Agility Trial Champion of Canada!

Sassy earned her last of four Masters level titles at Gabi's Q-Ball trial and took home the Agility Trial Champion title, the weekend following the National Championships and even with the handicap of having me for a handler.  What a star!

BC Lions - Half time show: Superfly Dogs

The BC Lions/Calgary Stampeders played last Friday and the "Superfly Dogs" were part of the half-time show!  We practiced with the cheerleaders in the afternoon and raced at half-time.  We started with the "weavepole challenge", then ran a steeplechase course and finally competed against Leo the BC Lions' mascot.  Great running on the new artificial turf and a blast performing in front of 25,000 people (who cheered louder for us than they did the football team!)

National Championships, Calgary

Had fun and although we didn't place too high overall, got two 9th place finishes in Standard and Jumpers events.  Thanks to Frank Morton for the great pix!

Off to the National Championships!

Need to get some sleep because we've rented a car and are driving to Calgary to compete in the Canadian National Agility Championships!  Almost packed.  Camping and taking our time getting there.  This should be a lot of fun!

Master Gamblers Dog of Canada

Earned another masters title in Gamblers, a game that requires you to run your dog over/through obstacles while standing/running 18-22 feet away from it.  Now we just need the Master Snooker Title to earn our ATCh (Agility Trial Champion...the big one).

Go Germany!

I'm sorry pal....

Sassy Meets Her Uncle and Dad

Sassy's uncle and father are also performance dogs! We met at the regionals in Abbotsford. Uncle Sabre in the middle and Merlin on the right.  You can tell by their smiles that they love agility....

MASTER AGILITY DOG OF CANADA

Here we are at the Regionals with our MADC (Masters Agility Dog of Canada) title ribbon.  We earned it in February but they ran out of ribbons and I had to wait until the Regionals.

BC/Yukon Regional Championships

The two day event started off okay.  A decent Gamblers run and a fantastic (4th place of 60 dogs!) placement in the Standard run.  And then came the brain freeze during the Jumpers run where I totally lost my route through the obstacles and ended up with a zero for a Non-Completion!  Qualifying for the Nationals wasn't looking like an option.  We would have to run two perfect runs on Sunday.

With a fried rib-eye steak for treats before and after the events, Sassy pulled it off and did two outstanding runs, basically qualifying in four events of a six-event trial.  The final run, a Gamblers, was all icing on the cake.  We qualified and are headed to Calgary for the National Dog Agility Championships in August!

Here's Sassy in our first run on Sunday.  Thanks for the photos, Frank!

And coming in on a tight circle from a jump....

Regionals Prep with Q-Ball Agility Club

Sunday was a 7 - run Masters event out near Abbotsford on Harold Smith's farm, with a herd of alpacas watching over the fence.  Out of seven events, Sassy made 5 perfect runs finishing in first place for all five.  Get ready Regionals....here we come!

We also earned our Masters Jumpers Dog of Canada ribbon too!  Getting closer to that ATCHC ribbon (Agility Trial Champion of Canada)