Lacamas

These are all 'scenic' shots so don't expect much. This is looking from where our pals are camping towards the rest of the camping area and the trial field beyond. Shows all the room to run dogs in the middle.
Pretty sunset on Thurs nite. Same direction as previous pic but later at nite.

Looking back east from the P/N field to the Open field with Mt.Hood in the distance.
The Open field from the P/N

the P/N judges' tent and exhaust by that tree.
just a pic of us parked out at P/N. We parked up on the hill overlooking the field & were able to catch a bit more breeze.
Looking down at the P/N campers
Wyatt was tied out for awhile.....
Our campsite beside Marroni's
Next door neighbors...Rob & Mary
Bri & Celeste getting set up; took them awhile to find a level spot that was shady...

Our evening hang out
apres trial; our motel and parking spot with nice field to run dogs
shhhhhhsssssssssssssssgodoggssss
Lynda loading

Heat Wave last week

Some backyard/deck pix from the heat wave last weekend....

Metshosin SDT more

dogs getting a run at the beach
Susan, Kyu and Tru at the beach
Julie & Tee at the post early in the morning
Tee on the course; ended up 2nd to her littermate, Tessa in ProNov on Sun.
Lynda about to send Try
Jana watching and waiting up at set out shift
Lani & Jayne walking up to the pen
early morning view from the spectator-handler area
Jayne is all attentive to me before our run, not looking up the field or at anything but ME
Dusty on the other hand, can`t watch anything but the field and the sheep
more `MainlandMafia`dogs at the beach(just for David)
Poster shot of Charmaine & Rio up at the top doing set out.the Buchanon flock grazing during lunch break.
Wow, thanks to Susan Taylor, there are a ton more great pix of this beautiful trial.

Metchosin SDT 2010

Dawn`s girl, Mari with Corrine Berg`s pup....just doesn`t get any cuter.
Metchosin judge, Cyril Roberts from Wales with scribe Betty Donaldson from the MSDT committee watching an early morning run. The weather was perfect for dogs and sheep but a tad cold for handlers and spectators in the early part of the day in the shade of the ancient Garry Oak trees between course and ocean beach.
All of these pix were taken by Susan Taylor. This one says 'Go Ceit go!'
This one is 'Lie down Ceit' by handler and BCSDA president, Charmaine Henderson.
hmmm....no caption required I guess.
This is the poster boy of the trial; Dawn Pucci's Nursery dog, Bran.
He was stunning to watch on & off the field. Awesome partnership developing with his handler, Dawn who is SO deserving and ready for a new trial dog. She devotes her time/energy into organizing the very fun Mt.Vernon Highland Games trial we had a couple weeks ago. Plus raising a family.
LOL Funny pic Susan!! This is me & Owen standing in the early morning shadows waiting for sheep for the very first run of the trial at 7:30am....some slight delays with the flock getting out into the woods meant we had to wait for about an hour for our sheep to appear. Being Owen's only second time to the post, being up first was his un-doing and inability to take charge at the top, so we retired quickly. However I did set out with him for two shifts later in the day and was very pleased with his work to save sets a couple times. Good boy young Owen!
Here is my sweet Wonderdog....I have no idea where on the course Susan caught these shots, but it shows the BTW/PTTF attitude of my 'senior' 8 yr.old boy.
Yup we don't know slow....
Good boy pulled out a 5th place in the money on Sat. with one of the few runs to complete a pen & time out at the shedding ring. Sun. we were no where near so shiney out in the field and had a tough group to pen which ended with a grip due to my frustration/lack of intensity/finish.

My good friend, Julie Carter at the pen in P/N with Rachel's Mirk. Who is sired by Peter's Moss, half bro. to Blair & Jayne.
Here is Mirk walking up but staying way off at the pen. This run won P/N on Sat.

What a good boy Mirk, after his run! I have a soft spot for Mirk as he spent a few days with me en route from Sask. to Vanc. Island a couple years ago. He is one happy-go-lucky playful pup who turns that keenness on sheep as well. Julie has done an incredible job of shaping that into a pretty biddable young boy. They are a team to look out for in future.
Rose McLeod's nice dog, Jana starts the drive.
Jana makes a cutting horse turn to save the day.
Weekend was SO much FUN! Looking forward to another in Arlington next.



Jayne waiting at the post for the sheep to come down the field on Sunday am. I never worry about her finding sheep; she is such a good 'looker' as soon as we walk on the course.
Jayne's nice fetch. Sheep come down the hill fast naturally and will book it to the right unless dogs hold that line. I was thrilled with how Jayne handled them. We ended up with a grip after some circles at the pen, but I was ready to bite a leg myself! lol VERY happy with the Jayne girl.....still proving why she didn't want to be sold down the road.
Early morning sunrise looking through the Garry Oak trees behind the spectator area to the ocean.
Later in the day, this area is filled with spectators who cheer and clap loudly whenever a dog/sheep makes it through the panels on the course. This trial has more spectators from the local Metchosin community and elsewhere than any other trial in BC.

Hot Hay Field

I didn't take any more pix today but when Rose finally(hint hint) uploads the pix she took last week, I will add them. But it is still just more of the same....beautiful great big hay field with Mt.Baker overlooking us in the SE.
It was pretty damn hot today for our dogs, however the sheep seemed to fair a little better. Except they were being total bitches about running off to the holding pens under the Hydro tower. Lynda's young Lark had a tough day; I have no idea what was up with her other than being stretched out further than her comfort zone so hesitating when she needed to take charge. So she lost her sheep several times to the pen. I had Owen out so sent him to pick them up which was a big stressful job for him; sheep would ring-around-the-rosie at the pen until Pam drew them off. It was still hard work for him to fetch them off her & back to me. So he only did one nice outrun picking sheep up off Lynda, then 2 or 3 pickups off Pam and he was done for it in the heat today. No water tub to cool off in so I just sat with him in the shade of my truck til he cooled off. I was very pleased with his work such as it was. Even Rose's Jana had a tough time gathering the sheep off the pens. Then Lynda worked Try and I took Jayne out. Jayne did a fence run of the entire field on her first go.....I need to somehow teach her a 'come in' whistle. But she held the line beautifully on her fetch when she finally did pick up her sheep. The second run, I sent her come by and asked for a walk up to start her off, plus stopped her when she started to go too wide and asked for another walk up. I don't know if that was the right thing to do, but she had a much better gather. Lynda's Try had a super tough time on each of his gathers; he actually went wide and deep(for a change) on his outruns but as soon as he lifted, the sheep bolted sideways on him, trying to get to the pens. Try did some awesome work doing his best to head them off and was able to get them faced off before they got all the way to the pen. What a good dog he was! At age 6, he is finally starting to come into his own and work well for Lynda....tough little headstrong dog that he is. I didn't work Blair as it was just too hot and it is not the best field for anything that he needs. Dusty also was left in the truck...at least til we were all done, then all four got to have a run with Pam's dogs and then come back to hang out in the shade of my truck. 30c on my deck this morning and about 27c out in the field. I parked up on a little knoll so was able to catch a breeze now & again. I can't imagine a better way to spend the day. Tomorrow the lawn mower calls my name.