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We hadn't been to McKinney in a very long time. Shared the ride and hotel room with Ragni and the Weiner Brigade. Shane had to share his back seat with three weiners. Ragni had belted them in on one side of the seat and I put Shane on the other side. About half way to Dallas I heard heavy sighs and some squeaky noise coming from the back seat. Shane had moved to his usual spot in the center of the seat and was squeezing the wieners. What a sight! We stopped and freed everyone so they could move around. Why can't they talk?

We got to Allen in time to have a nice dinner and shop a little at the Outlet mall. Back at the hotel, Shane and the weiners played a little. It was so nice to see Shane interact with other dogs in a positive way. Added to my guilt of keeping him as an only dog for a while.

Ragni is in Excellent and I'm in Novice, so we had a very long day. I worked in the Excellent Jumpers ring so I got to watch some pretty incredible runs. Some people I had seen at AKC Nationals the week before. Aren't they pooped?

Arrived at the arena at 7 am and finally got to run around 1 pm. Shane knocked bars in both runs, but had a great time. Got some good advice, which I implemented on Sunday and he did much better. Apparently, his ring stress is increased when I try to run ahead of him, so I stayed with him on Sunday. In the Standard runs both days, the second obstacle was the dog walk, so Shane knocked the first jump in his rush to get to one of his favorite obstacles. We did get a fabulous table performance. Much improvement, but we still have to work on jumping skills.

He was the third fastest of all the Novice dogs at all heights in JWW on Sunday. He knocked only the double jump. The rest of the run was flawless. I am so proud of him.