August 28, 2009

Catching up!

Here's what we have been up to the last couple of months!

July 11 - K9 Klubhouse
Master Standard & Gamble Q

July 18-19 - Canada Cup
It was a fun weekend with some different and challanging courses. Tink had a very off weekend, and we didn't do very well at all. You can watch the trainwreaks here!

July 31 - Aug 2 - AAC Nationals
This was Tink and my first Nationals! It was fun! Friday started off with 2 steeplechase qualifiers for the finals on Sunday. Tink amazed me by running BOTH classes clean! She placed 10th in the first and tied for 9th in the second out of over 100 dogs in her division! She qualified for the finals in 6th place! Saturday started out great, making the main gamble in our first run with 60 points in the opening! Standard didn't go quite so well! Tink blasted off of the walk and frame into off-course tunnels, and tallied up 20 more faults in knocked bars and refusals! Jumpers was a slight improvement, though, oddly, she took an off-course jump instead of a tunnel! Sunday started with Standard, she had a knocked bar and a couple refusals, but stayed on course this time! Jumpers was going really well, until I forgot to add a cross and was in the wrong place, causing Tink to spin, and get a refusal. Gamble was close, she had a questionable non-completion in the main before finally making the final jump. The day ended with the Steeplechase finals! It was a lot of fun, and Tink did some great stuff... until the second last jump when I didnt support it and she ran past it, wasting very precious time! We placed 5th and got to take home a decent cash prize. Here's the vid!

Aug 8-9 - SuperDog Central
Tink earned a Master Standard and Gamble Q, and helped Natasha earn a Starter Team and Jumper Q
Kessie had her first agility run! She wasn't feeling well the day before, and was a little calmer then usual... she did well in her run, only getting one refusal. I was proud of the baby dog!

Aug 15-16 - Rocket Relay
Tink's third flyball tournament. We drove down after work on Sat, and got to run in one race. Sunday was very hot, but lots of fun! Tink got 425 points, putting her at 1,342 and earning her FDCh-S. I also figured out the trick to get her running faster, and at the end of the day, ran her best time of 4.2 in start.

Aug 23 - Daytripper
Tink (finally) earned a Master Jumpers Q. this is our third, we only need one more for our title.