Oh Yeah, You Blend

Showed under judge Alexandra Davis for the first time (although Sherry had to stand in for her on Friday since she couldn’t get here because of airport issues), loved her courses, and she was a lovely person to show to. Would show to her again any time! No doubles BUT I discovered the secret to Nina’s start line stay at a trial – HANDLE IT LIKE I DO IN TRAINING! So stupid of me not to realize this…she had a start line stay in every run, I started out asking for just a step away and ended up with a two jump leadout today (cost me two bars, but that’s an issue I can work on). Amazing. AND! The One Mind Dogs stuff is really amazing, Nina had a FABULOUS Premier Jumpers Q on a course only she and one other dog qualified on! I had many of their principles in mind when running this weekend and I really do think it helped. Zhora ran so well and earned the last few points she needed to qualify for 2017 AKC Nationals (Georgia here we come!)! AND Ninababies Colby and Riley both qualified in Open Jumpers on Saturday, and that earned Colby his OAJ, which meant he made his Excellent debut this morning and ran wonderfully! His owner Nichole handled him very well and didn’t get stressed about her first time running with the big dogs!

Zhora Friday Jumpers (Q, third place, 19 points):

Nina Friday Premier Jumpers (Q, first place):

Nina Saturday Standard (Q, first place, 30 points and a STARTLINE STAY!):

Zhora Saturday Standard (Q, third place, 27 points):

Nina Sunday Standard (NQ but gorgeous run!):