Mia earns her Open Agility Jumpers Title!

I am thrilled to announce Mia earned her 3rd OAJ (open agility jumpers leg) and OAJ title with a first place at the Charlotte Dog Training Club Agility Trial in Concord, NC.  She also earned her first excellent jumpers leg with a first place!  We came very close to qualifying on our other runs but Miss Mia is really fast and her handler (me) had some errors that pulled her off jumps.  At the excellent level, no mistakes are allowed which can be difficult when running a fast dog with a lot of drive.  I have to cue Mia right on time: a second too early, and I pull her off course; a second too late and she's off to run her own course :)  Even though we had some mistakes, we also had a ton of fun and I can't wait to do it again!  Pictures below are all from Phyllis Ensley Photography.

Happy 5th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mia!

"I can run pretty fast, ya know"

Hard to believe my special girl is already 5 years old!  I love having her in my life and look forward to many more years together.

February Beach Day

We've had a fairly cold winter thus far so when I saw temperatures were going to be in the 60's this weekend, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take Mia to one of our favorite places - the beach!!  Ahhh...vitamin D therapy :)

Snow??? In Wilmington???

Yup, even on the southeastern coast of North Carolina, we still get snow every now and then.  We've had a couple of bad winter storms this year that resulted in mostly ice - not fun at all.  During the lastest storm, we lost power for several days - and it was cold!  Fortunately, Mia works as my own personal electric blanket so we stayed warm at night.

Look closely - there's a weimaraner in there somewhere ;)

Merry Christmas!

We hope you've had a wonderful holiday!  We sure did! :)

Santa Paws was very good to Mia.  After all, she was a very good girl this year.

Time for a romp in the yard

All of this celebrating just wears the princess out :)

Happy Halloween!

Mia earns her 2nd JHR leg

Beyond thrilled that Mia earned her 2nd JHR (junior hunter retriever) leg today at the Lumber River Retrieving Club Hunt Test is Rose Hill, NC!  Love this girl and how hard she works :)