{"id":4600,"date":"2023-07-09T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:50:45","slug":"mach8-zhora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4600","title":{"rendered":"MACH8 Zhora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What an incredible journey this dog and I have taken. Once we got our mojo Zhora became a qualifying machine. Forgiving of my mistakes, a dog who usually chooses to slow down and look to me for direction rather than grabbing any obstacle or zooming or stressing. So many of our runs were Q’s because of this. She’s my comfy slippers, my cozy home feeling. When we’re in the zone with each other, it truly feels like we have one mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I always thank her for the privilege of her efforts, for her impeccable, unflappable working temperament. For her kindness and the joy she shows at the start of every run. She’s nearly 11 now (August 5), and she’s slowed down as you’d expect. But she still sometimes manages a miracle run, like our Friday Standard run where she ran it in 4.2 yards per second, which I think is her personal best. She’s a long and quite massive dog even though she’s lean and muscular. She isn’t a light and quick little hummingbird like Evie is, or a squat little speedy fighter jet like Nina was. Zhora is a dragster, straight lines are her milieu, collection is expensive for her. But even when I ask her to do something she really dislikes (like pinwheels), she does it, even if she does it slowly, she still does it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s done everything I’ve ever asked of her. I am so grateful to her and for her. I don’t know what the future holds for her, she still comes to the ring with joy and good energy, but I think we can slow down a bit, put more energy into the up and comers. Whatever Zhora wants, I will (to the best of my ability to ascertain it and provide it) give her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Wolfson’s courses were fun and challenging. They got the better of Alice and I, but Zhora just scoffed at the traps and had a perfect two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you my ZhoZho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday Standard (4.2 YPS, first place):<\/p>\n\n\n\n