Saturday Update...

Well, I figured out why B nearly fell off the dog walk. I was telling someone else, and I realized, that right at that point, I was slowing down to get ready for the table as the next obstacle. I think he lost his footing when he looked back at me! I'll have to remember that for next time! I'm always afraid he's going to fly right off that table!

Anyway, he did not care for having 12 weave poles in Open standard today. No Q on our first try! Our novice jumpers was beautiful, and we got a Q and our title. So tomorrow, we're Open in both.

On a side note, I attempted to run a friend's golden retriever. Notice I used the word "attempted"!! He did the first three obstacles just fine, but then followed the dog who was leaving the ring from the previous run! It was another dog from our class that had run right before us, so Neptune just followed him right out! We got a good laugh as I ran after him. Reminded me of another trial, with a dog I know....hmmm....wonder who that could be?!

Friday Trial Update...

We got our first AKC title! We got our third Q in Novice Standard, so we're moved up to Open for tomorrow. We didn't get our jumpers, but it was mostly a good run. He had an off course right at the start (took wrong 2nd jump, but it was a trap), but the rest was beautiful. He nearly slipped off the dog walk, but managed to get his footing and stay on. At one point, I know at least one foot was not on the walk!! I was very nervous! Kind of puts things in perspective, because he was at the top. I'm much more happy that he didn't fall and get hurt than I am with the Q and the title.

AKC Trial This Weekend!

We've got a three day AKC trial this weekend, that is close to home! YEA! No driving all over the place!! We're still in Novice, so we don't run till 5:00 or 6:00 tonight. All we need is one more Q in each class and we'll move up to Open.

The trial in a different kind of venue than usual. This is a dog training facility rather than a rodeo barn, so we have floor instead of dirt. The last time we ran there, B and I crashed into each other that resulted in limping on my part for the rest of the day! Now that was just a fun day, WAY back when we were just getting started. I don't think we had even done a trial at that point.

I don't know if I'll get any videos. Phil has been gone so much that we've lost our videographer. I will the camera, though, just in case.