http://www.swvoice.com/home/Blog/Softballjoe/16665 Hello all, last couple weeks have been hard to get on here. Seems when you get &quot;UP&quot; in age you start visiting the&nbsp;ER more often. This past week&nbsp;I found out what it is like to give birth (I'm a male)!&nbsp; Ladies I now understand, really I do, I spent a couple days at Mercy trying to pass a Kidney Stone.&nbsp;If you've never tried to pass a stone or had a baby you won't understand. Think of trying to pass a&nbsp;small stone&nbsp;of thru your penis? It is very painful. Always heard it was like a woman having a baby, now I believe it. Looking for another dog to start training, figured why not have twice the fun as I'm now having ;)&nbsp;&nbsp; As soon as I get back from the Words Championships&nbsp;@ Cynosports in Scottsdale, AZ this weekend I will start looking in earnest. Want a big footed, long legged, male lab out of good stock.&nbsp; Found some people in Tehachapi that breed labs. They have a litter due in December that looks promising. Not sure of color yet. but the&nbsp;father is yellow and the&nbsp;mother is chocolate. Don't think a light blonde male&nbsp;will come out of them? Hope so, but a&nbsp;dark lab would be OK. For some reason 90% of the&nbsp;labs jumping are yellow.&nbsp; Speaking of the World Championships. The word on Andy is out, people are staring to shy away from his Junior Division, they think they would only be jumping for 2nd or 3rd place? But who knows, that's why they have horse races? &nbsp;It&nbsp;will only cost around $500-$750 total to attend this event?&nbsp;That could be a reason? The Junior Division is for dogs that have qualified at 10' 0&quot;&nbsp;to 14' 11&quot;. This is the division Andy qualified for, but being he was, and still is, so young, he has continued to grow in his sport. Most of his competitors are mature dogs who have reached, or almost&nbsp;reached their potential?&nbsp;In practice the last couple weeks Andy has been jumping in the 18'-20' range (remember this is from dock to base of his tail). He could well jump further than the dogs in the Senior Division?&nbsp;Next year he will in all likely hood be in competition in the Professional Division? That's for dogs jumping over 20' But who knows, he may just make the Extreme&nbsp;(over 23') Division next year? Sure would like to see that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, that will have to do it for now. Hope to have GREAT news to share next week?&nbsp; Hello all, last couple weeks have been hard to get on here. Seems when you get &quot;UP&quot; in age you start visiting the&nbsp;ER more often. This past week&nbsp;I found out what it is like to give birth (I'm a male)!&nbsp; Ladies I now understand, really I do, I spent a couple days at Mercy trying to pass a Kidney Stone.&nbsp;If you've never tried to pass a stone or had a baby you won't understand. Think of trying to pass a&nbsp;small stone&nbsp;of thru your penis? It is very painful. Always heard it was like a woman having a baby, now I believe it. Looking for another dog to start training, figured why not have twice the fun as I'm now having ;)&nbsp;&nbsp; As soon as I get back from the Words Championships&nbsp;@ Cynosports in Scottsdale, AZ this weekend I will start looking in earnest. Want a big footed, long legged, male lab out of good stock.&nbsp; Found some people in Tehachapi that breed labs. They have a litter due in December that looks promising. Not sure of color yet. but the&nbsp;father is yellow and the&nbsp;mother is chocolate. Don't think a light blonde male&nbsp;will come out of them? Hope so, but a&nbsp;dark lab would be OK. For some reason 90% of the&nbsp;labs jumping are yellow.&nbsp; Speaking of the World Championships. The word on Andy is out, people are staring to shy away from his Junior Division, they think they would only be jumping for 2nd or 3rd place? But who knows, that's why they have horse races? &nbsp;It&nbsp;will only cost around $500-$750 total to attend this event?&nbsp;That could be a reason? The Junior Division is for dogs that have qualified at 10' 0&quot;&nbsp;to 14' 11&quot;. This is the division Andy qualified for, but being he was, and still is, so young, he has continued to grow in his sport. Most of his competitors are mature dogs who have reached, or almost&nbsp;reached their potential?&nbsp;In practice the last couple weeks Andy has been jumping in the 18'-20' range (remember this is from dock to base of his tail). He could well jump further than the dogs in the Senior Division?&nbsp;Next year he will in all likely hood be in competition in the Professional Division? That's for dogs jumping over 20' But who knows, he may just make the Extreme&nbsp;(over 23') Division next year? Sure would like to see that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, that will have to do it for now. Hope to have GREAT news to share next week?&nbsp; en-us Sorry to hear about your kidney stone problems! I've had a baby and don't want to go through pain like that any time soon. Even with an epidural it was a <em>painful </em>process! <br /> <br /> Some liver cleansing routines I've read about are supposed to be good for preventing kidney stones, and are supposed to be administered twice a year for optimal health. Your account of a not-so-fun weekend has me thinking about it again!<br /> <br /> Good luck in Scottsdale and with finding another pup for jumping! http://www.swvoice.com/home/Blog/Softballjoe/16665/#c_157968 http://www.swvoice.com/home/Blog/Softballjoe/16665/#c_157968 Sorry to hear about your kidney stone problems! I've had a baby and don't want to go through pain like that any time soon. Even with an epidural it was a <em>painful </em>process! <br /> <br /> Some liver cleansing routines I've read about are supposed to be good for preventing kidney stones, and are supposed to be administered twice a year for optimal health. Your account of a not-so-fun weekend has me thinking about it again!<br /> <br /> Good luck in Scottsdale and with finding another pup for jumping! Sorry to hear about your kidney stone problems! I've had a baby and don't want to go through pain like that any time soon. Even with an epidural it was a <em>painful </em>process! <br /> <br /> Some liver cleansing routines I've read about are supposed to be good for preventing kidney stones, and are supposed to be administered twice a year for optimal health. Your account of a not-so-fun weekend has me thinking about it again!<br /> <br /> Good luck in Scottsdale and with finding another pup for jumping! http://www.swvoice.com/home/Blog/Softballjoe/16665/#c_157970 http://www.swvoice.com/home/Blog/Softballjoe/16665/#c_157970 Sorry to hear about your kidney stone problems! I've had a baby and don't want to go through pain like that any time soon. Even with an epidural it was a <em>painful </em>process! <br /> <br /> Some liver cleansing routines I've read about are supposed to be good for preventing kidney stones, and are supposed to be administered twice a year for optimal health. Your account of a not-so-fun weekend has me thinking about it again!<br /> <br /> Good luck in Scottsdale and with finding another pup for jumping!