- It was a pretty crazy weekend this past weekend
with the McCamp, but man was it fun.
I was pretty tired last night,
but I had the amazing luxury of
being able to sleep in, which felt amazing.
I had a little bit of a busy day,
but now I am back at the arena
to teach for the evening.
But lots of fun things to look forward to.
I get to do a bit of puppy training with B,
and then I have two other classes.
But tonight, I'm really looking forward
to two things:
Number one, a really good friend of mine
who takes our last class of the night,
our International Handling class,
she is very, very pregnant,
and due to have a baby boy in any day now.
She normally takes the class
and actually participated last week,
but I think that (laughs)
it was maybe a little bit too much for her
because she was a little bit sore after.
But tonight she didn't want to miss out
especially because tonight it's her
border collie's birthday,
and she would hate for him to miss
a really fun night of agility.
So I offered to run him on the courses tonight,
which will be interesting because I've never
handled him before, but he's a really great dog.
So, I am really looking forward to that.
I think it'll be fun.
And the second thing is that I made cupcakes
on the weekend for a couple of my students
that are leaving to go to
The European Open World Championships,
which is being held in Italy.
We did a little send-off to Chris Kroll on the weekend.
She's going with her border collie, Talis.
And tonight is going to be fun because
it's for a really, really special friend of mine,
Mark Herfert, and his border collie, Fly.
Now, Mark and I have been really great friends
for a few years now, and he has become,
basically, a part of our family.
We joke that he's my
"brother from another mother," all the time,
and he's been working so hard with his border collie, Fly.
He actually moved here from Vancouver, BC, a few years ago.
So now I get to see him all of the time, which is great,
but I am really excited for this adventure with him.
He has really wanted to make a World team with this dog,
and the fact that it's already happened
when the dog is only three is just crazy-town.
So, I am going to surprise him
with cupcakes and a card tonight,
and give him a good send-off,
and hopefully everybody will do well.
It's going to be a good night,
so we'll see you then!
(guitar strums) (dog barks)
(playful music)
- Hey guys, this is my friend, Meg.
- Hi.
- She has a border collie named Scents,
this big, beautiful beauty.
Although, he's not really that big, to be honest with you.
So, Meg's just a little bit pregnant right now.
(laughs)
She's due very, very soon, so it's Sonny's birthday today.
How old is he today?
- Five.
- Five years old, so this is gonna to be interesting
because has he ever run for anybody?
- Not in his life.
- Yep, Meg's sister does agility, too,
and she usually would be the pitch-hitter,
but she also just had a baby (laughs).
- We're breeders. (laughs)
- I'm not pregnant,
so I'm gonna try running the dog.
(laughter)
Wouldn't that be a good announcement?
(joyful string music)
So..
I'm really out of breath because I just run Scents,
who is really fun.
Mark just tried to leave, and I have to stop him.
Come here, Mark!
- [Woman] Come here, Mark!
- Everybody come here!
He's like, "What are you guys doing to me here?"
Oops!
Okay, we want to just send you good luck wishes.
So we made you a card,
and this is a little dorky and probably not very good,
but I also made you cupcakes with Italian flags on the top.
- Thank you.
(clapping)
- You need to go rock it for us in Italy.
Which, I know you will.
- I'll do my best, for sure.
- [Meg] Yay, Fly guy!
- [Mark] Thanks, guys.
It's gonna be awesome.
- Okay, Meg.
- You tired?
- How did I do?
- You did great.
(laughs)
He loved it.
He didn't miss me at all. (laughs)
- It's really funny, as soon as I
grabbed the toy and went to the start line,
he was at a one-track mind.
And for thirty seconds, I don't think
he was thinking much about Meg.
- No, which is good. - But it's,
it's a different story, now.
Oh my gosh, that was really, really, really, really fun.
- We're not sure who's more tired, though,
Scents, or Kayl. - No.
I'm definitely more sweaty than Scents.
But anyway, - But his tongue is longer.
- And hopefully he had a good birthday.
- Yes.
- Here, Scenny-menny.
Scen-scen.
Yeah, he says, "I'm a happy boy!"
(laughing)
(joyful string music)
Everybody's gone home now,
and I've turned some of the lights out.
We just had our little chat time,
which seems to be pretty popular on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights before we head home.
But, before I go, I think I'm going to
play around with my dogs for a little bit.
Take advantage of this nice, big, quiet arena.
(funky electronic music)
Now I'm pretty tired and happy.
(dogs panting) (laughs)
These guys look pretty tired and happy too.
That was a really good training session.
Now it is time for us to say, goodnight.
(funky electronic music)