What a whirl wind day and a half and I owe every bit of it to my wife. We left late Sunday afternoon headed towards Atlanta. Stopped for supper at Whataburger in Commerce, Ga. Stayed the night in Braselton, Ga. Slept in and then headed to downtown Atlanta. Toured the World of Coca-Cola and drank a lot of soda. Had lunch at Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, did a little walking around Olympic Park, crashed the International Producers and Processors Association Expo looking for a bathroom and finally got in the State Farm Arena for Monday Night Raw. Our seats she bought were amazing. We were on the rail on the ramp to the ring. It was a great time, and apparently we were on tv quite a bit, at least that’s the text messages we were both getting. It was a wonderful, quick getaway with my best friend. Nicole, thank you so much, you totally surprised me with the tickets and I had a blast with you. I’ve got a ton of videos and pictures, but this one was my favorite. When the Living Colour guitar intro hit, the roof blew off the place. It was something hearing the entire arena singing Cult of Personality. I got a high five from CM Punk on his way back up the ramp.
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This is a pretty emotional video for me. This weekend we ran Music City HRC (More to come about that). This morning we needed a by-dog to run so a dog could complete the requirement of honoring.
I decided to get Josey off the truck and let her do it. Some may remember she was diagnosed with a Grade 4 heart murmur and an echo confirmed she had a defective heart.
The orders from our vet and the cardiologist that did the echocardiogram were to limit her activities and to essentially stop training and running her.
I have followed those orders since the diagnosis, but today I decided her and I were going to have some fun. She hammered this land test, I couldn’t have asked her to run it any better. She was having a blast. On our way back to the truck she was so excited and giving me a look like “I sure do miss us doing this”.
It may not have been the wisest thing I’ve ever done, but I told myself as we were walking down, if her heart blows up then she goes out doing what she loves and enjoying every second of it. Who am I to take that away from her?
It was emotional for me, Josey and I doing what we have done so many times before. We had a really good weekend, but this was my favorite part of it. ACR’s The Last Outlaw- “Josey” thank you for today, it’s a memory I will cherish and who knows we may have one more run in us, but next time it will be for a ribbon.
Trying to hide in the only piece of shade we could find. #TeamACR #AveryCreekRetrievers #PurinaProPlan #Dogtra #ZoomDogSupplements #CableGangz #HandlersChoice
Jethro running some pattern blinds. First dog was in the water at 6:07 this morning trying to beat the heat. @TeamACR @AveryCreekRetrievers #PurinaProPlan #Dogtra #ZoomDogSupplements #HandlersChoice #CableGangz
Don’t know how long it will last or how much it will be, but we will take what we can get.
A handful of HRCH’s hanging out on their CABLE GANGZ after a morning water set up. #TeamACR #AveryCreekRetrievers #PurinaProPlan #DogtraTraining #ZoomDogSupplements #HandlersChoice #CableGangz
Deacon putting in work in a Monday. #TeamACR #AveryCreekRetrievers #PurinaProPlan #DogtraTraining #ZoomDogSupplements #HandlersChoice
Cannon
Got this a little bit ago, Cannon’s second day in Arkansas and second hunt. Picked up 30+ birds of the 46 they got.
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I posted a picture earlier today of us doing long water marks with big swims. Apparently someone was wore slam out. This is what Ben and I heard while sitting down for a few minutes to eat lunch. Diesel was sawing logs. Forgive the dirty vents, it was a rainy muddy weekend and I haven’t washed the trailer yet.
So this is the “Mr. Peekaboo” gimmick I ordered a couple weeks ago. Used it today on some young dogs just learning water blinds. It basically replaces the white pile or bucket and it’s only visible when we want it to be. It’s pretty slick and we have come up with a number of uses we want to try it on. Works on our SportDOG brand singer electronics.
Corner cutters or cheating singles this morning, Waylynne doing a nice job of getting in and not running the bank.
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