Clara's Show and Go

How exciting!  Clara's having a Show and Go at her house for members of the Academy of Dog Training and Agility learn about Mom's stem cell transplant.  Very few people at the academy know what Mom's up against 'cos she doesn't talk about it much, so this event is to start educating our group so they can gear up for the next Big Show and Go.

There's nothing I like better than than agility!  Ok, I love steak and those "stinky cookies" that Mom makes; chasing squirrels and rolling in goose poop is really fun too, but paw for paw, agility is MY FAVORITE thing.  I LOVE it...and so does Mom.  We love working together, trying out new moves and learning how to work as a team.  The only problem is that Mom doesn't run at all, now.  When we first started, she was able to run pretty well for short bursts, but this past year, especially since the septic shock in March, she's had more and more trouble keeping up with me on the the course.  But...we still love it and are working on "distance" - that means she sends me away from her to take obstacles and jumps.  This is tricky to learn and REALLY hard for Vizslas to learn because we are velcro dogs.  We like to stick with our humans.

Here's Clara's course!  We had to go through the garden and around the shed!  The garden smelled good.

Clara's courses are always challenging.  I think Clara would be a great agility judge!  She loves watching all us dogs, encouraging our owners, giving tips and designing courses. I think Clara is one of the kindest people I know.  She's patient and kind and she always flops on the floor and rubs my belly for a loooooong time.  Best of all, Clara always smells good...I think she's one big treat.

Lots of friends from the Academy showed up:

Even my good friend, Ellie Mae (Tipsy's daughter) came and showed off her newbie agility skills.  What great weave poles! Check out these fast weave poles!

We had a great day and were happy and tired!  And, we raised at least $600 for Mom's transplant fund.  Wow, Wow, Wow!  Now THAT makes me happy!