Bounce!

WOW!! We had a fantastic Bounce/BBQ in Maine last Saturday!!! The weather was perfect, slightly cloudy, a nice breeze, then later in the day, the sun broke through. Since this was the Bearded Collie Club of Maine’s second annual, we were hoping for good things.

The wading pool was cleaned, tents put up, the grill was ready…all we needed were bodies–furry AND upright! People started arriving slowly, and Mac started getting excited. (he just LOVES company) We had an ex-pen that we put in front of our gate, so there would be no escapes when people came into the yard (kind of a holding pen) You opened the gate, and went into the pen, closed the gate, then opened the pen to come into the yard. We have a few pictures of a crowd at the pen, and the dogs tried to figure out how to open it, but we won that round (haha). We also had a small fenced area for “jail” if we needed it.

In spite of traffic problems for the Massachusetts attendees, everyone arrived safely. The grill was started and burgers were flying. There was so much food! We had a silent auction table that added another hundred dollars to the treasury (thanks!!).

After everyone had eaten and we were sitting enjoying the afternoon, we had our annual meeting. Once that was over, Karen Norteman gave us a quick primer on what you need to do to get a CGC on your dog.

The dogs had a blast, running around, sniffing butts, playing with toys, and some even lolled in the pool. We had a total of 23 people, 2 kids, 22 Beardies, 1 Neardie and 1 very lovely , sweet Bouvier. Now that was a yard full! Except for a few minor disagreements things went great and everyone got along.

My 4 guys were so tired….Traveler went to bed before I did, and he never does that. The next morning , they all slept an HOUR later than normal! Can’t ask for better than that.

Make plans to join us next year, you don’t have to be a member to have fun. Heck, there are lots of campgrounds around, plan your vacation around it.

Photos are up on our Web site. If you can access Yahoogroups, you can look under “Beardie Day July 21, 2007″ for more photos.

Thanks to everyone who helped make it an even bigger success than last year.

Val Maloney
President BCCME