Random excitement

Last night when I came home from agility, there were two police cars with flashing lights on the main road by my house - one on the corner where I turn, and another further down. Soon there was a helicopter overhead, lighting up our yard with a spotlight. One of my co-workers has a daughter who works for the local police, so I told her about it today. She found out that a repo guy was trying to repo a car and the owner took off, almost dragging the repo guy with him. The cops were trying to find him - and finally did, at his house. Nice to have contacts who can tell you these things...

Agility was great. Bravo was clearly glad to be back after a month off. And he was really good. Frankly, he was pretty much the best of all the dogs. And we were the only team who tried the off-side weaves from the very first. See, the dog always has to enter the weave poles with the first pole on their left. This seems to be easier for most handler-dog combos if the handler has the dog on the left. If the handler has the weave poles and dog on the right at entry, it's off-side. The handler has to decide which side to use based on the best path to the other obstacles. In the course last night, choosing off-side weaves gave the handler the shortest distance to travel. Which is best for us since Bravo is so fast - gives me a little more time. Bravo did miss the entry slightly - he kept making his first entry at the second pole instead of the first - but still better than many of the others who made the "easier" on-side approach. All in all, I was quite proud. And really happy to be out for something other than work. Glad to be feeling mostly better!

Fortune cookie of the day:
Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind.