Sunday May 3rd, 2009
Homer and I share besides a kingsize bed this stay, now also his toy has to come with him, isn't that cute!
We had a goodnights rest and we we're to meet 5:30 to go out for a special breakfast somewhere in the area. After being a bit late, we went out for a lovely breakfast with Chris, Ted and 2 friends of them, Jill and Sharon.
In the afternoon we went for a walk in one of the parks nearby with our 3 dogs, Helen & Jose from Chris and Ted, and ofcourse Homer. The dogs and us enjoyed ourselves and we all had our exercise.
Tomorrow I'll run Homer in his 1st hunttest and the days after he'll be shown by Chris. Also met a lot of new people again, like Judy and Virginia and another very nice lady from who I forgot her name unfortenately. Especially her being so nice to also give me an addition of showsight, which had weimaraner articles in it, where weimaraner breeders and a judge, we're interviewed about our breed.
Today Chris worked Homer and I learned again so incredibly much, I hope to maybe one day get half as good a handler as she is. But I have a very long road to go yet. Never ever in my life expected to handle a dog in the field or show, but I can't ever think of myself doing otherwise the rest of my life anymore. Chris will be handling Helen in the hunttest, we hope we'll be together in a brace, in the hunttest here you allways have to run in braces.
Fingers crossed and I hope to learn a lot, have fun and hope to see a lot of great performance work of the weims.
Saturday May 2nd, 2009.
Finally the moment arrived, Homer and I were getting back to the US.to the nationals...........only the BIG difference this time, we're going as participants ourselves. You can't believe how nervous I was, am and probaly will be all the time. Even though we prepared this trip for a long time already, the last week I was is afraid that I would forget to prepare correctly about the correct papers, injections and health declaration of Homer etc. After just a few ours sleep and almost a divorce Robert drove Homer and myself to the airport. We had a flight from Amsterdam to Chicago, where we change airplanes and Homer could stretch his legs as well. After a while we boarded again for the 2nd part of the trip, to Seattle. Luckely we had no delays and for the 3rd part and last aprt of the trip, we we're so well taking care of again as allways. Chris and Ted came to welcome us and pick us up to drive us to our hotel and nationals area, Olympia WA.
Homer and myself were incredibly happy to see both of them again, besides picking up us, they didn't just had Homer's food ready, also he got a nice, big toy and ofcourse some dogcookies for the night! Just so wonderfully sweet and caring, these things touches ones soul, especially mine.
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