First I wanted to post a photo that Chantal took of me and Maverick. I think it is awesome. For those of you who don't know Maverick, he is one of my three Australian Heeler Cattledogs I have. There is Bandit, Maverick and the newest addition is Cutaway. Bandit is pretty much retired, Maverick has a role in the movie "the Greening of Whitney Brown" with Kris Kristopherson and we do a live act with Blade as well. Maverick really helps me out during demos and goes and gets me a rootbeer from a cooler. Kids love to see him run and get excited about getting a root beer. Maverick loves to have a job, so anything I let him do, he loves it.

So many people asked me about how to train my dog to fetch a beer from the fridge that I made a video so anyone can teach their dog how to do it. You can find it on my website at www.equineextremistproshop.com. Maverick does such a great job getting a root beer for kids that we put his photo on bottles of JONES (HANSEN) all natural soda.
 
You won't see the dogs at the FEI World Equestrian Games since they aren't allowing ANY dogs on property during the entire event. They will be waiting for us back at base camp. You'll see Mav at Cowboy Christmas in Vegas and the Western Stock show in Denver, plus a whole lot more next year. We've got a great show line up and will be all over the country. So make sure you come and say hi.
Chantal and I took time out today from our grueling schedule to take a canoe ride down the canals at Weeki Wachi. It was just what we needed to get our minds off of training and the move. Beautiful calm waters and manatees all around. We stopped at rope swings and tried them out. It was a blast. What a nice way to relax and enjoy nature and the water.(and it's 8 miles from the ranch!) Back to training and filming tommorrow. Ride Fast... Take Chances! tommie