Just chasing the rats again!!

Well Saturday was a lovely cool day...Just the kind of day TO GO TO GROUND and chase the rats!!!! Now there was a minor change in plans.PL1 and my coach were supposed to come but something came up and PL1 had to stay home and so did Arch ...(he said it was OK because he has been having a little tummy trouble and he would have gotten even more being there from nerves...) Here is the view driving in.

There is the check in booth.Now I didn't really feel as nervous as the last time because I got my E...and there wasn't any pressure.The next level is the Senior level....I will have to study before I try for that one..This day I was really just doing it for the fun(and that is what it is all about!)

Here we are walking down the path to get to the tunnels......into the woods...

Now imagine my surprise when I turned around and saw one of my BFF"S LACIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!! She was even smirking and I SWEAR I thought I heard her say something about a blender.....so I screamed LACIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! and she didn't turn to me..and I KNEW it wasn't her,because she would have said"Did you see what that one was wearing?and how about the shoes on that one? And she better get her roots touched up".....

She was looking all around at everyone....

And this smooth fox terrier was trying to get to know her but she would have NO part of that....

There were a lot of these kids around..They are a lot of fun..(even though I did sort of snap at one of them when she got a little too close...)

And tons of Lorenza's EVERYWHERE!! WHOA do these kids know how to dig!!! and they are so svelte they shoot right into the tunnels...

OK so my first tunnel was coming up......This is called Introduction to Quarry( quarry being THE RAT ) This is for kids who want to see if they like the chase.I just like to do it.........Check out the scene...

and the judge said I had the FASTEST TIME YET!!! 16 seconds!!( of course I was only the 4th one) "HEY did you kids see my time!!!!"

Look at the pretty color of this kid.......

And check out this baby!! He is an 18th month old smooth foxie who was trying the tunnel for the first time..He couldn't stop dancing( Archie said he has seen him ball room dancing where Archie goes)

So I thought I should sit back and think of my coachs tricks.....

And I did the "pump yourself up" technique that my coach taught me and was READY FOR ACTION

Here I am waiting to be called for the Junior level tunnel......Check out the hard core concentration)

I was trembling so PL2 put me here.....

There it is.......TUNNEL OF RATS......waiting for me......Agatha from Boston.. to once again demonstrate her stealth bomber technique...

OOOhhhhhhhhhhhh.. right behind those orange fences they lie....... in the tunnel...... WAITING FOR ME

AND WE ARE OFF.......................................................to go into the pre waiting area...if you thought I was trembling before....

AND I PASSED AGAIN!!(that mean I have another J?) I was soo soo quiet sneaking up on those rats... and then I dug and barked and dug and barked and dug and barked.......And then the Judge congratulates you and tells your PL to come and praise you and get you out of the tunnel..I wish there was a way to get a movie of that!! HAH!!!! It is not easy to get out of there!!!!(for me because I do not want to go and for PL2 because she is a 100 years old and doesn't bend like she used to) So we flew home to tell PL1 and Archie all about it. Here he is questioning me about various techniques and seeing what worked or didn't because he said when we train for the Senior level we have go raise the bar a little( hoo boy)

Then we both got baths.......and passed out....

And so signing off,your happy stealth bomb Junior Earthdog........

Aggie and her fabulous coach Arch