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    Dry Lake SDT 2013.  It was a quick trip up to Tule Lake and back.  It was great to run 3 dogs in PN in the Wheel-of-Fortune of weather.      The field is scopey.  The yearling range ewes are solid, good, and challenging.  I was excited to see where we were compared to a year ago.  This was the first big trial we had ever entered.      Visually, the field seemed smaller than last year.  I think that may be a result of the fact that my perception is expanding.      Ben had a family reunion.  Five Peg x Riggs brothers were all entered in the trial, either at Open or PN levels.  Ben wasn't voted Most Talented or Best Looking.... but regardless he is my favorite!      Tic ran early in quite a gael.   It was a solid run for us overall.  It took me awhile to team up with him via whistles.  Narrow outrun, and drifted offline a bit on fetch.  There was a lot of tension in the tight post/judge table-pop up turn (one pop up nearly blew over as we made the turn). Drive away we

Practice

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     So I love the 49ers.  I used to be a true fanatic, and have since entered into fan-atic recovery.  I love love love Joe Montana.  I love Steve Young.  I kinda like Colin Kaepernick.  Joe Montana may not have had the pure power and athletic-prowess as Young or Kaep, but he was a true champion.  He was all that a NFL quarterback should be.  Truly a hero.      I think young Colin Kaepernick has potential.  Physically he is a force to be reckoned with.  He is young.  A rookie.  Not a lot of touch.  No touch really.  His sight and feel is narrow.  Powerful.     Steve Young, on the other hand, was extremely smart.  Maybe just a little bit more of a physical threat than Joe in his arm, but not so much in the mobility department.      Ronnie Lott.  The best.  Crushed his pinkie finger just before a play-off game.  His choice; miss game or amputate finger.  He played.  To me that was hard-core and super cool.      In a nut shell the reason I admired Montana is that he beca

Axioms

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It is just a difficult as you want to make it. It is easier to do anything if you have the right equipment. Practice harder than you have to compete. Make realistic goals. Do not make things more complicated than they need to be. Don't get caught up in the sentimentality.       Over the past ~6 months, I have revisited, and have been reminded by open-handlers  some of the 'unwritten rules' of sports in general, life, and sheep dogging.  Axioms that maybe I had known at one point in my life and had forgotten, that may be still pertinent today.      Don't have the ego that you can fix everything.  Don't be the little league parent and push too hard.  Keep it fun.  Don't over think EVERYTHING.