First MACH points!

Cash is in Exc B JWW, Exc A Std, and Open FAST classes.   He needs 2 Qs in Exc A Std to move to Exc B and 2 Qs in Open FAST to move to Exc FAST.  Last Saturday at the BDOC trial, I managed to mishandle him enough to NQ in FAST and Std, but he got a Q and 4th place in JWW for his first MACH points (7 points).  Only 743 more to go!

On Sunday, we NQ'd in FAST on a tough gamble and in JWW, I should have gone with him to the tunnel instead of sending him over the jump.  He entered the wrong end of the tunnel.  But his weaves were stellar both days.  In Std. he saved my bacon when I got too close to his tunnel exit and managed to just get out of his way while he came shooting out of the tunnel.  He held his line like a pro and got his second Q in Exc A Std with a 2nd place finish.

Two new titles!

Cash and I attended the Bellevue Dog Obedience Club 3 day agility trial this past weekend.




On Friday we got the bonus but no Q in Nov. FAST. Cash went supersonic and out of control. Wheeeeee! One handling bobble led to an off course in Exc. JWW but 12 clean weaves, and in Exc. Std. Cash decided two tunnels were just not enough so he added another. Otherwise it was a clean and fast run with great weaves. My thought was that with any luck we got all our screw ups out of our system and the next two days would be clean and fast.



Saturday was a complete turn around from Friday. Cash won and titled in the Novice FAST class with a score of 51 in 15.81 seconds of 35 seconds allowed. He also won the Exc A JWW class for his AXJ title and moved to Exc B for Sunday to hopefully start racking up MACH points. For a finale he won the Exc A Std class for his first Q. Woooooo Hoooooo!!!



On Sunday Cash got his first Open FAST Q & 2nd place in the class. In Exc B JWW I crowded him in the weaves & he popped at 10. He thought about going wild, but I was able to get him back & finish the run cleanly. I should have pulled him from Exc A Std. Hot day and he's never done a 3 day trial before. He bailed the teeter & we left the ring. He has all week to think about it before next weekend's trial.

GLOC AKC agility trial October 9 and 10, 2010

Our first foray into the Excellent A Standard class was interesting.  No Qs but Cash ran fast and is working WITH me more at each trial.  We did Q on Saturday and win the 12" Exc A JWW class for Cash's 2nd Q.

Sunday was not our day.  One bobble in Jumpers cost us a Q and the alphabet soup that was on our scorecard from the Std class was all totally my fault.  Poor little guy deserves a better handler but he's stuck with me.

BDOC AKC trial Sept 18 and 19, 2010

On Saturday as Cash and I were waiting to enter the ring for Novice FAST the speaker crackled and scared him out of his wits.  No qualifying score due to over time and blowing the bonus.  He was still spooky during Excellent JWW and blew the weave entry so another NQ.  Cash saved the day in Open Standard with a nice run 17 seconds under SCT, and a first place.

Today was better.  He didn't react so sharply to the speaker and won the Novice FAST class for his second Q toward his title.  We had a nice run going in Exc A JWW when he uncharacteristically popped out at the third pole, did an immediate about face and PEED on the weave pole!  I was shocked.  He has never eliminated in the ring.  My only guess is that a critter left its scent on the weave poles when they were left outside over night and he decided he must cover that scent.  Big fat NQ for that class.

However he did win the Open Std class 15 seconds under SCT for his Open title.  On to Exc A Standard!

Sunday results

Cash did win the Open Standard class from Saturday.   Today he got 2nd in Exc A JWW.  He was 4/10ths of a second out of first and this was his first Excellent leg.

Didn't do so well today in Novice FAST with a refusal at the weaves that burned too much time and we were 1 point short of qualifying.  We also had a refusal on the teeter in Open Standard.  Go figure.  He will do 12 weaves in Open Std, but fails to complete the teeter but had a refusal of 6 weaves in Novice FAST.

Next AKC trial is in September.....

Two for Three at NKC!

After a train wreck of an Excellent JWW run (bad handler shot Cash into an off course tunnel and then he got the glint in his eye that said a YAHOO run was coming), we got back on track in Novice FAST with a first place and a Q for our first leg toward his Novice title.

We also Q'd in a nice run in Open Standard.  I had to get home to get to work at my part time job and didn't stay to see how we placed so we'll find out tomorrow.

Almost there....

Since I started Cash in NADAC agility one of my goals was for him to attain the Novice Versatility Award.  That award is for Novice titles in all six NADAC classes:  Jumpers, Regular, Tunnelers, Touch N Go, Chances and Weavers.  He has five of the six titles and as of yesterday is one Novice Weavers Q away from it.

I entered Jumpers and Weavers yesterday to see if we could get the Q in the one Weavers class offered this weekend.  He got the purple Q rosette, along with a third place rosette for placing in the class.  I entered the Jumpers class to burn off some steam before Weavers and it worked.

Our next trial will be the Nebraska Kennel Club trial in July in Omaha.  There we will use the FAST class to burn off some of his energy before the JWW and Standard classes (the ones that "count")  Got to get those entries sent.