What an extraordinary weekend!!!! One certainly to remember anyway….
Headed south this weekend for a three day agility in southern NJ, leaving early and I mean early (1 am) on Friday Morning to make it for a 7 am start time. I went south to run Nikon on dirt to get him ready for the AKC agility national trial at the end of March that will also be run on dirt. Fortunately, we made it home without a problem even with the impending snow storm
Nikon and I went into the weekend needing three more double Qs to finish his MACH3 and believe it or not he and I went three straight days with double Qs. Not only that but he was generally in the top 10 dogs in a very competitive area for fast Border collies. Most of the time he was the first non Border Collie in the results. He also finished the double Q’s he needed to qualify for the 2010 AKC agility national, although he still needs about 100 more points, which should be no problem for the wonderful boy.
It was such a pleasure to earn our MACH3 with the “Dog family” watching this time. Kris, my sister said that she knew after a couple obstacles that we had it since Nikon and I looked so in synch, a team.
Snapshot did not want to be over shadowed by her “uncle” earning her first three Ex B standard legs and then earning her last two legs in Ex A jumpers with a first place and a third place to finish her AXJ title!! Then on Sunday after I moved her up to Ex B Jumpers she earned her first Ex B Jumper’s leg and her first double Q!!! She earned 52 MACH points as well. Overall she was not too far behind Nikon in the results – generally in the top 15 dogs in classes of about 50 to 60 dogs. What a BABY dog! Can’t believe how she’s doing considering she’s only run in 7 AKC trials and she is just 26 months old.
I am so thankful for all the support both Nikon and I have had from our “dog family,” friends, admirers, my various instructors and of course our own family, we would not be were we are today with out you.
As I said certainly a weekend to remember.
Nikon’s Triple Double Q MACH 3 Weekend Video (all runs)
Snapshot’s weekend Video (all runs)