Swamp Vision

Today we went to Dianne's house for the long awaited visor decorating. We sat there talking for almost 2 hours before we ever got started. Our time management skills are seriously lacking. As usual, we had a great time and everyone's visors look fantastic.

Pirate Invation at IPOC

This tournament certainly had it's ups and downs. We did really well on Saturday. We ran with Tico from Waverunners and Flash from PCP. We got lots of 25 point runs and finally moved up one spot in our division, coming in 5th out of 6 teams. Sunday, however, was a complete mess. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our line up fell apart and we had to try and pick up the pieces. This was the closest we have ever come to not being able to finish all of our races. But we pulled together as a team and made it through to the end. The last race of the day on Sunday was the highlight of the entire weekend. We ran Coder as the start dog. This is a very difficult position. Coder is a totally green dog and Deanna has no experience with the lights. Yet the two of them were able to pull it off and we finished 2 of the 4 heats. It was a great finish to a really stressful day.
Titles:
Nybble - FDCH
Coder - FDX
Sassy - FDX

Deland Tournament

Swamp Dogs rocked Deland coming in last place BOTH days in open division. GO TEAM! Even though our placement was the same, we made a huge improvement over last time. This time we made several 25 point runs. We successfully debuted 3 very green dogs. Coder and Sassy were able to run races and Angie is almost there. Our crating area was beautifully decorated and the talk of the entire building. We had people stopping by to look at it like it was some kind of tourist attraction.

Titles:

Xena - FDCH Silver

Nybble - FDX

Sassy - FD

Coder - FD

IPOC Practice

Tonight we went to Lakeland for our last practice before the tournament. All the dogs rocked! They were all able to practice beside the FAX dogs with no lane crossing issues. We are ready for Deland.