Oh Yeah, You Blend

Such a fun trial with judge Christy Bowers! Zhora went 3/4 and continued to increase her speed yet again, breaking 5 yards per second in jumpers, placing two out of three times (and in the run she didn’t place in, she came 8th and the top 8 dogs were within 2 seconds of each other), and earning double Q #9. Nina was one stupid handler trick away from double Q #11 today. I was hoping it would be double double Q Sunday today, especially since Christy was playing Neil Diamond this morning while we walked, and since he was mum’s favorite, I was hoping it was an omen! And then both girls got jumpers but…so close!

Zhora Saturday jumpers (NQ but nice run):

Zhora Saturday standard (Q, fourth place, 23 points):

The score sheets from 12″ Standard on Saturday

Nina Saturday standard (NQ but nice run):

Zhora Sunday jumpers (Q, no placement but over 5 yards per second, 17 points):

Nina Sunday jumpers (Q, second place, 21 points):

Zhora Sunday standard (QQ #9, third place, within a second of first place! 24 points):

The score sheet from Sunday 12″ standard

Nina Sunday standard (NQ, all I needed to do was tell her “come table” after the jump after the dogwalk, lovely run anyway, AND she came to the table so fast her front feet came off, which isn’t a fault, just restarts the countdown, and she pulled them back up to save us a table fault, what a great girlie!):

HUGE congratulations to Jan Robles and Lobo (Alkemi Beowulf del Roble LS) on becoming the first Swedish Vallhund to earn the Master Barn Hunt title (RATM)!!!

This is a tough title to earn. Lobo had to earn five qualifying legs at the Master level, with a RANDOM number of rats to find (there are eight tubes on the course and anywhere between one and five can contain rats, it’s decided by the judge and is different for each dog). He also had to negotiate tunnels with up to five turns.

And all in under 4 1/2 minutes!

Jan and Lobo (who is just three years old) are an incredible team!