OTEEC 2013 Fall

[bradl]

There were few Cairn earthdog brags that I know of from the Fall OTEEC test, but a good time was had by those who made the trek. As always there was fresh corn on the boil for lunch and in the evening a dahlia farm across the street to enjoy.

 

Stella and Echo did not qualify, but since they no longer need to, it was just another glorious walk on the farm for them, with an opportunity to give some rats a good telling off. Stella would have qualified this morning if the judge had been a bit faster with the stopwatch but there are time limits so a wee Cairn can only dawdle so much. She did however have an enjoyable hunt-up, honored like a good bracemate, and gave the rats an earful as would be expected. All in all a delightful weekend. And we dodged the forecasted downpour. A few random phone snaps, and a youtube I took while standing next to Stella during the honor portion of the test.

 

The evening before, and the morning of the first test...

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1076-evening-before-test-day-1/

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1070-misty-morning/

 

Our host Ben and Heidi take a moment to rest (Heidi earned her first JE leg today)...

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1069-ben-and-heidi/

 

Max, a prodigious worker. This import standard wire qualified in both master and senior in the morning, and again in the afternoon. You could hear him from a half-mile away, too. 

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1068-max-a-ferocious-worker/

 

I didn't get a photo of the Really Big Rat Pile, but here four rats pile up for comfort. They were probably stuffed from the corn cobs they'd been eating...

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1067-rat-pile/

 

Echo (Stella's mother, age 12)  hanging out, waiting her turn ...

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1066-echo-turner/

 

A few of the dahlias across the street...

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1074-freys-dahlias/

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1075-freys-dahlias/

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1072-freys-dahlias/

http://www.cairntalk.net/gallery/image/1071-freys-dahlias/

 

Stella "showing interest" and waiting patiently for her turn in the den...

 

[Lynn in TN]

I don't know how I missed this. Great photos. I love Stella's patiently wagging tail. She is beautiful, and so is Echo.