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I also (almost) didn't care about his NQ in Jumpers. His run was so fast and pretty ... maybe i should have handled more and admired less! At any rate, he was perfect until the next to last jump, which I don't think he even saw. He just blew past it and went on to take the last one out of order.
Our Snooker woes continued. I was beginning to think we'd be stuck in L2 Snooker for the rest of our lives.
Since there weren't any CPE trials around here in September, I decided to give USDAA a try. Headed over to Nunes Agility Field in Turlock for a trial sponsored by VAST (Valley Agility Sports Team). I didn't run Miko. Moxie was entered in the Performance, rather than Championship division. His Championship jump height is 22", and that just seems like a lot for him. In Performance, he jumps his CPE height of 16".
He had a pretty good weekend: 5 Q's/7 classes, 2 firsts, 3 2nds, with the only NQ's being ... Snooker, both days.
Moving right along ...
But not to get ahead of myself: I made the long haul up to Eureka in mid-August for the HumDog CPE trial by myself this year. Last year Elsa went with me and she planned to again this year. I don't remember, now, exactly what came up, but something did and she stayed home. M,M & I had a very nice room with a Jacuzzi (I do draw the line at bathing with my dogs!) and I was able to visit several friends who live in the area -- one of the reasons for driving quite a ways out of my usual stomping grounds.
Assuming (correctly, as it turned out) that the weather would be fairly cool, I entered Miko in 4 classes. He Q'd and placed first in all of them, finishing his Level 3 Colors and Full House legs. Moxie also finished his L3 Full House and Wildcard legs, and got his first 2 L4 Standard legs. He had several NQ's that were almost really wonderful -- a non-traditional Jackpot where he did a really long send-away through a tunnel, exiting at the end of the dogwalk then coming back to me over the dogwalk. This was worth 30 points. Only 3 dogs attempted it, only one actually accomplished it. Moxie did everything perfectly but missed the down contact on the DW. Despite the fault, I was so thrilled with the gamble I forgot the rest of my plan and we ended up with time faults. I didn't care.
I also (almost) didn't care about his NQ in Jumpers. His run was so fast and pretty ... maybe i should have handled more and admired less! At any rate, he was perfect until the next to last jump, which I don't think he even saw. He just blew past it and went on to take the last one out of order.
Our Snooker woes continued. I was beginning to think we'd be stuck in L2 Snooker for the rest of our lives.
Since there weren't any CPE trials around here in September, I decided to give USDAA a try. Headed over to Nunes Agility Field in Turlock for a trial sponsored by VAST (Valley Agility Sports Team). I didn't run Miko. Moxie was entered in the Performance, rather than Championship division. His Championship jump height is 22", and that just seems like a lot for him. In Performance, he jumps his CPE height of 16".
He had a pretty good weekend: 5 Q's/7 classes, 2 firsts, 3 2nds, with the only NQ's being ... Snooker, both days.
Moving right along ...
WAG 10/4 - 5. A good weekend. Moxie Q'd in 7 of 10 classes, with 6 first places. And finally, make that FINALLY!! we got that elusive L2 Snooker leg, to FINALLY!!! finish his Level 2 Title. Everything else was in the bag in early April! Miko ran in 2 classes, Q'd/blued in one and had a fast, happy NQ in the other.
FunPaws at WAG 10/18 - 19. Another good weekend. We're the Snooker gods!! Mox not only Q'd both days, he also placed first! Another 7 for 10 weekend, 6 wins, one 2nd. Along the way, he got his last L3 Colors leg and his CL3-H title. Miko got his last L3 Wildcard leg and also finished his CL3-H title. (Wildcard and Colors are the 2 events that make up the "Handlers" title.)
VAST CPE 10/24-25. We had a great Saturday -- Mox was 4 for 4, with 3 firsts and a 2nd. AND in those 4 Q's was his last L3 Snooker, which finished his CL3 title! Miko won his class as well. Sunday started out auspiciously, with Miko winning his L4 Standard class and Mox having a really good Jackpot run that turned out to be NQ because we were late starting the gamble. (I have since bought a stopwatch; this isn't the first time I've ended up on the wrong side of the ring at the whistle.)
After that, things kind of came apart. I just wasn't with the program for some reason; stood around like a lawn jockey. Mox soon figured out that there was nobody home, and started making up his own courses.
Next stop, Santa Rosa!
