This weekend we competed in an agility trial in Greenwich, NY at High Goal Farm. It was held in a huge building that was built for the sole purpose of agility practice, classes and trials.... very nice venue. We stayed in a little "pet friendly" motel with 10 rooms that was occupied solely with people at the trial and their dogs. Tucker had the most success with the most qualifying runs for the weekend. Denver had a couple of nice qualifying jumpers runs. It was Ike's first real competition trial in Novice and he had two qualifying runs... we still have work to do, though, to keep his head in the game. But, I was happy with his first endeavor.
Sunday we met a girl from the NY rescue group with a 8 month old puppy that we were helping transport to my friend Lisa who does rescue in Maine . He had a rough start to life being purchased at a pet store by a women for her autistic son. The child really pummeled this puppy so he was placed with another family. They had kids and the dog became understandably wary of the kids so he is going into rescue to be fostered for a while to work thru his issues. He stayed here overnight on Sunday and seemed to get along with most everyone except Kyra (which is not a surprise). I drove him to Portsmouth yesterday afternoon to meet Lisa who drove down from Lewiston. It's so sad when people buy cute puppies from pet store without researching the breed and then bail on them when they don't work out. But, hopefully, this little guy will get a second chance and a "forever home".
