Simply The Best!!!

For once, I'm not talking about myself.

I'm referring to Mango and all his Group Judges who put so much time and effort into making Mango Minster 2010 the event of the season. Such excitement, such camaraderie and such generosity with the wonderful prizes.

And let's give some high five paws to Niamh's mom for sponsoring the Train Your Dog Photo Contest. What a wonderful idea and one that encourages excellence and team spirit.

Finally, a shout out to all 2,500 Westminster competitors. My pal Airley won Best of Breed for border collies for the third year in a row! That's like the trifecta, dude. You looked really cool in the ring, too...just gettin' it done like a pro. We love the doberman's performance in the final showdown—actually we really loved the handler.

But my heart went out to Sexy Sadie, the winning Best in Show Scottie.

I just have to wonder how our puppies would look.

Snowpocalypse

I'm sure by now all my friends around the U.S. and maybe even the world at large have heard about the humongous amount of snow that is hammering my 'hood. Yep, the Nation's Capitol— Washington, DC—is gettin' blizzarded with a predicted 30" of powdery white stuff.

The locals are calling this Snowmagegddon, Blizz-kreig, Snowtorious B.I.G. and my favorite, Snowpocalypse.

It all started yesterday morning. It's mid-afternoon and it's still coming down! Whoopeee for me, cause you all know I love to swim. In fact, my Herding Group entry picture in the awesome Mango Minster contest shows me dock diving on a lovely summer day.

We're months away from even thinking about a swim. But I took one look outside, put on my thinking cap and invented a new sport—snow swimming!

Watch the fun I had at 8 am and see for yourself how much white stuff has blanketed my world. Oh, and that's my long-time girlfriend Caña who came down the street to play.

Like me, she likes it rough!

Bigger Than Big!

Bow WOW, y'all!

Ms. Alpha just informed moi that OC zeroed in on my name and chose me for the Herding Group Winner over at Mango Minster's joint!

I do not take this honor for granted. As you know, I have a career in the show ring and am working my paws off in what little free time I have on my agility skills, obedience focus and rally chops. But this honor...well (sniff..sniff) means SO MUCH to me. Better than bones, to put it in perspective. To quote Sally Field, "You like me! You really like me!!!"

I love all the competitions, classes, training session and the like, but blogging is what satisfies my "inner Fenway". Border collies, being so smart, need an outlet for their creativity. I am so happy that I pawed my way into the DWB universe. What a swell bunch...highly amusing, and you always bring a smile to my muzzle.

I am overcome with pride and reflect on all my hard work!

After all, what is a border collie without work?

(Answer: C R A Z Y )

And guess what? My good fortunes got even better and my cup runneth over. It snowed some more last night!!! My favorite. And my good friend, Caña the border collie, came over to call me out for a bxw romp in the new snow.

Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

Yep...time to get down.....

.....and play Bitey Face!

Let's see if she can keep up!

I think she's trying to flirt with me!

So I will flirt back!

We got the hots for one another!

And when you're hot, you can always eat the snow!!!!