This week is a trial week for us so it is pretty busy. We are running a lot of set ups each day but they are confidence building set ups. A lot of singles and very few multiples are being thrown. We have four derby dogs that are running this weekend and they are all looking pretty good. It is a fine balance between getting the derby dogs prepared for the trial this weekend and keeping the qualifying dogs in check and tight enough for the preparation of next week's trial. With the big dogs we ran the same set of marks but we added a tough blind to run after the marks.

Kirby is looking pretty good, with the exception of his obedience. Due to the confidence building we are doing with the dogs his head has gotten a little big and he doesn't think we need to work as a team right now. So the next couple of days I will be focusing on keeping him in check and tone him down a bit. I am looking forward to our next trial as I am quite pleased with how Kirby is looking and would really be ecstatic with a Q win or 2nd place finish. This is very important to me as he would be one of only a handful of pointing labs to achieve QAA status and would be a very popular stud dog.