Another awesome weekend in agility for Nikon, Snapshot, Zer and Trey. These wonderful dogs just keep getting better.

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.

Another good weekend all around in agility for the crew.

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.

A 3 days full of agility and new achievements at the LEAP agility trial Granby, MA.

The weekend started off with Snapshot earning her 13th double Q with a second placement in Ex B Standard on Saturday. Trey earned his second Ex A Jumpers with weaves leg with a first placement and Nikon earned another Ex B Jumpers leg as well with a fourth place. Zer also earned his 9th MX leg with a first place in the 26″ Excellent B Standard class. So it was a red/white/blue Saturday for Memorial day weekend.

Sunday brought more great runs with Zer earning his first double placements out of the 26″ excellent standard and jumpers classes with two first placements. He also finished his MX title as well and his 6th double Q towards his MACH. Zer and Grace don’t do much AKC but when they do they are racking up those double Q’s quickly. They are also well on their way to finishing their USDAA ADCH title as well.

Nikon added another double Q to his record with more placements a 3rd and 4th, putting him at 15th QQ towards his next MACH title. With this double Q and the points earned with it Nikon has now qualifed for the 2011 AKC Agility Nationals making it his 5th year in a row.

Trey continued his run adding his last Ex A Jumpers leg with another first placement and completed his AXJ title. Snapshot had an usually off day with no Qs.

On Monday, Trey earned his first MXJ leg (his fourth excellent jumpers in a row) with a fourth place!!! Its hard to believe that this young dog has gone from Nov to Ex B in just fourteen days of trialing and continues to do it with style.

Snapshot also Q’d in Ex B Jumpers with a third place!!

A very good weekend all around.

Wow what a GREAT weekend in agility!

Saturday started with Nikon qualifying in Excellent JWW with a second place. Then Snapshot and her litter brother Zer (Echo x Flyte pups) both earned Q’s and they wound up 6th and 7th place overall in the 24″ excellent B jumpers class.

Then in the afternoon Trey earned his first AX leg with a second place. Nikon took a bad line to the dogwalk which caused him to bounce off of it because he had too much speed. Snapshot and Zer Q’d in standard with Zer taking 4th place but Snapshot was right behind him in 5th! So, in the end double Qs for both Snapshot and Zer on day one.

Sunday started out with “baby” Trey earning his second AX leg with a first place and he followed that up by earning his first AXJ leg with a second place. It was a day full of double Qs with Nikon double Q’ing with two second places, Snapshot double Q’ing with a third in Standard and a fourth in Jumpers, finally Zer double q’ing winding up 7th in standard and 5th in jumpers.

Also, heard from Lora that Cash earned his second AXJ leg with a placement with a time that would have also placed in the ex B class.

These Flyte kids are certainly showing their stuff. Congrats to all!

Awesome weekend for agility….

Trey earned both is OA and OAJ on Saturday, May 15th at the Providence Kennel Club trial in Smithfield, RI with a second and first place. Then on Sunday, he moved up to run with the big dogs and held his own with only a couple little bobbles but very nice runs overall.

Nikon had a great Saturday earning another double Q with a first and second place and then on Sunday he earned another Q in standard with a first place. He was on fire all his runs.

Snapshot had a nice jumpers taking first place in her class. Unfortunately, a little bobble in Standard kept us from Q’ing there too. Sunday, was the day…with Snapshot earning her 10th double Q with two first placements which also completed the last requirement she needed for her GRCA Agility Dog Hall of Fame title (ADHF). Yahoo!

On another front Zer and Grace were running at NEAT’s USDAA trial this weekend earning another Q and first place in both Masters pairs and Snooker. They also earned another Master jumpers Q on Sunday and another Steeplechase WIN to their belt!

Then today, Sunday May 16th, Cash and Lora earned their first Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves qualifer with a first place!

Great weekend all around.

On Saturday at the Scottish Terrier Club of New England’s trial Snapshot earned her 9th QQ with first placements in both classes. Nikon and I had great runs but a mis-handled chute to weave pole sequence in standard and he could not get the entry to the poles, so no Q. But he did Q in jumpers with a first place. Kris ran Trey in Open Jumpers but was not ready for the speed he turned on so they had a missed jump and a dropped bar. I then ran him in Open Standard but he did a one hit wonder on the aframe and then knocked two bars. He also did not stop on his dogwalk contact, he got it, just did not stop. Still more work on those contacts to do.

Today, I ran Trey in Open Standard and we had a very good run earning our second OA leg with a first place. He stopped on his dog walk contact today and did a much better aframe. Nikon then Q’d in standard with a second place and Snapshot had a really nice run but a small handling error caused a refusal so no standard Q. Then in Jumpers Kris decided to let me run Trey hoping that I’d Q on him and she wanted the Q. Well, we did our best earning his second OAJ leg and a first place. It was bit crazy between running Trey in Open Jumpers handing him off to Kris to hold while I took Nikon from her to go run his excellent Jumpers class. Nikon Q’d in 24″ jumpers with another first place completing his 12th QQ for MACH 4. Snapshot also Q’d in her 26″ excellent jumpers class with a first place as well.

Grace and Zer earned two QQ’s this weekend with placements in one class each day. They are really developing into a nice consistent and speedy team.

A big weekend for Nikon, Snapshot and Trey in the obedience/rally ring. Today Nikon took first place in Open A earning his first CDX leg! Then to top it off Nikon, Snapshot and Trey then each earned their last leg for their Rally Novice titles, so they are now….

Nikon — MACH3 ADCH Pine Run’s Photo Finish CD RN JH XF WCX ADHF CGC
Snapshot — Pine Run’s Capture the Moment CD RN MX MXJ XF WC
Trey — Pine Run’s Kiowa Picture This RN NA NAJ WC

Joining us in the Rally ring was Grace and Zer, who earned their first Advanced Rally leg with a 2nd place! Go team Zer.

Down south in NJ, Cash and Lora continued their winning ways on Saturday by earning their second Open Jumpers leg with a first place. Then on Sunday they earned their second Open Standard leg. This young team is just cruising along. They’ll be in excellent before they know it.

These Flyte kids are just racking up the titles, but most importantly their owners are enjoying the ride to the fullest.

What a good weekend for all those competing.

First, Trey (Bear xFlyte) started the weekend off by earning his second CD leg on Friday, but had a problem staying during the down stay on Saturday so no title. Next time hopefully.

Then down south in NJ, Lora Durr and Cash (Bear x Flyte) had a great day earning their second Open FAST leg, and then fininshed both their Novice Agility and Novice Agility Jumpers titles by earning the last legs he needed. He also earned placements too, a first and second place.

Good day for the youngsters in agility here in NH.

Trey (Bear xFlyte) double Q’d in Open Standard and JWW class with two first places. Snapshot (Echo x Flyte) earned QQ number 8 with two second placements! Just 2 more QQs for her ADHF (Agility Dog Hall of Fame) title. Hattie, (Echo x Flyte) also did great Q’ing in both Nov Stand and Nov JWW with a second and first place. Go Baby dogs.

Pine Run Dog’s swept all levels taking Qs and placements in all classes today, pretty cool! The Flyte puppies continue to do well.

Great weekend with friends and agility at the LEAP agility trial how can you beat that.

Nikon and a great weekend double Q’ing both days including taking 3 first placements and a fourth place. These QQs are this tenth and eleventh for his MACH 4, plus adding another 111 points to already impressive lifetime point total of 4805 (as of 3/28/2010).

Not to be out done Snapshot Q’d in jumpers with a first place on Saturday but had one bobble in standard so no Q. Then on Sunday she earned her 7th double Q with two first places.

Trey, Pine Run’s Kiowa Picture This NA NAJ WC, earned his Novice Agility (NA) today with a fast time of 37 seconds!! With that time he earned first place as well. Go baby dog. Then in Open jumpers he had a blistering run but his speed caused us as few issues at the weave poles, so we still have a few things to work on.

It was a weekend of obedience and Rally. Trey started the weekend off with his very first Nov B class on Friday at the American Bullmastiff Association’s obedience trial. He did a good job for his first time in the obedience ring earning his first Q and a third place!

Not to be out done by Trey, Snapshot earned her last leg needed for her CD title on Saturday at the Labrador Retriever Club of Greater Boston’s trial! She is now Pine Run’s Capture the Moment CD MX MXJ XF WC.

Nikon and I entered our very first Open A class on Saturday. This was my first time in Open and I am very pleased with how we both did, although we did not Q when Nikon did not come back over the jump with his dumb bell, I am still very pleased with his effort. Next time!

Sunday brought Rally novice Q’s for Nikon, Snapshot and Trey. For each this is their second Q.

We have a couple more obedience and Rally trials this spring and we’re looking forward to starting Agility soon.