Clarion Canine Obedience Club AKC Agility Trial
Getting back into the swing of things. New judge to us, John Defilippi, loved his courses, fast and challenging, and he is very nice, has a generous wheel, and is very generous with his calls (the agility gods truly do giveth and taketh away, since the judge gave Nina and I a gift on her dogwalk contact yesterday, but then she took a wrong course…). Zhora picked up double Q’s #26 and 27, plus two Time 2 Beat legs. She also had a wonderful Premier Jumpers run today but stepped on the metal weave pole base and slipped so she popped and earned an R for the NQ. I am seeing that when I am very clear about where she is going so she can see her lines well, she is running faster and faster, but when I am unclear or when a course is really twisty turny, she slows down. Both Zhora and Nina earned personal best points totals and YPS in Friday’s standard course, and in today’s standard run Nina had the fastest time of all the 8″ and 12″ dogs, and was within a couple of seconds of the really fast 20 and 24″ dogs! When it works, it really works.
Nina Friday Standard (first place, personal best 34 points, 4.241 YPS…IN STANDARD!):
Zhora Friday Standard (part 2 of QQ #26, third place, personal best 31 points, 4.028 YPS!):
Zhora Friday Time 2 Beat (first place, 10 points):
Zhora Friday Jumpers (part 2 of QQ #26, third place, 17 points):
Zhora Saturday Time 2 Beat (8 points and our only Q on Saturday):
Zhora Sunday Premier (NQ but nice run):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (part 1 of QQ #27, third place, 15 points):
Nina Sunday Standard (first place, 32 points, 4.11 YPS):
Zhora Sunday Standard (part 2 of QQ #27, 26 points):