My goals.

My girls with all the ribbons, awards, and trophies I've ever cared about winning. 

What matters more: The ribbons or the dogs? The titles or the training? The results or the process?

It's easy to get caught up in the moment. It's easy to forget why we are out there every weekend, why we walk to the start line, why we reward our dogs no matter how the run goes. It's normal to be proud of winning or Q-ing or getting a new title. It's not bad to want these things, but when we lose sight of the game they become toxic. When winning is all that matters, when the ribbons on your wall mean more than the dog who helped you earn them, you are lost. Your view is tainted, you have forgotten the meaning of the game, you have lost sight of the most important things. The dogs. The fun. The process. 

I have many goals, many tournaments I want to compete in, and many places where I hope to do well. But if all of that never happens, or it does, my only real goal is to remember where I started. A little girl and a lhasa simply playing a game. I never want to forget why I love the game, I never want to forget how much my dogs mean to me, I never want too lose myself.