Yippee!

Then on Sunday Zer Q’d in Master Standard with a second place.

Hattie (Echo x Flyte), and Hannah earned their MAD (master agility dog title) on Saturday.  They also qualified in Master snooker and Master Jumper where they took 4th place!!

What a great weekend for these young dogs!

Saturday, (August 7, 2010):

First round – standard – clean, first place.  42.11 seconds, 100 pts.

Second round - standard – 44.55 seconds, 90 pts (up contact fault for 5 pts.  and R for 5 pts. – shoot to a jump, he curved too far out of shoot, over-shot the jump plane) – 7th place at the end of 2 rounds

Sunday, (August 8, 2010):

Third round – hybrid – with two seesaws – 34.45 seconds, 90 pts – up contact for 5 pts, R for 5 pts (bad call says ALL – he got stuck in between two strips of sod and hesitated as he unstuck himself before taking the jump.  Grrr.  Score keepers screwed up the entry so I am not sure where he was at the end of three.

Fourth round - Jumpers – W – took a jump that wasn’t supposed to be there for 10 pts.  35.49 seconds, 90 pts.

Cum score 270, cum time 156.6 seconds

Way to go Cash and Lora!!

May 2010
Hattie and Hannah earned their AAD

5/29/10 Tail Blazers Agility Club
Cash and Lora, earned their first Q in Exc A Fast with 1st place.

June 14, 2010
Both Snapshot and Trey each earn a QQ with placements at the Mayflower Pembroke Welsh Corgi trial. Snapshot earned a 1st place in 24” Ex Standard and just a Q in jumpers. Trey earned a 3rd 24” Ex Standard and a 4th in 24” Ex Jumpers.

June 27, 2010
Trey earns his first Junior Hunter leg at the Maine Retriever Club’s Hunt test in Burnham, Maine. (See photo on right)

6/26 Staten Island Kennel Club
Cash and Lora, 1st place, 1st MXJ leg

June 26-27, 2010
Hatrick (aka Hattie) earns her NAJ title at the Collie Club of Maine’s AKC agility trial.

July 4, 2010 Southern Berkshire Golden Retriever Club’s annual summer hunt test
Trey earned his second Junior Hunter leg

7/10 Lower Camden DTC
Cash and Lora, 4th place, 2nd MXJ leg (first time running over 5 yps 5.12)

July 9-11, 2010 Riverside USDAA trial
Nikon
- Q in Team Snooker with a first place
- Q in Team Jumpers
- Master Jumpers with a second place
Snapshot earns her USDAA MAD title (Master Agility Dog) after earning that elusive Master Gamblers Q.  (See photo on right of Snapshot with her MAD ribbon)
- Q in 26” Master Gamblers
- Q in Master Pairs
- Q in 26” Master Jumpers with first place
- Super Q in 26” Master Snooker with a second place

Trey earns his USDAA AD title (Agility Dog, See bottom photo on right of Trey with her AD ribbon) with a first place after earning his last leg he needed in Starters/Novice Standard. Trey also qualifies in Steeplechase in the pouring rain and does it with style going clean and winning the Class (See photo on right of Trey with hi BIG Steeplechase first place ribbon). Then in the second round he also went clean and again took first place!!

Zer and Grace also had a great weekend at the trial.
- Q in 26” master Jumpers with a first place (Yup they beat Nikon!)
- Q in 26” Master Gamblers with a third- 2 Q’s in 26” Master Standard with placements
- Q in Grand Prix with a second place

Hatrick (aka Hattie) and Hannah
- Q in 22” Master Jumpers
- Q in 22” Master Gamblers
- SuperQ in 22” Master Snooker

7/17 – 18 South Jersey Agility Club (SOJAC)
Cash and Lora, MXJ 3 (5.12 yps – .4 sec out of placements) and 4th MXJ leg
Exc A Fast – 1st place – 1st leg

July 17-18 Yankee Golden Retriever Club AKC Agility trial
Nikon
- earned a QQ each day with placements ( one first place, one second place and two third places)

Snapshot
-earned a QQ each day with placements ( one second place, one third place and two fourth places)

Trey
- Earned a Q in Standard on Saturday with a first place in 26” Ex B
Earned a QQ on Sunday with two first places in 26” Ex B

Hattie and Hannah
- Earned her NAJ title

July 17-18 BARK Agility USDAA Agility trial
Zer and Grace, Standard Agility Champion Title USDAA BARK, 3rd & Q in Jumpers, 2nd & Q Standard, 4th & Q Gamblers
4th & Q Standard

July 24-25, 2010 Collie Club of New England
Zer and Grace, QQ with two1st placements. Now qualified for AKC National Agility trial in Lexington, VA. Then on Sunday, they earned another QQ with 1st in Std and 2nd in JWW, MXJ title.

Nikon, Q in Ex B 24” Jumpers with a 4th place

Snapshot, Q in Ex B 24” Jumpers

Trey, Q in Ex B 26” Standard with a first place

Phew! That’s a lot of goings on.

This past weekend at the Southern Berkshire Golden Retriever Club’s annual two day trial in Glastonbury, CT all four — Nikon, Snapshot, Zer and Trey — double Q’d! Nikon placed fourth Jumpers, Trey came in 5th place right behind his uncle (only 0.60 seconds behind) and Snapshot came in 8th place in Ex B 24″. Zer added another QQ which was also a double first placement. It was a lovely day all around even though it was pouring rain outside the horse arena we were running in.

Sunday, was not a good as Saturday but not horrible. Snapshot double Q’d again but without placements (too bad). Nikon dropped the panel jump in standard (all my fault) as he tried to change direction over the jump, but we were able to Q in Jumpers. Trey also dropped a bar in standard again my fault but a different jump than Nikon and then in jumpers he took an off course when he did not read my lateral movement (only read the forward movement). Zer had a nice run in standard too but like his uncle and brother he took dropped a bar, but had a nice run in Jumpers earning another Q and first placement.

Then on Monday, I took Snapshot and Trey to a local one day agility trial, the Mayflower Welsh Pembroke Corgi club in Amherest, NH, while Nikon stayed home resting. Snapshot earned her 16th double Q with a first place in standard. Unfortunately, she did not earn a placement in jumpers too. But with this double Q Snapshot and Nikon are now tied, each having 16 QQs towards their MACHs — Snapshot her first and Nikon his 4th. Its a horse race to see how gets to it first.

Trey earned his first QQ and it was his first double placement too — a third place in standard and a 4th in jumpers . I am still not sure how Trey and I actually Q’d in standard since at one point he took me out at the knees, somehow I got back quickly to my feet and actually finished the course. I was pretty sure I had gotten a refusal for with that “knock out” but the judge was generous on it. I guess Trey is living up to his nickname TKO (Technical Knock Out)!!

With this weekend’s results Snapshot now joins Nikon in having qualified for the 2011 AKC Agility Nationals in Lexington, VA.

Cash (Bear X Flyte) and Lora in NJ earned two excellent A standard legs with placement a second place on Friday. Now they’re even with 2 AX and AXJ legs. Soon they’re join everyone else in Ex B, Wahoo!

On Saturday, Decent day in agility today in the heat/humidity….

Snapshot Q in 24″ Ex B Standard, 4th place, popped her weaves poles and was VERY slow off the start line so no Q in Ex B JWW.

Nikon popped poles in standard, but Q’d in 24″ Ex B Jumpers 2nd place

Trey had a bad standard run, popped his weaves, fell off teeter, the missed his aframe contact, but Q’d in 24″ Ex B JWW with…….get this 3rd place behind Nikon. This is Trey’s 2nd MXJ leg (both with placements!) and his 5th straight Ex JWW leg. Granted Nikon ran the course in 30.01 and Trey ran it in 32 plus seconds! Not bad for a baby dog who just turned 2 at the end of April.

Sunday brought us downpours and scattered showers and was not much better than Saturday as far as the Qs go but had some really nice runs.

Nikon and Snapshot Q’d in Standard with a 2nd and a 4th place respectively. Trey had a very nice run but missed his aframe contact. Its interesting their times wound up — Nikon (46.11 seconds) , Trey (46.43 seconds) and Snapshot (46.86 seconds)! Nikon went pretty wide on one turn so lost some time there and Trey I was holding his Dogwalk/Teeter contacts.

Jumper was a lovely course but only Trey Q’d with. Unfortunately, I slipped and went to my knees while doing a front cross at the end of the poles with Nikon, although I was able to get my feet back under me sort of I was not really in position to handle the next couple obstacles so Nikon went off course. Snapshot popped her poles again and I am not sure why but NQ for her in jumpers.

Qualifying get for Flyte’s OD title…

By Kiowa’s KC Double Back -Echo MH** (Echo):
Pine Run’s Capture the Moment CD RN MX MXJ XF AAD WC ADHF (Snapshot)
Pine Run’s Mountain Escape MX AXJ OF RN MAD (Zer)

By Kiowa’s Honey Bear SH (Bear):
Pine Run’s Kiowa Picture This RN OA AXJ WC (Trey)

Other titled get…
Pine Run Kiowa I Walk The Line RN OA OAJ OF (Cash)
Pine Run’s Kiowa On The Right Track NAJ TD UCD (Cuz)
Pine Run Joy of Sport AAD (Hattie)

Look out these young dogs have just begun their performance careers and there is certainly more to come from them in the future.