Farmpark Day 17--Whoa, it's over already!?

Today started off a bit bittersweet.  I cleaned up the pens and watered the animals, knowing that I won't be doing this again for a while (until I find time to volunteer over the summer).  I even became BFFs with the demon jacob sheep and she even greeted me this morning, wagging her tail and bahhing.

After the morning routine, another volunteer named Samantha and I set to work on getting stuff together for Working Dog Weekend.  This meant we got to steal the equine gator (think golf cart crossed with a tractor crossed with a dump truck) and go to the storage barn.  This was the really tough part of the day.  We had to get all the heavy jumps, obstacles, and whatnot from the hayloft, down some steps, and into the gator. We also had to try not to flip the gator over or hit other objects while blindly backing up.  Luckily, no property damage, injuries, or terrible deaths occurred.

Once we got all of the objects back to the tents, we got to set up the agility course.  This took up the rest of the day with the exception of occasional breaks to play with Tot and Maddie.

The whole idea of the stations like the agility course is "Kid vs. K-9" so that the kids can try doing them too.  This gives the kids the opportunity to learn what the dog sporting events are all about.

  The Course

1) Begin at the tunnel going toward the jump

2) Go over the jump toward the dog walk

3) Go over the dog walk, making sure to touch the yellow "contact zones"

4) Go through the weave poles with the first pole on your left side, loop to the A-frame (step)

5) Go over the A-frame (steps), touching both the yellow "contact zones"

6) Go through the tunnel and over the finishing jump

7) Celebrate

Bonus Tot Photo yay!