CROP Walk for hunger

Danny, Sydney, the 3 dogs, and myself are doing the CROP walk next weekend, which is a walk for hunger. This is a 10K walk through Elkhart next Sunday, October 7th. We have done it for several years (some MUCH slower than others-- due to me! And we didn't due it last year since it feel on Sydney's due date!) What is does is raise money to help with world hunger, and a portion is used locally as well. A group of people from our church do this every year -- and Danny's and my pledge list is always a bit short, we hate asking people for pledges... so we decided to try something different.

We hear there are many people who read our blog, so we thought this was the quickest way to contact as many people as possible. If you would like to make a pledge please e-mail me at jamie@eggcreative.com to let me know you are going to be sending a pledge and we will put you on the list. Do not feel obligated in anyway, in fact, we will never even know if you read this so no worries! Danny and both felt this was a very non-confrontational way of asking people. :-)

Thanks,
The Eggleston’s

PS Please pray that I don't keel over from the walk! Maybe I will have the dogs drag me....oooo wait, I claim the stroller! :-)

Skyhoundz Worlds 2007

Danny here everyone!

This years trips to worlds had its ups and downs. The most important thing is that this year Guinan did NOT get hurt. So that is a big positive for the year!

Well, here is the trip in a nut shell:
My dad and I left Thursday morning for a long 11 hour trip to Atlanta, with us we took Guinan and Potter. They both traveled great.

Friday was the open qualifier for the Skyhoundz worlds. Guinan and I competed in Freestyle and Distance and Accuracy. The Freestyle field of competition was REALLY tough. There were about 10-12 teams that were trying to get 1 of the 4 spots available for qualifying. Guinan and I got 6th place so we did not qualify. In Distance and Accuracy there were more competitiors than I have ever seen . I believe there were 128 teams competing to try and qualify. Guinan and I had some great rounds and took 1st place in that. So the day didn’t end too badly, we qualified in one of the two divisions we wanted to get into.

Saturday was the big freestyle competition. There was lots of great routines to watch. There was also a lot of fun times in the tents.

Below you will find my pairs partner, Christina, after spending to much time in the sun. :-)

And what is a mother without her child...here is her son Chandler showing off his great figure.


This kid is great. He is the youngest person to ever qualify for Skyhoundz Worlds Freestyle championship!

Also on Saturday I got the opportunity to see the World Championship trophy that Skyhoundz puts all the world champions on.


And due to last year -- there is someone you all know on it!





Sunday was a very hot and humid day, but there was still some great disc-dogging going on. On Sunday I was competiting in 2 divisions: Pairs Freestyle (2 people and 1 dog) and distance and accuracy. Distance and Accuracy went ok. I made a couple of bad throws and Guinan and I ended up getting 4th place. Missed out on 2nd by .5 points and missed out on 1st by 4 points. Pairs Freestyle was a rollercoaster. We did 2 rounds of freestyle. Our first round didn’t go very well. We think Guinan was too excited. We had MANY MANY drops. In fact here is a video of that routine:



After this routine we were running in 8th place out of 12 teams. I guess Guinan knew we needed to step it up for the next round. Our second round ROCKED (in my opinion). It was so much fun and looked great. Here is a picture from that round:


Photo by Mary Jo Corso

Because of our great second round we managed to move from 8th place to 3rd place and received some cool hardware and got to stand on the podium!



Overall it was a VERY good weekend that was a lot of fun. It took us another 11 hours to get home, but we did that over 2 days. After the competition on Sunday we travelled 4 hours north and got a hotel, then on Monday we travelled the other 7 hours. Can't wait for next year!

Disc-doggin' Update: UFO Major/Ashley Whippet Qualifier

Danny here:

After a rocky road at the Skyhoundz Regional qualifier I was a bit discouraged with myself. But like they say, when you get bucked off the horse you need to just get right back on. That is exactly what we did. This weekend Guinan, Potter, and I went to Chicago for 2 days of Disc Dogging (we left Frodo to take care of the girls). Saturday was the Ashley Whippet Qualifier. The weather was great and the disc dogging was even greater. I went out and had a great time, as this picture shows:


Photo by Mary Jo Corso

There were 52 teams (I believe) competing for top honors. At the end of the day 3 teams got to stand on podium. We managed to be one of those teams (3rd Place).


Photo by Mary Jo Corso

If you look close at the picture you can see the guy sitting on the top is holding a Pitbull. The dogs name is Wallace and he a great dog who has a ton of fun catching discs.
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Sunday was another competition for the UFO world cup (www.ufoworldcup.org) There were 54 teams competing in freestyle and 62 teams competing in Toss and Fetch for qualifying positions and for top honors.

Guinan and I had a blast. Our first round of freestyle was GREAT. We had a ton of energy out there and had a GREAT time.


Photo by Mary Jo Corso

Then we did our rounds of Toss and Fetch. Guinan and I used to be REALLY good at Toss and Fetch, but something happened and we stopped connecting. Well, on this day we turned things around. Our first round of Toss and Fetch put us into 3rd place, but our second round of toss and fetch was basically perfect. I won’t bore you with the details of how the field is scored, but let’s just say there is a bulls-eye at 40 meters down the field and if you try you might be able to get off 5 throws in a round. Guinan and I got off 5 throws/catches ALL in the bulls-eye. It felt really good to connect again. Our second round of freestyle was still very enjoyable but not quite the quality of the first round. At the end of the day Guinan and I took first in and Toss and Fetch and second in Freestyle, which does qualify us for the UFO World Cup Nationals in Florida, which we will see if we will be attending.

I did say Potter was also there (couldn’t forget the little guy). He was still to young to do much walking around with the other dogs(hasn't had all his shots yet), but here is a nice picture that was taken of Potter and I at the competition.


Isn’t he cute? ...and the puppy looks pretty good too!
Photo by Mary Jo Corso