Student News & Brags!
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From Bruce & Sandy:
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From Joan:
Scooby and I got our first Q in AKC standard last weekend in El Paso, Texas. Now we have a leg in Obedience, Rally, JWW and Standard. Thanks again to Sandy and Bruce of the fundamentals and ongoing support in our Agility efforts. |
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From Joan:
Hey, Sandy and Bruce, Al, Scooby and I are now in our new home in Las Cruces, NM. I want you two to be the first to know. Scooby Doo got his first Q in AKC jumpers and a 4th place. Needless to say Al and I are thrilled. We went to the Great Dane Nationals this past fall in Chandler, AZ and got a first place in Novice Obedience and a 4th in Novice Rally. All the hard work you put in with Scooby is finally paying off. Thanks to you both. Joan Keif |
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From Jennifer:
Training with Sandy has given both of my dogs more self confidence. We recently added "Theo" Foxpointe's Ramblin Man to our family in March of 2005. He had no agility training and had much to learn about city dog life and families. Theo gained skills and confidence quickly through privates and then small group classes with Sandy. I think he will be ready for Novice competition in the Spring. Besides Agility, working at USAgility has given me and my dogs a close circle of both people and dog friends. These photos (click here) show several dogs and handlers from Wednesday night class at Bobby Jo's in Julian for a hike and potluck. We also enjoy the time together between runs at trials. |
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From Staci:
We competed at the NADAC trial on 10/8 and 10/9. Turbo received his title in Novice Tunnelers. Weavers - 1st and 2nd, Q in both Standard - 1st place in both classes. I also took Turbo up to the AKC Pembroke Welsh Corgi trial up in Claremont on 10/21. We didn't place, but had a lot of fun!! It was a great show!! |
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From Bruce & Sandy:
At the SCAT AKC Trial in Costa Mesa, l0/15 and 16, 2005, Geronimo brought home two Qualifiers with 1st and 2nd Placements plus a Title in 12 Open Standard. He now is running Excellent! His daughter Hattie aka Hottie matched that by winning (1st Place Qualifier) the 12 Excellent A Jumpers w/Weaves, astonishing many with her outstanding speed and performance. |
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From Bruce & Sandy:
At the Golden State Rottweiler Club AKC All Breed Agility Trial September 24 and 25, 2005, Janie Double Q'd and Tommy Titled with a 1st-Place Qualifier in 12" Novice B Standard with Bruce. Geronimo Qualified with a 2nd Place in 12" Excellent A Jumpers w/Weaves and Hattie Titled with a 2nd Place Qualifier in 12" Novice B Standard with Sandy. A family affair: godmother, father and daughters (the sister act)! |
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From Diana Walker:
Golden Retriever Club Labor Day Weekend
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From Diana Walker:
CPE Trial Aug 20 AND 21 Bam Bam was great this weekend. He got first in colors/wildcard/snookers/fullhouse/jumpers and a 3rd in round 2 colors level 1. He now has a title in level 1. Pebbles colors in both runs got 1st, wildcard 1st, snooker 1st, jumpers 4th in level 3. Dottie colors 3rd and 5th, wildcard 3rd, jackpot 1st, fullhouse 4th, jumpers 3rd. |
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From Bruce & Sandy:
On Saturday, August 13, 2005, AKC Scat Trial, TeWinkle Park, Costa Mesa, Tommy with Bruce Qualified 1st Place and titled ((NAJ) in 12 Novice B Jumpers/Weaves and her sister, Hattie, with Sandy Qualified 1st Place and titled (OAJ) in 12 Open Jumpers/Weaves. Hattie was the second-fastest qualifier in all jump heights. Judge Christin Dewey, Florida, complimented their performances. |
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From Diana Walker:
Simi Valley trial Aug 5 and 6th Dottie Q'd on Sat in standard. I messed her up on all her other runs. Pebbles Q'd in standard on Sat and Sunday. She now gets to move up to Exe. B. Bam Bam Q'd in all 4 runs Novice B jumpers and standard. |
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From Pamela Gardner:
Scooter the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. He did great at Wags for Wishes 2005 earning two titles, Open Standard and Open JWW. He's now on to Excellent!! Click on the small image to see a larger picture. |
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From Jessica Fredricks:
Elmo got a 3rd place ribbon and a Q in Jumpers w/Weaves at Wags for Wishes to earn his OAJ title. His new friend and house mate Lulu enjoyed the shows although she's not old enough yet to train for agility. She missed getting her CGC title only because she didn't want to Wait/Stay that day with so much going on around her. |
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From Diana Walker:
Wags for Wishes was great fun. Dottie got a Q in Ex B jumpers on Friday. Saturday and Sunday I kept messing her up. Pebbles on Friday double Q, she got a 2nd in Open Standard and Ex B jumpers she got a Q on Saturday she got a first in Ex A standard. She forgot how to weave after that. Bam Bam was very proud of himself in Novice B jumpers on Friday he got a Q and Saturday he got a Q. He now has his NAJ title. Standard we're still having a little trouble with the weave poles but he ran really good. |
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From Sandy Crook:
Saturday, July 9, 2005 at the Wags for Wishes AKC Trial, Hattie won the 12" Open Jumpers w/Weaves in a Division of 21 dogs with a First- Place Qualifier and Geronimo Titled with a Third-Place Qualifier! Afterwards, the judge complimented their performances to me at the scoring table. |
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From Diana Walker:
Dottie 3rd in gamblers Saturday &Q in starters snooker Sunday. Pebbles starters, 2nd in pairs with Turbo on Saturday, 4th in gamblers, 1st in jumpers, 1st in standard. Bam Bam starters, Sunday 2nd in jumpers. |
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From Melissa Almond:
In April 2005, Sam had his best competition at his first CPE trial. He was able to get 4 out of 5 Q's, three being first place and one third. One of the first place ribbons was his first Q in a standard course. Way to go Sam!!! For NADAC, he also has two Q's in Jumpers and 1 Q in Gamblers. |
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From Diana Walker:
Dottie Sat/Sunday - level 3 (round 1 a 1st and 2nd, round 2 4th and a 1st, Jackpot 1st, Colors 1st, Wildcard 1st, Fullhouse 1st, Jumpers 1st). Pebbles - level 3 (round 1 1st, round 2 1st and 2nd, Jackpot 1st, Snooker 1st, Colors 1st, Fullhouse 1st, Wildcard 1st, Jumpers 1st). The greatest part was the judge telling us what good runs they were. Then I ran Bam Bam for the first time - Jackpot 1st round 1! He got 2nd Sat and Sunday, Jumpers a first. Please click here to see their picture page. |
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From Staci Preckel & Turbo:
At the Agility Club of San Diego trial April 2005, Turbo got a perfect 100 score, 1st place and Q in Novice JWW and a perfect 100 score, 1st place and Q in Novice Standard on Sunday. Saturday Turbo's handler had some difficulty and we ended up with a 4th in Standard. Not bad for our 1st AKC trial. To see more and bigger pictures, go to Turbo's picture page. |
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From Jessica Fredricks:
At the Agility Club of San Diego trial April 2005, Elmo the miniature bull terrier got a perfect 100 score, a first place and his second Q in Open JWW. Then in May, he earned a first place and a Q in standard to qualify for his OA title! |
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From Diana Walker:
At the Agility Club of San Diego trial April 2005, Dottie qualified in Std Exc B on Saturday with a score of 100 and on Sunday got a 2nd in Exc A Jumpers with a score of 100 and a new title! Pebbles also has a new title Exc A Jumpers WW as she got 1st Sat and Sun. Also, at the Silver Bay Trial Feb 26 and 27th, Dottie double Q'd on Sunday: Q in Standard Exc B with a score of 100, and first in Jumpers Exc A with a score of 100 and a time of 34.18! Pebbles double Q'd on Sunday. Saturday she got a 2nd place in Open Standard with a score of 95 and a Q. Sunday she got a 4th in Open Standard with a score of 95 and a Q, also a first in Exc A Jumpers with a score of 88 and Q. Go to their picture page to see larger images. |
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From Bruce and Sandy:
At the Silver Bay Kennel Club Agility Trial (February 26 and 27, 2005, Bruce Q'd with all his girls (Janie , Katie and Tommy). Tommy placed 3rd in Novice B Standard and 2nd in Novice B Jumpers/Weaves--her first Qualifiers! Sandy Q'd with all her kids (Lil, Hattie and Geronimo) on Sunday, February 27, 2005, at the Silver Bay Kennel Club Trial. Hattie won the 12" Open Jumpers/Weaves and Geronimo (dad) took Second Place! Janie held together for Bruce over the grueling 4-day Scottsdale Fiesta Cluster Trial (March 4 thru 7, 2005), bringing home six Q's with two Double Q's toward her MACH! Lil celebrated her first Double Q at the Fiesta Cluster March 5, 2005! |
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From Staci Preckel:
Turbo, a 3 years old Pembroke Welsh Corgi, had his first agility trail November 13-14 in Del Mar. At this NADAC trial, Turbo took the following awards: - Novice Regular - (2) 1st places & 1.5 Qs - Novice Touch n Go (2) 1st places & (2) Q's - Novice Gamblers - 3rd place - Novice Tunnelers (2) 1st places & (2) Q's! See more pictures of Turbo |
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From Joan Keif:
ScoobyDoo, the Great Dane, and I are happy with our performance at last weekend's NADAC trial. We ran all 10 runs and came home with a 4th in Jumpers, a 3rd in Standard and a 3rd in Weavers. We are both jumping up and down. |
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From Bobby Jo Cook:
UDAC NADAC Trial 11/13 & 14 2004 SHOOTER: Titled: Novice Weavers (Qualified 1st Place on Sunday) now Open, Open Tunnelers now Elite, Novice Touch n Go now Open, Qualified 2nd Place Elite Jumpers, Qualified 3rd Place Elite Tunnelers. HANNA: Titled: Novice Weavers now Open, Open Tunnelers now Elite. SOPHIE: Qualified 3rd Place Elite Jumpers Veteran, Qualified 2nd Place Elite Regular Veteran, Qualified 1st Place Elite Gamblers Veteran! |
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From Donna Murdoch:
Aspen was 1st Place AXJ Title and Qualifier in Excellent B Standard in spite of Tropical Storm Matthew in Florida. |
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From Bruce:
At the Agility Club of San Diego NADAC Trial on October 2 & 3, 2004 Bruce was especially proud of Jesse's 1st Place Qualifier in Elite Tunnelers! Go Jesse! |
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From Bobby Jo Cook:
At the Agility Club of San Diego NADAC Trial in October: Hanna - Saturday: Elite Reg. Rd. 1 Qualified 2nd Place, Elite Reg. Rd. 2 Qualified 2nd Place & Elite Gamblers Qualified Re Place. - Sunday: Elite Reg. Rd. 1 Qualified 1st Place & Novice Weavers Qualified Re Place Shooter - Sunday: Open Tunnelers Qualified 1st Place, Elite Gamblers Qualified Re Place, Open Jumpers (Titled OJC) & Novice Weavers Qualified OTC Place |
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From Bruce:
Janie received a NADAC Certificate for Outstanding Performance while successfully competing in the Elite Agility Class 8. |
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From Diana Walker:
Dottie finally got her first Excellent A Jumpers Q! We have been trying forever but I kept messing her up. Also Pebbles got her first Q in Open Jumpers. |
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From Sandy Crook:
At the Australian Cattle Dog Club Agility Trial Saturday, Sept. 11th, Hattie was the only Qualifier (2 First Places) in Novice B Standard 12" and Novice B Jumpers/Weaves 12" (NAJ Title). |
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From Jessi & Elmo:
At the ACDC Agility trial, Elmo turned in a clean run in JWW for a perfect 100 score, fastest time, and thus a first place! This was his first Q in Open JWW. |
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Brags from Bobby Jo Cook
UDAC NADAC Trial August 21 & 22, 2004, Del Mar Horse Park Shooter: Elite Gamblers 20 Qualified 3rd, Elite Regular 20 Qualified 4th, Elite Regular Qualified, Novice Touch N Go Qualified 3rd, Open Gamblers 20 Qualified 1st Place! Hanna: Open Touch N Go Qualified, Elite Jumpers 20 Qualified, Elite Regular 20 Qualified 3rd (Saturday), Elite Regular 20 Qualified 3rd (Sunday) and Elite Regular 20 Qualified 1st Place (Sunday)! |
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From Bruce and Sandy Crook:
At Wags for Wishes in June, Sandy & Lil Q'd in Excellent B Standard (19 pts towards MACH). Hattie (pictured at left) in her first trial was 1st place and Q'd in Novice B JWW on Friday. She was 1st Place and Q'd Novice B JWW on Saturday. A knocked bar kept her from a Q in Sunday's Novice B Standard. Bruce & Janie double Q'd on Friday of Wags for Wishes! |
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From Diana Walker
At Wags for Wishes, Pebbles Q'd in Novice Standard and now moves up to Open! Also 2 Q's in Open Jumpers. Dottie Q'd in Excellent A Standard and is now up to Excellent B! |
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From Kathy Bell
Coal Q'd with 2nd place in Novice A JWW at Wags for Wishes on Saturday and passed his CGC (Canine Good Citizen) on Sunday. |
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From Barbara Emdur & Chloe
At Wags for Wishes in June, Chloe Q'd in Jumpers on Friday for her first leg in Open. We were very excited since we just moved up from Novice! |
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From Bobby Jo Cook
We trialed on Sat/Sun at Wags for Wishes with the following accomplishments! Hanna Double Q'd both days Excellent B. Sophie got two first places on Saturday and a 1st place on Sunday Excellent AP. Shooter got his third Q in Excellent A Standard and titled! He ran well on Sunday in Excellent B but no Q. |
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From Peggy Jencks & Winston
Wags for Wishes in Del Mar, Winston Q'd on Friday July 9, 2004 earning his second Q in Open JWW 20"!! |
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From Jessi and Elmo
At the Shoreline Trial in June, Elmo got that final Q he'd been needing to finish his NAJ title. It is now Open classes all the way for this duo. Elmo got a score of 98 (two seconds overtime) and a second place! Plus at Wags to Wishes in Del Mar, Elmo earned his first Q in Open Standards on Saturday! |
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From Peggy Jencks
At the Shoreline Trial in Mission Viejo, Winston Q'd with 100 points and took First Place in Open JWW 20". I pulled off one of those Leadout Pivots and threw in a blind cross for good measure! The course was 122 YDS, SCT was 35. Winston's time was 29.79. Star Q'd with 100 pts and came in Second in Open Standard 20". She was wonderful, but the other dog beat her time by 1/2 second or so. 158 YDS, SCT 68. Star's time was 46.47. |
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From Bobby Jo Cook
At the USDAA Agility Club of San Diego Trial June 5 and 6, 2004, at Rohr Park, Sandys students were stellar in 22 Starters Standard! In a class of 22 dogs, fewer than 10 dogs qualified. Shooter and Bobby Jo Cook qualified with a 1st Place, Shayla and Jennie Brennan qualified with a 2nd Place and Dottie and Diana Walker qualified with a 3rd Place! Bobby Jos Sophie and Hanna qualified in Masters Snooker. Shooter and Kathy Uptons Gamma qualified in Starters Pairs. Shayla also qualified with a 4th Place in Standard on Saturday and Qualified with a 3rd Place in Jumpers on Sunday. |
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From Sandy, Bruce and the Bostons
Sandy: At the USDAA Agility Club of San Diego Trial on June 5 and 6, 2004, Lil earned her AD (Agility Dog) title Qualifying with with many 1st, Boston and 3rd Placements 12. Geronimo qualified with a 1st Place in the Starters Snookers 16 and Qualified with a 2nd Place in Starters 16 Jumpers. Bruce earned a Super Q with Janie in Masters Snooker 12 with a 2nd Place. |
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From Sandy and Bruce and the Bostons
Our highlights of the Mission Circuit Agility Trials Lil titled AX with two 1st Places. Now on to earning a MACH. Geronimo titled NA. Now he is in Open. Bruce Double Q'd twice with Janie. |
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From Bobby Jo Cook
At the Mission Circuit trials in May, Hanna - Double Q'd Saturday and Sunday (Excellent B 20). Shooter - Q'd with a 1st Place Saturday and Sunday (Excellent A Standard 20). Sophie AX AXJ - Q'd with a 1st Place Saturday (Open P Standard 20), Q'd with a Boston Place Saturday (Open P J/W 20), Q'd with a 1st Place Sunday (Open P J/W 20) and Titled in Open P -Now Excellent AP! |
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From Sandy and Bruce and the Bostons
The NADAC trial resulted in a few more titles! Lil finished her Elite Agility Certificate and her Novice Touch N Go Certificate--a first place on that one! She earned first and second place ribbons on all her Q's! Janie took a few firsts, too! Geronimo also finished his Open Gamblers Certificate! |
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From Monica and Pepper (Aussie)
Pepper FINALLY earned his Novice Standard Title on Sunday 4/18 at the Agility Club of SD's NADAC trial. He took a THIRD place and Q'd, which is the most important thing. What makes this SO special is that this Q has eluded Team Gallina for over a year..much to the handler's (Monica's) dismay! Pepper is now in Open Standard. After this exciting achievement he also Q'd in ELITE GAMBLERS, his first Elite Q ever! Thanks, Sandy, for keeping me going! |
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From Peggy and Star (Border Collie)
Star didn't completely have it together at the NADAC trial, however, in Gamblers on Saturday in the pouring rain she managed to complete the gamble with 28 opening points and finished her Novice Gamblers Certificate! The best run I had all weekend was Winston's Q in Open Tunnelers on Sunday. We completed the course in 33.68 sec. (SCT was 40). There were some VERY fast dogs in the 20+ class and even with that fast time, he came in 9th place. The old guy can still move (just turned 8 in March)! |
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From Kathy Bell and Coal (Papillon)
I can't believe this little guy! We trialed only on Sunday at the recent NADAC trial and he had NO obstacle faults the entire day. We came home with THREE Qualifying ribbons in the 4 events we ran in. He had a lot more competition in his class this trial and still managed to get a FIRST Place in Novice Gamblers (including the bonus jump). He also qualified in standard finishing 4th out of 7 competing AND qualified in his first ever tunnelers run finishing 6th out of 15 dogs. He now has 1 Q in each of his NADAC class in only 2 trials! In Jumpers he was 4th out of 9, but not under time for his Q. Our secret is PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE! Keep everything positive! That's what motivates Coal! I really enjoy the Agility days with Coal and he seems to really enjoy himself too now. Thank you, Sandy, for giving us both the confidence that we could do this together! |
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From Barbara Emdur and Chloe NA, NAJ (Bedlington Terrier)
Chloe finished BOTH her AKC Novice titles in one weekend at the Agility Club of San Diego March trials. She qualified THREE times during the weekend—TWO in Novice Standard with a 2nd place, and 1 in Novice Jumpers with a FIRST in her class! We were very happy after the show and are now in OPEN Classes! (I'll NEVER remember those courses!) |
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From Kathy and Gamma, NAJ (Aussie):
Gamma did well at the recent AKC trial and Qualified in Novice Jumpers both Saturday and Sunday! Considering that she went around EVERY jump at the NADAC trial, this is a great improvement! She gets to join Chloe in Open Jumpers (not Standard yet, but soon on that too--she missed a Q by an "up" contact on a teeter on Saturday). I see her gaining confidence with every trial (only 4 total entered since January so far) and she even held her start line stays at this one! She's getting the idea of the purpose of the game! (Sorry, Pilot, but Gamma has already overtaken you on that ribbon wall! At the recent NADAC Trial both Gamma and Pilot managed to Q in Standard on Sunday! And Gamma earned her first Q in the Gamblers class. I entered my "retired" Tribble in Gamblers and Tunnelers just for fun and he had SO much fun that he couldn't listen to me... |
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From Peggy and Star:
Star was awesome at the Silver Bay Kennel Club AKC Show Saturday Feb 21, 2004. She Q'd in both her standard runs and finished her Novice Agility Title! At the NADAC Trial in Dehesa, Star, who had never done Gamblers at a trial before, had 2 great runs. In Round 1, I ran out of breath after racking up 40 opening points and didn't give her the command for the last jump soon enough. In Round 2, she was perfect and came in 2nd place! |
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From Kathy Bell and Coal (Papillon):
What fun it was — a weekend I will never forget, Coal's first Agility trial! Everyone...a life lesson...not giving up DOES pay off! Coal's been in agility training since last May and has been a very difficult Papillon with his combination of attitude and a lack of confidence, as well as being hard to find a way to motivate him in training (even Sandy admits he's been a challenge)!
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From Jennifer Brennan and Shayla:
After taking almost a entire year off of competing, Shayla returned to NADAC competition in March, 2004. She qualified 4 out of 6 runs, with 2 of those being first place runs. She took first in her elite gamble to complete her title, and she took first in her standard run on Saturday. Sunday one of her qualifying runs was her first leg toward her elite jumpers title. Bruce remarked that my run had the most crossing he had ever seen me put in! So I guess I should say WE had a good weekend. Thank you to Sandy and the gals in my class for pushing me to be a better handler! |
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From Sandy and Lil (Boston Terrier):
Lil finished her NADAC Elite Jumpers Title on March 14 with a 1st Place! She also recently finished her AKC Excellent Jumpers with Weaves title! |
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From Barbara Emdur and Chloe (Bedlington Terrier):
At the Silver Bay AKC trial, Chloe finished in FIRST place in 16" Novice Jumpers on both Saturday AND Sunday for TWO Q's! She also Q'd in Novice Standard on Sunday in the rain! Three Q's in one weekend! |
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From Sandy and Geronimo:
Geronimo finished his AKC Novice Standard title at the Portuguese Water Dog club's trial at the beginning of February with a 1st in the 12" class. Then at Silver Bay's trial he finished his Novice Jumper with Weaves title, also with a First place in his class! |
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From Monica Gallina and Pepper:
What do agility friends do in their free time? Here's a photo of Bobbie Jo's pack (on the left) and Monica's pack (on the right) during their hike at Mt. Laguna! Click here to see the rest
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From Diana Walker with Dottie (Border Collie) and Pebbles (Papillon):
Dottie says THANKS to Sandy! Her handler finally got it right! We had the best weekend we've ever had! Dottie made the gamble on Saturday but didn't have enough points to Q. In Starters Novice she Q'd BOTH Saturday AND Sunday, and also Q'd in Snooker and Jumpers! Pebbles has gone to 2 trials. The first was in Pomona in December (AKC), where she Q'd in Jumpers with Weaves. At the recent USDAA Trial she also Q'd in Jumpers, although we're still having a little problem with the weave poles! Thanks again, Sandy! |
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