{"id":2432,"date":"2015-06-07T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2015-06-07T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T23:19:09","slug":"western-lakes-training-club-akc-agility-trial-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"Western Lakes Training Club AKC Agility Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;s jumper&#8217;s run (her MXJ), when I ended up farther away from a jump than I&#8217;d intended, but she read the line anyway and took the right jump. Love my dogs!<\/p>\n<p>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!):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8-qP1N5ji8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXZO_koKSbs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zhora Friday Jumpers (part two of QQ #5 AND MXJ title AND 7 points):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVcqNMLV_zE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nina Saturday Standard (second place and 31 points):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vl2rbP9uJw4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zhora Saturday Jumpers (9 points):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k0hJVplA3zc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nina Saturday jumpers (one lousy bar away from a double Q):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79j3Z5VZiKM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nina Sunday Standard (NQ thanks to teeter but a nice run):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UWH9x5pbzWY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nina Sunday Jumpers (NQ but nice run and a reverse spin!):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4oNXcKhNaQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zhora Sunday Jumpers (8 points and a reverse spin, baby!):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sePt4A2d6MA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t have asked for a nicer judging team! 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