Last ED Practice in Gardner

Today was the last earthdog practice of the season at the Gardner Fish and Game Club. It was also the AWTA Fun Day.

We got there around 10:30 and headed over to the senior den. They were just getting set up, so we were second. Lucky us! Spot was textbook, as usual. The only hiccup was that he started leaving the tunnel before I called, so when he came out the entrance, I was closer than usual, just outside the entrance, so I wasn't ready to grab him and he turned around and went right back in. But I just called again and was ready this time and grabbed him no problem. He was really biting at the bars today and growling! Usually he barks and whines and digs.

Shelby I tried in IQ again, and she did ok, but still didn't want to go into the tunnel. I don't know what the deal is. She wants to get the rats, and she should be catching on that they are sitting at the end of the tunnel. We got her to do it a couple times, but I'm not going to waste money entering her in IQ next weekend.

Then we did a couple of the fun day activities. Spot did the chuck draw up the tree, but I was disappointed because Spot was obviously into it, and the guy running it, was all, "ok that's enough, he gets it" so we only got to do it a little bit. Other dogs got to jump and try to get it a lot more. Then Shelby did the urban rat hunt, which is a rat in a tube, hidden in a pile of fake trash. Shelby enjoyed it-she got to find it 3 different times, which was nice.

Of course Shelby got to swim. It's good conditioning for agility. She swam for about an hour. She even retrieved a stick. She was playing and rolling in the grass, having a great time. We were lucky that it didn't rain until we were leaving. The forecast was for isolated T storms starting at 10am, then scattered t storms starting at 2pm.