PACH Porter! - Video Proof!

Thank you for the awesome cinematography, Jodi! You knew exactly what I would want on video to remember  :)

Wordless Wednesday - Party!

 

 

Watch Out Pennsylvania, Here Comes "Stumps of Fury!"

Tomorrow morning, at the a$$-crack of dawn, Megan & I load up the corgis for our trip to the AKC National Agility Championships!

Yep, the gang is back together!

Our journey will be well documented on social media (wish me well on this front!). You can find us here:

• My Facebook
• Porter's Twitter: @PorterTheCorgi
• Porter's Instagram: PorterTheCorgi
• Porter's YouTube Channel: merinda76
• And, of course, our blog  :)  Although it may be the last to be updated... I've not had much success blogging on my iPad  :(

Ok, I think I covered all Porter's personal social media updating stuff...  :)

For other updates during the event, check these links out:

• Live-stream video link is here! (I will post our schedule tomorrow)
• For all the latest news from the AKC at the event: AKC National Agility Championship Facebook Page 
• The regular AKC website (course maps, full results)
• Watch for #TeamDailyCorgi updates on The Daily Corgi
• Dally's blog: Agility on Stumps
• Dally's Twitter: @TheStumpKids
• Megan's blog
• Our Cardigan cohorts are also on #TeamDailyCorgi: Taryn & Jimmy

2013 Nationals

Want to know what you're in for? Our adventures from last year are recorded for eternity on the blog here  :)

The whole Small Dog Posse: Nationals Edition is returning!

More Photos From the Canine Olympics

 Just a little bit more from the Canine Olympics  :)

While we did debut our costumes in the contest, we did not win  :(

See that little lion/tiger thing behind us? It won.

It seems that John was correct, I didn't quite gauge my target audience correctly. Or maybe I should say, the judges were not in my target audience range  :)  All the teenagers there loved them. But the judges were... confused.

I had taken a photo of Miley Cyrus & Robin Thicke at the VMA's, just in case. Yep, still confused  :)

Oh well. Even if the weird little tie-dyed lion / tiger hybrid won, my friends came in 2nd & 3rd:

The Duck (Tolling) Dynasty member & a (Swedish) Minion!

Poor Mesa...  :)

And our friend Jodi with Maya & Dezi also won in another costume division:

The 3 amigos

Derby Day Dog Racing

Saturday morning, before the Derby, I had to monitor the agility practice field. I also had to dog-sit the Stump Kids as both their parents were working the Derby.

So I loaded up the whole gang plenty early so they would have time to run & play before students started showing up.

Stout & Mesa ended up playing their own version of the Kentucky Derby...

Stout: *poke* *poke* "Wanna race, Mesa?"

Mesa: "No thank you."

 

Stout: "Come on! You know you want to!"

Mesa: "I said NO! Leave me alone! I'm outta here."

Stout: "Fine. I'll just hump you then."

 

Apparently that was what she needed to hear...  And they're off!

 

After the race, they settled down to rest for awhile.

 

Dally and Porter skipped the racing and went straight to resting.

And a little bit of napping.

Then it was time to lock up the hooligans so we could start agility.

Happy Birthday, Dezi!

On Friday night, the Brews Brothers attended the birthday party of their favorite Portuguese Podengo Potato, Dezi!

A cake from the Bluegrass Barkery!

The birthday girl: Dezi!

This wasn't just any ordinary party, there were plenty of fun & games!

Game 1: Chase the Podengo

Followed by Game 2: Smash the Podengo!

Resting between games...

Some more guests show up: The Stump Kids!

Game 3: Chase the Swede!

It really was an International Affair  :) Welsh, Swedish, Portuguese...

The Valllhund prepares to strike back!

After we (the adults) had eaten our supper, it was time for the best game of all: The Weenie Bob! We have to get them in fighting form for the Terrier Trial in 2 weeks  :)

Weenies? We're ready!

The first weenies didn't have a chance - 

the pro's grabbed them before anyone else even saw them drop...

So the cardigans (& Lili) were pulled aside so others could participate :)

Mesa caught on...

Dally & Maya? Not so much...

So we sent in the clean-up crew to remove any stray weenies :)

Finally we ended the night with hats & cake!

The birthday girl

What a good girl! She didn't even nibble!

Ok, she nibbled some  :)

She wasn't about to let Porter have a nibble though!

At the end of the night we left her napping in the recliner.

A great party will wear you out!

AKC Nationals: Small Dog Posse

Porter & I attended the AKC Nationals with the bulk of the Small Dog Posse - a nickname we've given our group over the years. In a sea of large agility dogs, us small dog handlers need to stick together  :)

 

Here are some photos that Marty was gracious enough to take of us. Trust me, we were quite the spectacle...

Camille (t-shirt designer) with James Brown & MACH Gus, Libba with MACH Molly, Megan with PACH Dally, Me & Porter, and Melanie with Eli

Eli was ready to be done with all this posing...

 

The guy on the bench was not impressed...

MACH Gussy could not be trusted to not run away, so Camille had to hide behind the wall holding onto his leash  :)

 

Random people were standing behind us, also taking a photo of this.

Like I said, we were quite a spectacle...

Eli is once again growing impatient...

I totally ruined the photo by not having my number on...