Sept/08 K9 Klubhouse Day 1

The girls and I spent the day at the K9 Klubhouse trial. Finally had some amazing weather! Not too cold, nor hot for the dogs, a slight, gentle breeze, and... NO RAIN!! Best trial weather, ever!

Tink had a pretty good day too. She started off with a Master Gamble, she had a good run, coming away with 84 points and a Q (our first Q beyond the ones required for an ATCh). Run two was Master Standard, Tink did well... too bad about the handler. I had a few handler errors, causing refusals and knocked bars, equalling 20 faults, but she did well and stayed on course. Natasha then ran Tink in Advanced Junior Handler and earned her 2nd Q. Master Snooker was next, and it was a hard one, I might add! Nobody got a Q on it. We made it further then I thought she would, getting to 22 points before she took the wrong end of a tunnel in the closing. Last run of the day was Steeplechase. With a knocked bar, and dinkin' around on the weaves a bit, Tink was .52 seconds over SCT, so close but no cigar.

I have been getting a lot of compliments lately on how Tink is much more controlled, and as much as I loved it before, it's so much more fun to run her now! We are back for more tomorrow, so keep your fingers (and paws) crossed!