"Shout Out"

I posted this on the On Target Facebook group today...wanted it on my blog as well:

Laurie Dana

As most of you know, I have Triumph...a Sooner x Brick puppy...within in the last 6 weeks I have grown thicker skin and learned how to speak my mind...I have to get this off my chest and am posting to this group and in no way am accusing anyone on this group of anything as I know everyone will understand where I'm coming from...

I could give a SHIT where or what breeder anyone else gets their border collies from......I am SO very thankful that there are as many border collie breeders out there...how nice for everyone to have so many choices!!!!!!! I LOVE all 4 of my dogs...NO MATTER what my collies do in agility, whether they win or suck, whether they can jump or even if they misjudge a takeoff or over jump a jump, whether they get a contact or hold a startline stay or not...I wouldn't trade ANY of them, even my terriers :) for any other dog in the world!!!!!! EVERY human being on this planet has a "flaw" as does EVERY dog on the planet no matter who it's breeders or parents are...thank you Lisa Kronz and Mary Kline for my PERFECT dog Triumph :)))))))

Really agility folks...it is just dog agility, just dog training, nobody is out there solving world peace and/or saving lives...life is too short and too precious and too important to get so caught up in whose dog is from where and who the parents are and what lines they're out of, blah blah blah...are we not all out there to do the same thing?  Run clean, run fast, and have fun with our beloved dogs?  Maybe I am crazy, but that is what agility is about for me.

Speaking of agility, I pretty much sucked on Friday, but we so got it together on Saturday and Sunday, thank you music in my ears and focus in my brain, and we had an awesome rest of the weekend...finishing off with running my 10-year old crazy little white dog, Bosco in Veterans jumpers...he was THE very last dog of the day to run and while we made up our own course, it was his and he smoked it...personally, I liked my course better than what was actually numbered!!!   

Oh yeah, Triumph only needs 2 pairs and 2 standard legs for his ADCH!!!!!!

Videos to follow but right now I have something more important to do, leave for Colorado to go SKIING!!!!!  5 inches of snow today in Vail - YAHOO!

In the meantime, here are some pics taken by Amy Kundinger of Mr. Perfect on Saturday...enjoy!