Nothing like being chased by terrorizing dogs!

Octane boots around the yard, ears flailing with his lightning speed (or lack of coordination?) before a run:


I was trying Ivy in lead with Ripper here. Ripper is such a tool at hookup, his turning around always gets him tangled with the other leader if I use a neckline. Turns out Ivy is REALLY GOOD at keeping things together during hookup. She impressed the heck out of me.

Looks like they're both equally nuts though! That's Octane and white Rupert in behind.

The ever-popular, Kate (Sue's favourite?:)) raring to go.

Look at her leaping! Those front feet are both off the ground. Not bad for a 14yr old geezer! Loki and Sage are in wheel. I like to alternate wheel dogs, but it seems I always have those two in wheel when I post. Hmm... well, follow along, Loki didn't stay there for long...

Here we get off to a nice start on a short run. It was a pretty warm day.

Ivy was doing a great job - you can see her on the left in lead. Until... a LEAF (a leaf! Seriously?) blew across the road. Well, Ivy's spidey-senses started tingling and she HAD to chase!! She zoomed into the ditch chasing the... LEAF... and, well, let's just say she stopped, but the rest of the team kept going, and Ivy went for a little roll in the ditch. She got dragged a wee bit, and actually looked a bit shocked at the whole episode - as if to say "how did THAT happen?!?"

She was ok and she promptly got up, shook it off and was ready to go again. But later she lacked a bit of confidence in lead so I put Loki up there. He did amazingly well. Not 5 minutes later, we had a pitbull-x (and a very large dog) come screaming out of a driveway with owners YELLING their heads off at him frantically. Now, I'm normally not one to get scared or intimidated by any dog, especially one coming after my team - but the way the owners were yelling, I could tell this dog was bad news. However, I was already standing up on the 4-wheeler ready to lock the brakes and go after that dog - rational thought pushed way in the back of my mind. You don't mess with my pseudo-sleddogs!

I have gone by this place before lots, and chased by a different dog, who never came too close. But this thing came within about 10 feet of us. And my SUPER little leaders ran right by without even so much as batting an eye at this dog or the screeching owners. Loki and Ripper earned their frozen fish snacks after that run!! I can't say the same for Rupert - who was ready along with me to "protect the team" - as was Sage. He almost ran over Ivy trying to get to the dog. But those leaders and the rest of the team kept us going right by. Whew!!

Turns out, that dog has been a problem as it has chased and even bit another neighbour as she jogged by. Nasty, and even worse is that the owners know exactly what the dog is like, yet still let it roam free!! Unbelievable.


So we hit the beach after the chaos. That's Ivy and Sage in wheel, Kate lying in the water in front, Octane and Rupert are on the right at the front, and Ripper is on the left, beside the water-loving, semi-submerged, Loki.

Ready to go again guys?!?!




"Yeah! Let's go kick that dog's butt!! We missed him the first time around!"