Agility Addicts Anonymous

I think I need to join, as well as everyone else from our group! We hosted our second trial this weekend, and it was a lot of work, but even more it was A LOT OF FUN!!!!!!!

Our group DID awesome!!!!!!!

Maggie and Kim, Kristy and Belle were chosen as the Judge;s choice

For the Level awards: Wendy and Coulee were chosen as the Starters Team!!! Dave and Pearl were chosen as the Masters Team!

How awesome is that!!!!!!!

Now on to my dogs, now that I've had a good sleep and unpacked, I can absorb it all ...


Janerama: She ran the best she has almost ever run! She is now a veteran and run WELL within regular times, and was just given' er, I ran her in 4 runs and she Qd in 3 (Masters Jumpers 31 seconds!! She was only 6 seconds behind Gyp!, she also Qd in both her steeplechase runs! for her 12th Steeplechase Q)

I wish she always had the confidence she had this weekend, but someone commented to me, "I think you run her better know because of Gyp, you run harder" THANK YOU! That has been one of my BIGGEST goals, is to no holding back when running my dogs, RUN HARD and giver'. I love my Janer.

The Bird Dowg, Bitzy, other wise known as Kaleb:
He ran great! I kept him wet before each run and gave him lots of walks inbetween so as not to get grumpy from being in his crate. He brought home 3 Q's.

- He rocked his Gamble, but the last bar came down!! :(
- His first Standard was one of his best, clean and fast, he ran it in 47 seconds - which is really good for him, only 3 seconds behind Cavall, who is my benchmark for speed and our Team partner too!!! His 23rd Masters Standard Q.
- He ran great in Team - and during his run had a flat-coat moment and had to go jump on Judy and kiss her ...we still Qd and that is Kaleb's 6th team Q.
- His steeplechase runs were really good, but just a bit over time - we need to run SMOOTH, no one blip or no Q.
- His snooker was awesome and he Qd in that
- Jumpers he was really good too, but had one bar, but he kept up his speed and enthusiasm all weekend, so I was really happy!!

new brunswick here we come .... gulp.

Then there is my Gyppie Girl (this might go on a while, so grab a coffe, or go for a pee.)
- Her gamble was great, she nailer her min gamble a chute to the weaves 18' away, she has lots of points, I TOTALLY overhandled the end gamble so we didn;t get it, but I fixed it when I ran K, so he got it (but the bar fell so no Q)
- Standard 1 was amazing, I am feeling so intune with her, it was her second Masters Q, she ran it 24 seconds under time and it was the fastest run in Masters!!
- Our team was not pretty. Sorry Amanda :)
- Her Steeplechase was awesome on Saturday, again I am feeling really connected with her now. She won the Specials award and was FASTEST overall of all the dogs!
- her Standard 2 was going so well, I thought there was a part she would suck too, and of course I forgot to handle for it DUH, but I was really happy with the run overall!!
- Her Snooker was awesome, Jan helped me pick a really good path for Kaleb, so I ran it with Gyp, and I knew if we could keep it together she would finish well under time, and she did! for 57 points and the highest points of all the Masters dogs!!!
- Again her second Steeplechase was awesome. S he won the Specials award and AGAIN was FASTEST overall, holy crap!
- Then came Jumpers a tough technical course, she was great and I was confident GULP. 25 seconds, the second fastest time to Pepper who had an amazing run.

It's hard to believe that last year Our Trial was her first trial, and she was still a little fearful of people and was a little reluctant to Tug hard and was a bit distracted by the noises etc. This year a sassy, confident, sometimes wild dog was out there, what a dog, I really can't even believe it, she brought home 5Qs this weekend, she got her 9th Steeplechase Q, and even more crazy she only needs 5 Qs to her ATCHC, WTF?

Oh ya and too see a TV feature about the Agility Trial click on the link and go to July 4th ...
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/lethbridge/features/scene_and_heard.html