My main purpose for the weekend was to attend our monthly HOPE AACR meeting in Costa Mesa. We stayed in a hotel the first two nights to attend the drill on Saturday and the HOPE meeting on Sunday. Here is a picture of Hope and Nick at the hotel in their tent:
And, kicking back on their bed...
But, here is where they really slept ;-)
But, here is where they really slept ;-)
After the drill was over, we went over to meet up with Nick's brother Najee at his puppy raiser's house for some playtime and dinner. The boys had a great time playing with eachother, it was so cute they would just run back and forth, over and over, with the same toy in their mouth.
Najee and Nick posing for a family picture:
Najee's puppy raiser also has Titian, her first CCI puppy who was released from CCI. From left to right (Titian, Najee, Nick, Hope):
And finally, a little video of the dogs playing that night...
On Sunday, we had a reunion of our HOPE family, it was fun meeting up with several of the teams who Hope and I went through the certification training with last year. I wasn't at a very good angle for this picture as I wanted to be near Hope as she is afraid of Oz, that big black furry Newfie. She finally approached him on this trip, before she would just back up or try to hide behind me. That's her little black head to the right of Oz... :-)
After the meeting, we drove to Oceanside to meet up with my friend who is raising a puppy named Kane, who is Hope's nephew. Kane's dad, Pryde, has the same mom as Hope. Najee and Titian also came for a visit as well so the dogs had a blast playing and swimming.
From left to right: Titian, Najee, Nick, Hope and Kane
And a little video of Hope swimming...
Dogs at play...
What a fun and relaxing weekend. Well, except for the looong drive! We let Hope and Nick get their yah-yah's out with Kane before we left. Nick was able to retrieve whatever toys he wanted out of the toy box :-)
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