What a great day!

I had the best day yesterday. I went and taught one lesson - one of my favorite student/dog combinations. Then I picked Katie Leisey (Junior handler that is working and running Ivy for me) up early and we ate at Sonic. Then I went to Wal-Mart for some needed essentials for Arizona (I still have more shopping to do but at least got a few things done). We then couldn't remember what time our class started! Neither one of us - isn't it weird how a change in your schedule can totally throw you off? Katie is 16 or almost 16 so it isn't an age thing. We drove around the Morgantown area looking for a park because we had an hour and a half before class actually started (I called LuAnn to ask about class time - I felt like a dork).

We found a cute little park along a pretty creek but it wasn't dog friendly. I searched my GPS and found Marsh Creek was about 4 miles from Julie's field. We took Ivy and Gusto for a walk along a beautiful lake. The dogs thought they were there for a swim and kept trying to drag us down to the water; eventually, they realized that was not part of the agenda.

Then we headed back to Julie's. It was a fun adventure and a very nice change in my daily routine. Along the drive, we saw many lovely stone houses and we kept saying - oh, I could live there. It was a fun game of "imagine if you lived there instead."

Gusto was amazing at class. He only dropped one bar, maybe two but was otherwise very good. I also put him over the dreaded broad jump - he did it flawlessly every time. Totally had me bamboozled because he was so horrible just one day prior!! Go figure dogs!

Ended the day at football practice. That didn't go so well for Devin and his defensive line. Oh well, everyone can have a bad day. Gusto had his on Tuesday :)