Cleveland Shetland Sheepdog Club AKC Agility Trial
Our first trial since the end of July (and Nina’s first in almost eight weeks!). It felt great to be back and I was very happy with how the girls did. Zhora doubled on Friday and then we had some rusty mojo. Nina ran like Nina, which was perfect and all I hoped for. She had a nasty fall in today’s standard run, rolled like a judo black belt and was up and running before I really knew what was happening, leaving me flat footed and too far behind to handle properly (silly me, I wanted to see if she was OK, she wanted to keep running).
Zhora managed to pull off some Q’s on courses with low Q rates and actually placed a couple of times against some of the faster 8″ dogs around!
I am so lucky to have my awesome girls to run with and my dear friend Sue to travel with and my wonderful Jim to tolerate all this!
Judge Dave Hirsch (fun, run and gun!) and Alan Arthur from Texas (TOUGH angles, tough courses, nice guy) gave us some challenging, fun courses.
Zhora Friday Standard (part 1 of QQ #78, second place to world team Keebler, 29 points):
Nina Friday Standard (NQ but so much fun):
Zhora Friday Jumpers (part 2 of QQ #78, 13 points, just a hair behind Nina):
Nina Friday Jumpers (13 points):
Zhora Saturday Standard (NQ):
Nina Saturday Standard (third place, 28 points):
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (16 points):
Nina Saturday Jumpers (NQ, some fun fancy schmancy stuff):
Zhora Sunday Standard (third place, 29 points):
Nina Sunday Standard (nasty fall after dogwalk, she is fine):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (NQ, nice run, she doesn’t often drop bars):
Nina Sunday Jumpers (NQ):