Today was the Spring Fun Day at the Westford 4-H fairgrounds. Hosted by our very own Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Nashoba Valley. We arrived quite early and had a very busy morning. Riley helped me greet everyone at the registration table for the first part of the morning. And then at 10am we were off to the Berner Olympics! We took third at the first event, the water relays. Riley and I had to jump over 10 hurdles as fast as we could and not spill any water. I take the responsibility for spilling the water. Riley had nothing to do with that. The next event was the obstacle course.Run across the field, weave through 10 weave poles, jump over a hurdle, through the narrows, and figure eight around the barrels. Third place again. Then there was musical hoops. Six of us pairs danced around 5 hoola hoops while the music played. When the music stopped, we all scrambled to get our dogs to sit in the hoops. Riley did a superb job and we made it to the final round. But Riley, being the gentleman that he is, would not push the young Berner gal out of the hoop when the music stopped (as much as I tried to convince him). Thus, he gave up the prize to the pretty gal and happily sat outside the hoop as she received her first place prize.
The best event by far was bobbing for hot dogs. In the first heat, Riley took out two contestants, tying for first place in his heat. We sat around watching the next two heats and the dogs were hilarious. Some of them were happy just to lap up the hot-dog flavored water, completely oblivious to the floating hot dogs. In the final elimination round, Riley was tired and full by now and wasn't all that interested in slobbery water with a few chunks of hot dog left in it. He put in an effort but came in 3rd place. But hey! We still got to eat hot dogs!
After the fun activities, I spent some time catching up with friends, ate some yummy lunch prepared by the Keck crew, watched the rescue parade, and soon after, we headed out, both tired but happy. Having fun is exhausting!
Check out other bloggers' accounts of the Fun Day!
SongBird's Beloved and Blessed
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Brian's blog
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3 comments:
So, you're part of the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Nashoba Valley? I brought my family to the Spring Fun Day and had a great time:
http://bloggingwestford.blogspot.com/2006/05/after-berners.html
Congrats on a great event. Perhaps I saw you and your dog!
What great pictures you posted! Is your family looking to add a Berner Buddy of your own to your household? Sorry I didn't get to meet your family on Sunday. There were so many things to do and so many people! Perhaps we'll see you at future events
Thanks, Alegna! Yes, we're seriously considering adding a Berner to our household. This event was great for learning more about them. We already knew they were beautiful, fluffy, and friendly, but we were still on the fence about the extensive needs to brush/vacuum.
We are still thinking about a few of the other issues we learned on Sunday, including the terribly short lifespan of the breed (7 years, on average). We haven't counted them out yet, but we're just not sure. Perhaps we just need to attend a few more events like this one. :-)
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