Erie Kennel Club AKC Agility Trial
Only one single Q on the whole weekend on Carla Boudrot’s fun courses, but wow…I am grinning from ear to ear anyway! Zhora seems to have found another gear, she is running just incredibly well: her confidence, speed (we used to be in the bottom couple of times, now we are pretty consistently in or near the placements) and ownership of her part of the team have all just exploded over the last couple of trial weekends. She is getting sassier and sassier, too! Nina ran well but she and I couldn’t get it together for a Q, one of us messed up every chance, but wow, I smile every time I run my Ninabean, she is so much fun and so so fast!
This was also our first try at the new Premier class (it just started at the beginning of October), it was really fun to see threadles and backsides and skipped obstacles. Zhora’s run yesterday was gorgeous, a handler error kept us from a Q but she ran really, really well.
As an added bonus, Riley, Colby and Austin were all there, so we had a mini Alkemi family reunion!
L-R Colby (Alkemi Batman LS), Riley (Alkemi Aston Martin LS), Zhora (Alkemi Blade Runner LS), Austin (Alkemi Austin Healey ST) and mum to all Nina (Vastgota Nina Ricci)
Nina Saturday Jumpers:
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (I cost us a Q! She missed a weave pole but the judge didn’t see it, so I went into training mode and tried to pitch and run at the double and it didn’t work…we would have qualified if I hadn’t!):
Nina Saturday Premier Jumpers:
Zhora Saturday Premier Jumpers (soooo close to a Q, very very few people are qualifying in this class so far so listen to the crowd when we NQ):
Nina Saturday Standard:
Zhora Saturday Standard:
Nina Sunday Jumpers (such a nice run, one stinking bar):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (Q and 11 points, fifth place, less than a second out of the placements):
Nina Sunday Premier Standard:
Zhora Sunday Premier Standard:
Nina Sunday Standard:
Zhora Sunday Standard (I cost us the double Q by not front crossing before the teeter, asking her to stay on the teeter, WHICH SHE DID LIKE A GOOD GIRL, and then not actually capitalizing on that and getting into position properly! BAD HANDLER!):