While we weren't home for Easter this year that didn't stop us from being in the spirit and wishing everyone a Happy Easter!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Brittanys in Madras
Last weekend we headed to Boyce Corral in Madras, Oregon for a series of events- the Oregon Brittany Club Field Trial on Friday and Saturday and the American Brittany Club 2012 Western Futurity events for Loki which were a big deal sincee you had to be invited to compete.
Sunday was the big ABC Futurity show for Loki so we spent all morning bathing, grooming, and practicing to get ready for the show. We were a little saddened when we saw three pro handlers show up and a judge who had a preference for pros in the show ring but we still gave it our best try and overall got 3rd in the intermediate dog class. Monday we headed back to the field for the Gun Dog portion of the events and while we had a great run, 3 bird finds the pro ended up sweeping all of the ribbons/placements. So while we didn't end up with a placement we did have a great experience attending the futurity event for Loki and getting to compete with him at this one in a lifetime event.
We decided after lunch to head on home with both Odin and Loki who would be coming home for a few weeks before the last of the spring trials. Luckily for us Mount Hood was clear and it was an uneventful and long 6 hours and rolled into our driveway just in time to unpack and head to bed in our own comfy bed :)
Friday started very early for us since we had to be in Madras by 11am and it is a six hour drive which meant no sleep and lots of driving. We made it in time for Ben to get mounted on our trainer's horse Kip and head out with the group to watch Odin run in Open Gun Dog. We were happy with his performance since he had a clean run and found a bird. After lunch it was Loki's turn as he was running the Open Derby. We got a treat for Loki's run when one of friends offered to let me ride his horse so that I could get to watch the brace. So we all saddled up and hit the course. Overall Loki had a very good run and found a bird and the best part is that I stayed on the horse and was incident free :) When placements were handed out that night at dinner, our little dude ended up getting 3rd place in the Derby.
Sunday was the big ABC Futurity show for Loki so we spent all morning bathing, grooming, and practicing to get ready for the show. We were a little saddened when we saw three pro handlers show up and a judge who had a preference for pros in the show ring but we still gave it our best try and overall got 3rd in the intermediate dog class. Monday we headed back to the field for the Gun Dog portion of the events and while we had a great run, 3 bird finds the pro ended up sweeping all of the ribbons/placements. So while we didn't end up with a placement we did have a great experience attending the futurity event for Loki and getting to compete with him at this one in a lifetime event.
We decided after lunch to head on home with both Odin and Loki who would be coming home for a few weeks before the last of the spring trials. Luckily for us Mount Hood was clear and it was an uneventful and long 6 hours and rolled into our driveway just in time to unpack and head to bed in our own comfy bed :)
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