Happy 3rd Birthday!!!!!

Happy "3rd" Birthday to Spirit and all her siblings!
Spirit celebrated her 3rd Birthday doing her favorite thing, "what else"!!! Lure Coursing!
- Congrats to her 1st placement in the Field Champion Stake at the SHOT ASFA trial today in Williamsburg, VA.

Spirit 9/2010

Miss Spirit - grown up now - she will be 3 years old in November!
Thanks to Mike for these beautiful photos of her at Buck Creek Campgrounds in Marion, NC.
What a pretty red girl!

Deana

Spirit goes Best In Field at SHOT Trial

We attended an AKC Lure Coursing trial in Williamsburg, VA this past weekend. The weather was much cooler than home and despite the rain on Sunday, we had a great time! We spent Saturday night hanging out with friends in front of bon-fire!

Spirit was happy to be on the field again after a 3 week rest and ran like a wild girl - she went Best of Breed and then on to a Best in Field on Saturday!! The dry field was havock on the dogs feet and the trial on Sunday was much smaller. Spirit went on to win the Specials stake with Morgan placing 5th. I didn't run her for BOB, her pads seemed irritated and I want her to be able to run next weekend when we try out our new field in Marion, NC!

Thanks to Lori Strebritz for these photos of Spirit!

Congrats to Miss Spirit - I am always proud of this girl and her never ending heart and drive! What a joy to see her run! Run on Spirit, run on!

Deana

A Best of Breed Win in Virginia

Congratulations Miss Spirit on another Best of Breed at the CHAMP AKC Lure Coursing trial this past weekend in The Plains, VA. It was a hot and HUMID and ended up being a long day. However, in the end she performed 4 wonderful runs against some great competition and took home the Purple and Gold Ribbon. I am even happier that my Mom, Carol, and Stepdad, Ray, were visiting from Wisconsin to see this fantastic win. I am always proud of this special red girl! My only regret is not taking any pictures of Mom and Ray while we were there!

Deana

Summer Photos

SPIRIT

Here are some photos taken of Spirit on a semi hot day in August...... she is about 2.5 years old now, hard to believe!

Back to Back Best of Breeds

AKC Lure Coursing Trial in Hanover, PA

Congratulations to Miss Spirit on another successful weekend.
During the weekend of July 24th and 25th, she went back to back Best of Breeds against some tough competition. Spirit is currently the #1 whippet in AKC Lure coursing for 2010!! Way to go RED! This special girl always makes me proud and she has such a good time running, who could deny her the fun!

Thanks to Mike for this great photo!
Deana

New LCX 3 title!

Just like last year, we had a great weekend at the BGCC's spring AKC lure coursing trial. Spirit seems to love the hot weather and ran beautifully! From the bottom of my heart, watching her run makes me smile and she loves it SO much!

To keep things exciting, Spirit went BOB both Friday and Sunday! At just 2.5 years old, her BOB win on Friday earned her, her LCX3 title! I am so proud of this red girl!

Run on Spirit, Run on!

Deana
PS photo by Mike!

AKC Lure Coursing, Hanover, PA

Back to back Best of Breeds and then, to top it off, a Best in Field!!!

We had a great time in Hanover, PA, this past weekend. The weather was hot (which by the way Spirit LOVES!) and the competition was tough, but Miss Spirit went BOB both days and then went BIF on Sunday. Thanks to all that made this a wonderful experience for us! This makes 8 BOBs out of 13 trials so far this year! Congrats to Spirit!!! I am very proud of this special red girls (as always!!!)

Lure Coursing in Camden, SC

Every day I get to see this "red" girl run puts a smile on my face.

While it was HOT and HUMID in Camden, Spirit could have cared less. She ran great and had tons of fun! I don't know what this girl would do if she couldn't "chase bunny"!
Congrats to Spirit on her 6th of 11 Best of Breeds so far this year!

Run on Spirit, Run on!
We are proud of you as always!!
Deana
PS. Thanks to Mike for the photos!!!