Three-peat

It is the second Saturday in April and you know what that means right? WIENER DOG RACE DAY! I know I know, only in Pensacola...

In case you are new to the blog, feel free to read a brief history of Champion Admiral Dewy of Dayton (AKA Dewy) here for 2010 and here for 2011.

This year was a blast just like the past two years. The girls are older and can interact a little more and we have our system down now. The only let down was we promised the girls we would buy them snow cones again this year, well it would have helped if there was actually a snow cone vendor there....

We got there early this year and got front row seats! The girls were ready and set, expect that we got there 45 minutes early and they started 45 minutes late, needless to say they were very patient.

 Here are some of the initial race heats. I took the picture before all the dogs were listed, but there were about 12 initial races. This year they formatted the races different and grouped by pounds. Last year there were three categories with a range of pounds.

 This was our attempt at a family shot (remember we leave Pace at home since he doesn't like the heat or being on a leash). You see the top of Dewy's head? With my belly he had to sit on the end of my lap ;)

 I bet you can guess the result of the first race...Yep, Dewy didn't let us down! He got first place!

 Well there is one problem with have a fast dog...you have to wait around for the next heat of races. Tough life having a Dewy Dog!

 And it is a tough life if you are that fast Dewy Dog... you have to sit around in the sun waiting for the next heat of races, that is unless you have a master that will hold an umbrella for you!

 The second heat of races was between some of the lighter dogs that had won their individual heats. We didn't get any pictures of this race, but as you may have guessed Dewy was the big winner again. The interesting thing is Karl and I both noticed that Dewy wasn't as into this year. We would slow down before crossing the finish line, not run directly to Karl and just not as into it. But both of the first two races he was the undisputed leader! So after all that racing (which in the past two years that was it) the event held one final race for the top three dogs... we didn't know what to expect, they have never had this race...could Dewy come out on top?

I kneeled at the start line, Karl got the toy in his sights and backed up to the finish line squeaking the toy. This is our method every time and it has not let us down. There was a slight delayed but normally that just gets Dewy more into it. The MC says, "ready set" and then something to Dewy's right caught his attention, he looks right..."GO". I let go of a distracted Dewy who took off with a slight delay.

We walked away from the 8th annual Pensacola Wiener Dog Races with the third place overall title! We are proud of our almost nine year old Dachshund. And yes, Leroy the winner was 3 years old and Dewy only lost by a dog's length...

 

This will most likely be our last time going to these races since we should be moving within the year. I will have to say the races will mark some of our favorite memories here in Pensacola! We are proud of you, Dewy!