By George I think she's got it!

Well, I sure the heck didn't expect this soo soon.

Went racing this weekend, first race meet since 6/16-6/20, almost 7 wks of dealing with oppressive(for our area!) heat that resulted in a herd of normally athletic Borzoi turning into giant shag slugs, except for the young and the stupid who's brains don't engage. Loaded the car up with 5 girls, the ez-up, a cooler and water for the Dogs, and headed out on what started out as one of the nicest mornings in a long time!

I'd been working with Ms Tip on behaving after the finish line with the power of CHEESE!!! She is oh so very food oriented, and it seemed to've worked, as this weekend she would trot a circle around me then come in for cheese. No panic attacks cuz she headed for the Jersey shores, nada! She did pull up on Saturday and slowly galloped across the line, not sure if she was anticipating the cheese.**

There was some nice racing, with one of Gossip's top peers coming on Saturday, unfortunately there was some strange ass racing too LOL First race First beat Gossip & Mrs Peel. . usually First can't TOUCH either one of them. WTH? Second race Gossip came back and beat First, MRs peel was in the cofeature and won that one. Last race, it was Gossip, Mrs Peel and First pulled up and came off the field, owie. . .slightly slipped pad. . not as bad as one of the other girls that came with Mrs Peel, but enough for her to go NOPE!!!

Ziva-doll made my weekend. She is not pleased with the box, but if people tell her too bad, she'll go ok, here I go. . from what I was told, she's got the box breaking down pat and solid, much like her papa, who even at almost 8, usually gets the break on EVERYONE he's with. She was not bothered by the wailing and screaming of Leans, who can scare a dog She moved into High Point after the first race, poor thing, and got her butt promptly trounced. . ended up placing 4th out of 9 for another point. Gossip won the meet, for 3 more points towards her SGRCV.

Sunday, left Ms First home and brought Jenny for her first meet, to the unhappy howls from her daddy, her cousin Carrot, her uncle Eros, her brother LOL All who wanted to go with us.

A little warmer, but not intolerable with the wonderful access to onsite water.

First race was Tipperary & Jenny, who's still learning how to break and is 2 months out of season. . .so running like a slug! But she ran well. Then it was high point Borzoi. . and across the line. . it's Ziva? Yes, my little brindle child beat my not so fluffy white one. . .check Gossip over, make sure there's no owie, don't see anything obvious, put them up.

Second race, it's Reba & Jenny, with Reba winning that race. And then it's. . Ziva again, with Gossip on her shoulder. . to be overjoyed or sad to see the passing of the guard, not sure. . .my friend said "remember, if you'd bred Gossip, she'd've only had those puppies 4 wks ago" OK, maybe that's it.

Last race, Tip slowed down for some reason and Jenny passed her, which tickled me pink, clean running by the newb! And then HP Borzoi all slowed down, still galloping, just not as hard, WTF? Gossip won that race. . walked them out, hosed Gossip down, and she's standing odd in the rear. . walk ehr out, and yep, a slightly not quite there gimp. . she got loaded into Uncle Jim's AC'd car, to sprawl out in luxury and head home.

Ziva won the meet. . was it luck, or is she faster and Gossip's slowing down? We'll know in a month or so. . .Tho Gossip will turn 6 in a month. I was very pleased with my little brindle monster. . as well as her dark sister. Ziva's now got 8.5 points towards her GRC, and Jenny picked up her first point. .well half a point, she tied with Tip. LOL.

Seeing a way a competitor in another breed has treated dogs belonging to her peers in that breed, i'm so happy that I have such great friends willing to take my youngsters to the box, be firm but not abusive with them. Everyone has made it enjoyable for them. And taht's made a big difference!

Saturday is another show for Bella-Boo, then Sunday if I'm up to it, Ziva's going coursing!!!! Can't wait to get her there and on the oval track next month! :)

All and all, a great weekend!

**I later gave Gossip a bath to try and knock out as much of the blowing coat as I could, and when she ran in the front field to dry off, she came up lame and with a bloody foot. She must've started running her pad off and tried to compensate for it at racing, and the bath soften it enough to tear it off. This fall shall be interesting on the racing field, to say the least!