Sassy at the Nationals, Swangard Stadium Vancouver 2015

The National Agility Championships were held in late August, 2015.  After taking fourth place in the qualifying provincial (BC/Yukon) championships, we were hoping to do well at the nats.  The only problem was that I had to work in the Caribbean for all of July and we didn't get a chance to practice or attend any trials.  So out of the six events in the finals, I made some mistakes with my handling in two of them. That was enough to take us off the podium and place 17th out of 31 dogs in our category.  Still, it was a lot of fun, especially since the stadium was only 15 minutes from home!

2015 BC/Yukon Regional Championships - 4th Place!

So, after two years of no classes, no competitions and no practice, we made fourth place and a spot on the podium!  Sassy was great as usual....pretty fast and very accurate.  Only one error (a refusal on a tunnel entrance, which was my fault for not being clear with my command).

On to the Canadian National Agility Championships in late August!  Swanguard Stadium, Vancouver

After a two-year retirement with no classes or competitions, I set up my old guerrilla agility equipment in a local field and we tried a weave pole combination.  Here's how we did.  This is part of our two day prep for the BC Yukon Regional Championships this weekend!  She hasn't touched an A-Frame, Tire Jump or Dog Walk for years. Just hoping to qualify for the Nationals in August.

(turn sound way down to avoid hearing owner's annoying commands: shake a paw, ready?, break, go weave, go-go-go...tunnel, wait!, again, tunnel, weave, jump.  The dog knows what each command means) "go-go-go" tells her to not pop out but to charge forwards.  Popping out is a bad thing in a competition.