the prince is now officially an excellent tracking dog. in pouring rain he found a chopped off elk foot in front of a judge, who was so impressed he exclaimed "det här är en djääääääääääävulskt bra spårhund!" (this is a blooooooooody good tracking dog :).

if it hadn't been for the incompetent handler (me) he would have aced the test. but i ran (what, five steps?), which made him lose a point. and i didn't say anything when he lifted his head for ten seconds to think, which made him lose another point. but he still got excellent points, so i hope he is not too disappointed in me.

now i'm going to have a cup of coffee, and the pup and i will cuddle up under a blanket until we are nice and dry and warm again. the great great beautiful prince!  ¶ 1:17 PM