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.

 

Rosette

 Rosette went to 3 days of the Thanksgiving cluster in Mass for agility.  She is competing at the highest level now…excellent standard and master jumpers.  She managed a qualifying run in master jumpers which is our first master Q.  She has to run clean and be under time in masters.  We had another jumpers run which was clean but one second over time.☹️.  She did a lovely job on a standard course but we got called for a refusal when she did a spin between obstacles.  Here are some photos taken by my friend, Jaclyn.

Nacci has a new title

 Nacci earned his CDX title!!  This took a while and a lot of training but he did it.  I am so proud of him!!!