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)