DGB's "Go Ballistic" NAFA tournament (Carp curling rink)

Lucy and Sammy raced on an open team with speedy little bc Maxi and the reliable veteran Idgie who set the jump height at 8" for us. For most of the tournament the lineup was Sammy, Lucy, Maxi, Idgie. Jasmine made her tournament debut as warmup dog and did great with her recalls.

Lucy not only ran the whole tournament clean (except for a few hot passes, my fault), but for the first time ever she didn't bobble a single ball, 32 heats over the course of the tournament. Yay!

When she passed into Sammy, releasing her at 36-37 was avoiding hot passes but I'm not sure how tight the passes were or weren't.

When she did starts (last two races on Sunday), I released her on the last yellow at about 26 feet. Whenever she does starts again I'd like to try backing her up and starting on the second yellow. It was kind of funny, kind of annoying, that when she was moved to starts, she kept leaning to the left while waiting to be released, since she was so used to leaning to the left to move into the lane after Sammy flew past her.

Here's a photo taken at last weekend's tournament. Is it just me, or does she vaguely resemble a kangaroo in this pose?

Oh and I boxloaded one race for another team. It was fun and neat to see a different perspective on the dogs.