USDAA NE Regionals and a trip to Roeys

This weekend we stayed at Roey's (my sister) house and attended the 2007 USDAA NE Regional. It went pretty well. The weather really cooperated, it was a little hot on Friday, but we have definitely been stuck in worse. Sassy was the only dog running this weekend. She did pretty well in her regular classes, but on Saturday she didn't make the cut for the Performance Speed Jumping regional qualifier. Sunday was Round 1 of the Performance National Standard regional qualifier. Sassy qualified in that run which meant she moved onto round 2 on Monday. She got a qualifying run there also, but they only take the the top half of all the dogs entered at that height. There were 19 16" dogs entered. Of the 16 that qualified, Sassy was 13th. Since they only took the top 10 qualifiers, she was cut out. There is still another regional in reasonable distance, but we haven't decided if we are going yet. It's not a total loss. Since she qualified on Sunday in round 1 she earned another important point towards her lifetime titles. Roey, Gene (her husband) and Jane (my niece) came to see it on Sunday and Roey took a bunch of pictures. When I get them arranged into an album, I'll post a link.

Staying at Roey's house was great. I haven't seen her, Gene and Jane in a long time and the kids loved visiting with their cousin Argus. It's nice to have an actual house to unwind in after a long day instead of the trailer or a hotel room. Unfortunately Zach (my nephew) was in Michigan visiting with his girlfriends family. Hopefully I'll see him soon. He just graduated High School and is heading to Buffalo in the fall for college. Gene is selling his house just down the block from the house they have (after getting married they decided to stay in Roey's house since it had more room). If you are thinking of moving to Oswego, check it out.

Well, it's july 4th and I used the holiday so I could stay in NY an extra day, so I guess I had better get to work.