Weekend fun

The mercury hit 90 degrees today, which is practically unheard of in these parts this time of year. July, yes. May, no. It's supposed to be unseasonably hot all week. The Farmer is happy. He's making first cutting hay.

Phoenix and I spent the morning and early afternoon at the 4RK9s trial. We got back in the Open ring this weekend. He already has his U-CDX so it was a relatively stress-free weekend, more of a progress check than anything else. 

The club dedicated the trials to the late Kay Lowe. They held a little memorial service Saturday morning and of course there wasn't a dry eye in the place. They had printed up a collection of people's memories of Kay and it was fun to read what everyone wrote. Kay held a special place in so many people's hearts.

Phoenix did a good job. Saturday his work was a little  . . . um . . . casual . . . but he held his stays, GOOD BOY, and placed 4th w/193.5.

Today he apparently woke up and remembered (sort of) how Open was supposed to work. With the exception of walking in after the drop (were did THAT come from? geez, it's always something), I was pretty happy with his work. We ended up in a run-off with Peggy's DeeDee. What are the odds, the only to malinois in the trial and we end up tied. It was our first UKC-style run-off and Phoenix won it! To be honest, I'm not sure he realized he was in the ring with the ever so lovely DeeDee only two feet away or that heel free could have gotten REAL exciting. We ended with a 197 for 2nd place.

Then we came home, I watered flowers and hauled out the baby pool for the dogs. Actually, this was in self defense. I left the hose running and Phoenix was having a little too much fun pouncing on the spraying water. A section of our yard now looks like the agility ring at mal  nationals on Friday afternoon.

"See, you have to bite the water!"

"Um, yeah, whatever."

"Splish, splash, this is totally cool!"

"So is eating grass."

"Put your paw on it, like this, and hold it down."

"Why?"

"Cuz then it sprays you in the face!"

"Dude, you're weird. I'm outta here."