If you have read my home page you may recall that my passion is horseback field trial dogs.  This past weekend I went to Decatur, Texas and took two of my dogs and competed for the Texas Amateur Shooting Dog Championship.  I drew out the last two braces of the trial.  Upon arriving on Sunday morning there was a rainstorm that soaked the grounds and delayed the trial for over an hour.  I did not have any luck but bad luck with my first dog, but my young female Spook went through some tough conditions and pointed three coveys and claimed the title of Champion for region 7 (Texas) for the 2010 season.  Thanks to my scout Freddy Davis for helping me get her around and to the judges EJ Hall and Harold Davis for naming her CHAMPION!

Here is a picture of Spook on her first find.  Photo courtesy of Adrian Jackson.  Scout Freddy Davis holding the horses and Judge EJ Hall monitoring the find.