Cricket’s owner Jennifer Corbin says:
“Great weekend of agility with friends!
3 q’s for Cricket, 2 steeplechase and 1 starter jumpers which earned her title Starter Games Dog of Canada! We are out of starters!”
Cricket is now Alkemi Braveheart ST ADC SGDC!
Congratulations!
Yesterday Lobo (Alkemi Beowulf del Roble LS) has become the first Swedish Vallhund to earn the Draft Dog title, and just the second small dog of ANY breed to earn this title through the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America. What an amazing accomplishment for Lobo and his owner Jan Robles!! (Lobo was also the first Vallhund to earn the Novice Draft Dog title).
And then today Lobo earned his Advanced Novice Draft Dog title! Jan has made Lobo an incredible ambassador for the breed.
L-R Nina (Can CH MACH Vastgota Nina Ricci), Alice (Alkemi Clear Air Turbulence LT), Zhora (MACH4 Alkemi Blade Runner LS), Cricket (Alkemi Braveheart ST), Riley (Alkemi Aston Martin LS), Colby (Alkemi Batman LS). Nina is the mother of everyone except Alice, and Alice’s mother is Zhora. Zhora, Cricket and Colby are littermates from the B litter.
We had a mini Alkemi puppy reunion this weekend, complete with cake:
Judge Oksana Syrkin designed some fun, tricky courses. Nina had a pancreatitis flare-up unfortunately, so even though she double Q’d on Saturday she was very slow and wasn’t right and I ended up leaving the trial early Sunday morning to take her home because she really wasn’t feeling well at all.
Zhora tripled Friday (her first TQ!) and doubled Saturday (with a gift on an R on Friday), Riley earned his OAJ title, Colby earned an Excellent Standard leg and Cricket earned her very first AKC Q’s! Cricket is a Nina for sure.
It was awesome to see my puppies again and I am so grateful to Jennifer, Nichole and Chris for coming, and to Zap as always for her huge help with pictures and video!
Zhora Friday FAST (QQQ#1, QQ #90):
Nina Friday Standard (NQ):
Zhora Friday Standard (QQ #90, first place, 3.4 YPS, 24 points):
Nina Friday Jumpers (NQ):
Zhora Friday Jumpers (QQ #90, fourth place, 4.5 YPS, 16 points):
Colby Saturday Jumpers:
Nina Saturday Jumpers (QQ #25, obviously not herself, 4.1 YPS and just 14 points):
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (QQ #91, third place, 5.06 YPS, 21 points):
Cricket Saturday FAST (Novice Q #1!!):
Colby Saturday Standard (Q!!):
Nina Saturday Standard (QQ #25, feeling a bit better, barked at me on the table anyway! fourth place, 3.5 YPS, 25 points):
Zhora Saturday Standard (QQ #91, third place, 3.8 YPS, 29 points):
Riley Saturday Standard:
Riley Saturday Jumpers (OAJ title!):
Cricket Saturday Jumpers:
Lavonda Herring….usually wide open, Run Like Hell….this weekend? Close, tight, off course central. Love her anyway.
Zhora had yet another perfect weekend, racking up QQ’s # 88 and 89, almost halfway to MACH5 already. I can’t believe her. I just hope if she’s going to slump, that she does it BEFORE the Invitational. Right now it feels great, dialed in and open communication. AND she finished her Excellent FAST title!
Nina also had a perfect weekend…of NQ’s. Doesn’t matter. Every weekend I get to play with her is perfect.
I also ran into conformation judges The Anthonys, which was wonderful. SUCH NICE PEOPLE!
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (QQ #88, second place, 17 points, 4.769 YPS):
Nina Saturday Jumpers:
Zhora Saturday FAST (XF title):
Zhora Saturday Standard (QQ #88, second place, 27 points, 3.662 YPS):
Nina Saturday Standard:
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (QQ #89, second place, 18 points, 4.759 YPS):
Nina Sunday Jumpers:
Zhora Sunday Standard (QQ #89, third place, 28 points, 3.763 YPS):
Nina Sunday Standard (such a nice run, dogwalk contacts are for the weak):