Great news from the Hidden Acres South kennels the past couple of weeks. We have put a dog on the derby list! Doc, our Golden Retriever received a 2nd place and a 3rd place last weekend and made the national derby list. It requires 10 points to make the derby list and Doc now has 13 points. We are having a great winter trip with the derby dogs. Doc is on the list, and the 3 others are all within 2 points of making it! Ice has 9 points and has one more week before she ages out of derbies so hopefully she can pick up that last point this weekend and make our second dog on the list. Clyde has 8 points and ages out in late August. Finally, Larry, has 8 points and ages out in May. This would be a HUGE accomplishment for us to go 4 for 4 with these derby dogs all making the list. Making the derby list with one dog is extremely difficult, and being this close with 4 is an extremely big accomplishment. We are just starting another young dog running derbies too. Eli, he is just barely over a year old so he has a long time to compete yet (can not be over 2 years old to run derbies).

I took a week of some much needed R&R this week and flew back to Minnesota to see my family and friends. This was much needed and will definitely give me a second wind to finish off our winter trip strong, both mentally, and physically.