with all that fur! And don't forget the humans. I hope Knoxville will reconsider and move it indoors from now on. David looks great, and I love the picture of Spence! Give the boy (and the girls) some scritches from me. <3
I have fond memories of Lexington. That's where we went to pick up Wilson from Marla. It wasn't hot that weekend all those years back.
It was stinkin' hot in my area as well. We did an outdoor festival with the dogs (miserable!) and then moved on to swimming. Wilson was so happy he dove off a dock that was at least 2 feet off the water! I sure wish I had a picture of that.
That Sallywags is always top dog in my book!
That Sally wags is always the top dog in my book!
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