tucknjill

Welcome home! My only question..did you puke at the post? If not, well hey, things could have been worse huh?

Terry, I am thrilled beyond words for you, Scott and Mick!!!! (and it takes alot to get me beyond words!) Now we have lots to celebrate when you come east, WA FRIGGING WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I just got it off sheepdog List so I am basically caught up and talked to a few people and filled in the holes...God this sux, I wish I was there..sigh, course the bright side is, I am not four days from home! That is super about Mick, Terry must be over the moon!

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Why the heck cant I get OPen results???? They still wont post for me, did the whole refresh thing and still nothing...arghhhhh

Ahhhh My HERO!

Yes, indeed, a very long week...I hope your dog is OK, what a heartbreaker...

I simply dont want to talk about it..sigh...I was feeling very sorry for myself till I saw that Laura's dog had broken his foot, that really put my pitty part into perspective..I am so sorry laura!

That sounds great Becca! Did you enter the Novice day for this trial? We still have room and Seclusival entries open tomorrow....Anyway, just let me know when you get a free day and we will catch up. Glad you like Cord, he was a real sweetie.

Oh my, I didnt see this till just now...FRED SAYS KNOCK EM DEAD JODY...Sam says, hey mark, dont puke on the post, its bad form man!

Exactly Mark! Just poke anything you put on your plate Marylin, if it doenst growl, bite or snap you will be fine!

Ummmm well he didnt kill it when he went by, swerved to avoid it so he could back up and get it..does that count?

Its not the turtle eating that is a prerequisite, but rather the actual "gutting out" of the turtle...then you can call yourself a handler..Of what we dont know, but a handler none the less... I just dont get why everyone thought (or maybe just andrea) thought that it was so funny that I had "gutted out" a turtle..whats a good southern gal to do anyway...? Thems good eatin!

Darwinism at its finest eh? A, believe it or not, we ate the turtle yesterday when steve's mom came over...(she wouldnt touch it, but I thought it tasted like chicken) We also ate my four baby bunnies that my darling husband dispatched while I was in Canada..Now that, that was GOOODDDDD EATIN! Yum Yum! I have my own personal supply of KF"B" right in my back yard...happy sam! Yes Kris, I must appologize too...bad bad people hijacking your thread this way..I did look for that article and I cant find it sorry!

Well a little birdy has given me info, they say the key to getting the bucket boy to commute is the promise of firearms, large ones...and shooting things...Should I be scared? Perhapse....Best I can offer is a 38 and a shotgun, dont know if that qualifies as big or lots, but hey I am willing to put it on the table! Whatcha got Andrea?

Oh come on Weenie..the trials start Oct 13 and run thru Oct 22nd I believe..You will have a blast, guaranteed...Andrea has asked nicely..what more can you ask for? And you say 2000 miles like that is a long way or something..sheesh, wheres a little motivation for petes sakes...whah whah whah.

Hell, I am hoping he loans me a dog..all these years waiting for the finals to come east and it looks like I will have one 3yr old open dog..if I duck take my nursery dogs mouth shut I MIGHT squeek him in and that is all I have...guess it wasnt the most insightful thinking to sell all my dogs in Canada, but hey what can you do?

Hey didnt I hear some story about Charlie and a guard dog, what was that??? I remember it was damn funny and I had it on my to do list to raz him about it, and now I have forgotten...I am even failing to remember who told me...but ah wait, I think I remember..a small phone call may be in order..but yes, BB has a standing invitation to come here, though I dont think he would be up for the handlers after hours party..what do you think? Should we hang him out to dry with Alice? That way I could be nice and let Alice take care of my light work! (we really do have an off the charts good time around here most years!)

Well I dunno there CGT, what makes you think it would be worth the trip???? Truth be told, I am yellow, plumb chicken! All I am saddled with right now is a red dog and one called buff...figured my odds werent too good...putting all my hopes on Penn..maybe by then you will get motivated and come east...till then I will just store up all my mega smart one liners, I know you are just quaking in fear.

Let me see if I can find it for you.

Hehehehehe Tell Ole Danny Boy I said HI! He is a super nice guy, I worked his Tip for awhile if he has forgotten who I am. Hey Charlie Wonder, have you truely seen the light???? I feel I should break into a song or something. When are you coming east you big chicken???? I am starting to think the legendary bucket boy is like the headless horseman on bigfoot or something...is bucket boy or Charlie Torre a pen name or something? As far as started dogs go, beware the dog trader in sheeps clothing or something like that...there was a good purdy and ruff article in American border collie mag awhile back that dealt with that very subject... How true it is! If you didnt get to read it let me know and I will print it here.

Yeah, I didnt win much since you were taking it all you sorry skunk! Honestly though, your dogs did super, maybe I can sign up for a penning clinic?

That was my boy, what a great shot you got of him! I love your quote in your sig line btw, very very good! Oh and if ANYONE comes on here saying Robin and I wimped out on the party at Grass Creek or if they say we were in bed by 9 oclock on Saturday night, it is an out and out lie! it was 8:45!

That is Fred! the next is Marilyn and the last lady in the black jeans and black and white top is Cheryl Jagger and her lovely dog Spot..she did a fantastic job in the double lift! I do love that shot of Fred!!!! Thank you!

I will learn eventually..I just didnt have room for it under my bunk, what with all that fertilizer and blasting caps!

Nancy O, well it was Orange.... Ok so now on to my funny story...My GOOD friend Nancy O plops her butt down beside me in the chair and we are talking about how fun the sheep are and I mention that I want another chance to pen, that I hadnt go it yet...welll my good friend Nancy all but stands up and SCREAMS "ALL WEEKEND???? YOU HAVENT GOT IT ALL WEEKEND????" Well, I kind of avert my eyes, sigh and admit that no, I havent got it all weekend...this followed by a lot of giggles from Nancy...Now play that exact same senerio out about three more times with different handlers all with the same result...more big sighs.... Now picture me humming along, driving home and coming to the border crossing...pulling in, slightly nervous hoping they dont deley my trip..Hellooooo Mr. border guy how are you today? "Hello Miss, been here for the sheepdog trials?" Why yes Sir I have! Wow, he says, I have watched that on PBS, it is absolutely fascinating! Guiltily I look around, surely there are no fellow sheepdoggers around to see this shameless brag...and I reach beside me (of course it is on the seat beside me!) and I pull the Big Silver cup out (yes I am eating candy out of it on the way home!) And I say "See what my little dog won, he did pretty good I am so proud of him!" and he says........ "WOW! You must have gotten the sheep in the pen, just like they did on PBS"....