Erie Kennel Club AKC Agility Trial

Well the first trial of 2016 is in the books. Judge Janet Budzynski set some really tricky courses with low Q rates. They were really fun to run but certainly not “vanilla”! Nina broke her longish NQ streak in STYLE with double Q #12 on Friday right out of the gate. At 8 1/2 she is running faster than ever. I am posting her Standard NQ from Saturday (in which I gave her the walk of shame for an egregious teeter bail), because she was in complete rabies mode and still was accurate (other than skidding off the table because who needs brakes?). This run ended up costing us a Q in today’s Standard run, in which I overhandled the table and made her spin in front of it for a refusal call. Zhora had a nice jumpers Q yesterday on a tricky course where the only way to Q seemed to be to jam a bunch of front crosses in (not how I normally run my dogs), so it was ugly, but a Q. And today she qualified on a tricky standard course for a SECOND PLACE! Running against some of the top 12″ dogs in the country here, even a placement is a big deal in 12″, but she has never taken a second place before, and she actually beat some of the dogs who usually beat her, so that was awesome. I couldn’t be happier with how my girls are running just now, although Zhora and I need to come to an agreement about her start line stay, since she seems to think it’s merely a suggestion…

Zhora Friday Standard (NQ but a nice run):

Nina Friday Standard (part one of QQ #12, first place and 29 points):

Zhora Friday Jumpers (NQ):

Nina Friday Jumpers (part two pf QQ #12, first place and 15 points):

Zhora Saturday Jumpers (Q and 8 points):

Nina Saturday Standard (holy CRAP she is running fast, skidding off the table because I was so far behind):

Zhora Saturday Standard (HEARTBREAKER, wrong end of the tunnel, the LAST OBSTACLE, costing us a double Q):

Nina Sunday Jumpers (really nice run):

Nina Sunday Standard (stupid handler trick at the table, what a gorgeous run):

Zhora Sunday Standard (Q, SECOND PLACE! And 19 points):

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