Our theme wine – 2 whites (2 white girls) and 3 reds (3 red dogs.). Please notice the names: Mon Ami (My friend – you know for woMan’s best friend?) Covey Run (can’t have Vizslas and pass up a wine with quail on it!) The Show (another obvious one — we are at *THE* National Specialty Show) Karma (nuf said) and Menage a Trois (for our 3 some of V’s of course!)
We have arrived — and a picture of wine is very fitting for this post! It was a two day — 22 hour drive when all was said and done. The dogs were such angels. We did try to stop every 3 hours or so to give them a chance at a run, but still, it was a very long time in the car for all of us.
Friday night our caravan — Heather & Jenny (with Karma, Indy, & Gunner) in one car, and Ginger (with Aja, Savannah, & Ila) in the other, rolled into East Omaha just in time to grab a pizza (and a pizza cookie) and hit the sack. Saturday we finished up our drive and arrived at our home for the week around 10:00 at night.
Heather and Jenny had NO idea how great this house was when we booked it! It is literally right on Lake Erie. This morning we were treated to quite the view! A beautiful lawn dead ending into an enormous body of water — doesn’t get much better 🙂
After soaking in a few moments of the gorgeous view, we packed up and headed to North Olmstead. Today was an agility day! And even though it was a “No Q” day for either of us, we had a blast. On a personal note, Karma has been in heat and finished her heat cycle in the “TA-DA Nick-o’-Time!” Seriously. It was a very close call. And as always happens, when Karma is in heat, we have to separate the family. So Marc has had Indy and Schmav at the house, and then Karma and Jenny have been staying in the spare condo. This also means no access to weaves. No bueno. BUT, Karma did pretty well considering she and Jenny are a little out of sync.
So as mentioned, no Q’s today, but we got all the cobwebs off after a two day road trip with limited exercise. Tomorrow is the official start to the 2012 Vizsla Club of America National Events, and we are AMPED! Tomorrow is Rally for all three dogs, Agility for Karma & Gunner, and Conformation for Indy. Should be fun!
Below are some pictures from some of our exercise breaks — Gunner, Aja, Indy, Savannah, and Ila!