Luke was quite the popular fellow yesterday at the Family Fun Fest, held at the La Crosse Center! Family Dog Center had a booth at the fest and we also participated in a couple of demonstrations.
We got to the center a little after 10 a.m. and I have to say that there's something kind of fun about walking into a normally "no dogs allowed" place with your dog! Luke attracted much attention as we made our way into the hall and many people wanted to stop and pet him.
Our agility demonstration was at 11 a.m. and we just had to laugh at the antics of our dogs. We were doing a relay race in teams of four, but our two "courses" were only about 10' apart due to space restraints on the stage. All of the dogs were extremely distracted and had a hard time focusing on the obstacles in front of them. We did three or four run-throughs and Luke only had one perfect run -- most of the time he wanted to blow past the weaves and go straight to the tunnel. The first time, though, he was running against Belle and he just wanted to run and play with her!!
After our demonstration, Laurie asked Kristi and I if we would mind sitting in our booth with the dogs. Our previously empty booth was soon swarming with people! Luke surprised me and was incredibly social yesterday (you never know with him). He eagerly soaked up the petting and even offered many kisses. All of the activity was draining and by 1:00 or so both Luke & Belle started to crash. The dog center did an obedience demo (Luke was not in that!) around 2:00 and we left shortly thereafter.
I did chores at the barn last night and brought Luke along, even though he should have stayed home and taken a nap after his full day. I don't know where he finds the energy, but he went completely nuts the entire time we were there. Even as we were leaving, he still had it in him to get a case of the zoomies (quite entertaining on the icy ground!).
We were only home long enough for Luke to eat his dinner before leaving for the laundromat so that I could wash my comforter (that started smelling like a DOG now that Luke gets to sleep on the bed!). The laundromat has this great dog wash attached to it, so I took advantage of that and took Luke in for a bath while the laundry was running. I can't even remember the last time he got a bath, but it's been a long time! I really need to try to get him in more often because he is SO beautiful and shiney today! Everyone is remarking on how nice he looks and feels.
Tomorrow we have an appointment with Dr. Schilling, as we have an agility trial in La Crosse this weekend. I'm really crossing my fingers for a clean run in touch-n-go, jumpers & weavers so that we can move up to Elite for Crystal Lake!