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Back-2-Back-2-Back!

8/29/2017

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We had a great time racing at Carleton County’s 2nd annual tournament this past weekend in Florenceville!  We love the venue and the hospitality!

Aviators (Nitsa, Nika, Callie, Feist and a little help from Maya) raced in Regular 1 and had an awesome weekend, racing some of the best times they have run all season!  We had some super tight racing against FNF and MassChaos.  The finals each day came down to us vs MassChaos and what a blast!  MC took the win on Saturday, so we finished 2nd and on Sunday we took the win and finished 1st. 

I am so proud of these dogs and how much they have come together over this season.  Our last heat of the day on Sunday we ran a 15.916, which is our best time of the year!  We have had to switch a lot of things around this season and it seems like things are finally starting to come together.  Huge thank you to Jules for calling passes for us all weekend, we truly appreciate it!!! We are very excited to see what these 4 dogs can do in Cap Pele in September.

Red Eye (Maya, Pongo, Raine, Brooke & Rev) also had a great weekend in Open 2.  They're record matched Aviators, as they took 2nd on Saturday and 1st on Sunday.  Unfortunately Rev was not feeling the best end of Sunday, so Pongo & Nika had to pick up his races for him.  Total team effort as usual!

One title for us this weekend, as Brooke earned her FGDCH 40,000 title!  Good job girlie!!

Lastly, I want to say how incredibly proud I am that my team is once again Region 10 Regular Champions for 2016-2017!  We had a lot of challenges this year with our new line-up, but everyone was determined to make it work.  I have never met a more dedicated group of people in my life.  We expect a lot out of each other.  We work hard.  We are dedicated to our team goals.  It is not easy to find people like that, that put the team first and individual goals second.  I am super lucky to have such amazing teammates.

Up next is Cap Pele in September.  I am really excited to see how our teams fair at that tournament.  We know that Regular 1 racing will be fast and competitive and we can’t wait!  

Holly
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In Search of Pirate Booty at Pawrates of the Atlantic

8/29/2017

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We headed to Bridgewater with a smaller crew than usual and when you only have 5 members, how much smaller can you really get?  Well, we had 4, so enough to race our dogs, but we sure needed a lot of help from our friends!

Even though Dave was not able to make it, Daniel and I brought Nika & Callie so we would have our full Aviators team of Nitsa, Nika, Callie & Feist.  Our Red Eye team for the weekend consisted of Pongo, Raine, Rev, Brooke and Taz & Pat from FAME ran a couple of races with us as well.

Huge thank you to Natalie & Jules from FAME.  Natalie box loaded for Aviators all weekend and did a fantastic job.  Jules was our pass caller extraordinaire and we would be lost without his help during our Division 1 races.  Thanks also to Pat for running Taz with us on Red Eye, as mentioned above, Amanda from OMG and Sherri from FNF who helped box load for Red Eye.  Also to the multitude of people who ball shagged for us – we truly appreciate all of the help we received!! 

Despite the heat and some of our dogs being hot and tired, our teams raced well.  Aviators took 1st on Saturday and 3rd on Sunday in Division 1.  Red Eye placed 5th on Saturday and 6th on Sunday in a very fast Open 1.

Only one title, as Nika eanred her FM.  Brooke was set to earn her FGDCH 40,000 title and she decided to spit her ball in the last heat of the last race, lol!  I guess she wanted to wait until the Carleton County tournament for her title :)

​Until Next Time,
Holly

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