Mother and daughter

 We went to the thanksgiving cluster agility trial this past weekend.  This is a huge event with over 6,000 entries!  Rosette came away with 2 Q’s, T2B and master standard.  Bonnet did the match on Friday because she struggled with contacts in her 2 previous AKC attempts.  On Saturday and Sunday she ran novice jumpers and novice standard.  She dropped a bar in her first jumpers run but Q’d in her second run for her novice jumpers title.  She clipped the broad jump in her first standard attempt which NQ’d us but she did all her contacts🙂.  On Sunday, she Q’d in standard for her first leg.  It was an amazingly well run trial considering the numbers!  But it was a noisy and chaotic environment for an inexperienced dog and I was very proud of Bonnet!

Bonnet

 Good girl, Bonnet!!  2 new titles in less than a week!   NAJ on Sunday and CD today!  At the Warner Brook trial (Chinook Club of America) in Pittsford, Vt, she qualified for her 3rd leg with a first place and 194.  Judge was Lorraine Moffa.

Sterling’s Bluebonnet v. KRW CD RN NAJ (pending AKC confirmation)

Rosette!M

 Rosette, Bonnet and I went to the Hilltown Hound’s CPE agility trial at Muddy Paws this weekend.  It was nice, cool weather, no rain, and lots of wonderful people.  The judge was Doreen Muddy Paws.  Bonnet Q’d 5 out of 8 runs in level 3.  Rosette Q’d in 4 out of 4 runs (level5) giving her the 2 Q’s she needed for her C-ATCH!!!  Needless to say, this was a very exciting moment for us!  It was especially thrilling to do it under Doreen, who also happens to be our instructor. We needed a jackpot and snooker Q and we got both.  These strategy games are difficult for me.  Rosette does fine as long as I am smart enough to send her to the right places!!  I am extremely grateful to Doreen for her endless patience in helping us navigate this exhilarating but complicated sport.  And to Rosette who also has endless patience with me as her handler.  And to Bonnet who is willing to learn this game with me.  And to ALL our supporters too numerous to list!  So many friends, new and old, have cheered us on!!

More agility and obedience brags

 Mother-daughter brags.  Rosette went to the ESS agility trial yesterday and picked up her first master double Q!!  Bonnet went to her first novice obedience trial and earned her first novice leg with a first place and a 194.

Good, good girlies!!

Big agility brag

 So……….we have a brag. 

First, Bonnet.  She went to her first agility trial.  It was a CPE trial at Muddy Paws.  I put her in 3 level 2 (I decided to skip level 1) runs on Saturday and 3 runs on Sunday.  She Q’d in 2 standard runs and a wildcard run.  She did a great job.  She really listened and did what was asked.  One of her NQ’s was because I screwed up the course (running 2 dogs is confusing and will take some getting used to).  One NQ was a dropped bar…..her only one in 6 runs.  And one NQ was because she was slightly overtime so her seconds overtime got subtracted from her score which left her 2 points short of what was needed for the game.  She did the course perfectly.

And then, Rosette!!  She was a superstar.  She ran 10 level 5 courses in 2 days.  She had 10 Q’s!!  Her special ribbon is for a perfect weekend.  It got very hot both days and Rosette just kept going.  She is such a fun, awesome dog!!

 

Callie at 11 1/2 years old with her son in the one photo. He will be 6 in April.