The Barking Lot: April, What a Great Month!

April came and went in a flash!

We started out the month at the ZAP agility trial in Auburn Washington. I ran Hershey, Kant, and Echo. I could not think of a better way to spend my birthday!

Hershey was phenomenal qualifying in all 4 Regulars and getting a Q in Novice Touch’N’Go finishing his Superior Novice Title which earning his Novice Versatility Superior Award and Novice All Around Award!!

Not bad for a dog that will turn 10 on April 9th! And I had a great time running him which says a lot!!

Kant loves being a veteran dog and had an awesome weekend. She got both Jumpers again this weekend so we are up to 10 only 3 more to go!!

Echo continues to awe me! We did not have the best Q rate but we are becoming a better team each time we go to the line.

She did run Tunnelers in 6.54 yards per second her fastest Tunnelers so far. She also got her Outstanding Novice Jumpers Title.

I love this dog!!

The next weekend we headed south to Central Point Oregon for the Rogue Canine Agility Trial. I took Hershey, Kant, and Echo again.

Hershey did not have many runs but he was awesome again this weekend, getting his first Open Touch’N’Go points. I am loving running Hershey again and so glad he has decided that the contact zone will not kill him to touch it.

Kant continues to love being a veteran dog and jumping at 12 inches. She got both Chances this weekend finishing her Superior Elite Chances Title. We tried another bonus line it started out great but then we crashed and burned, must work on turn away from me at 40+ feet. But the greatest news was we got both Jumpers again, three trials in a row, only 1 more Q to go for her NATCH!

Echo had a great weekend! She got her first Chances Q with a VERY hard Chances; Echo and one other dog were the ONLY dogs in Novice to get it and it was a large Novice class.

The next weekend I spent in Reno Nevada judging for mdta. What a great group of people, I had such a great time!! I am looking forward to going down there as a competitor for the Pepper/Sampson Memorial at the end of July.

Then the next weekend was our club’s Games Trial which is also the 2nd Annual Willamette Cup. My mom was able to come watch Saturday and she brought my stepdad back on Sunday. It has been years since my mom watched us run and my stepdad had never seen it. They got there just in time to watch Echo run Novice Weavers which was the greatest run I have had with her so far; she ran 6.31 yards per second! They stayed around to watch Kant run Tunnelers and win the Elite Medium Dog Willamette Cup! It was absolutely awesome having them there to share in what I do for fun!!

We all had a great weekend. Jordana was able to come run Saturday morning. Hershey, Kant, PITA, and Echo were all entered in this trial. We had 20 runs on Saturday, thank goodness Jordana was there to run 3 of them only leaving me 17 and I had 16 runs on Sunday. Hershey was not feeling that well and did not run the best but he did get two Open Weavers and an Open Touch’N’Go out of his 8 runs. PITA was a super star Qing in all 4 of her runs on Saturday, getting her first Weavers Q. Echo ran very well getting her Open Hoopers Title, Superior Novice Tunnelers Title, and Novice Touch’N’Go. She also Q’d in two Weavers running both of them over 6 yards per second, she loves 24” weave poles. She Q’d in 8 of the 12 classes!!