Western Lakes Training Club AKC Agility Trial
What a great trial weekend! Our friends Zap and Sherry stayed with us and we had a great time with them and their dogs. Sherry hurt her leg yesterday so I ended up pinch-running their Corgi Lexy. That was fun! She almost ran for me! And we couldn’t have asked for a nicer judging team! Mary Mullen and Kimberly Reeher gave us some fun, challenging courses, but flowy and motivating for the dogs. Zhora earned double Q #5 AND her Master Jumpers (MXJ) title on Friday, and NINA!!! Nina finally broke her two trial NQ streak! She was one bar away from a double Q yesterday, but qualified twice this weekend, which is a huge improvement over not qualifying at all! More importantly, I felt like we were really connected when we were running, which was a huge relief. I am trying to talk to Zhora less when I run her, I feel like I need to cheerlead her, and I think she actually runs better when I only talk if I need to. She is really coming into herself, and had a couple of moments this weekend where I really saw her understanding the game, like Friday’s jumper’s run (her MXJ), when I ended up farther away from a jump than I’d intended, but she read the line anyway and took the right jump. Love my dogs!
Zhora Friday Standard (THIRD PLACE (best placement yet)! Part one of QQ #5 and 21 points, I knew we were going to have a good run when she was barking at me in the weaves!):
Nina Friday Jumpers (broke our NQ streak! Third place and 14 points, almost a disaster at the start, since she started before I was ready):
Zhora Friday Jumpers (part two of QQ #5 AND MXJ title AND 7 points):
Nina Saturday Standard (second place and 31 points):
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (9 points):
Nina Saturday jumpers (one lousy bar away from a double Q):
Nina Sunday Standard (NQ thanks to teeter but a nice run):
Nina Sunday Jumpers (NQ but nice run and a reverse spin!):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (8 points and a reverse spin, baby!):