AKC Agility - Grand Rapids, MI

This weekend was my first agility trial since June... Dylan was so happy to be back! His 1st run was Std and he had a very nice run. He got his 3rd Q in Exc A (and a 1st place) to finish his AX title. His JWW run on Sat was great except for 1 dropped bar. I was pleased he came back so strong after only seeing equipment a couple of times. Sunday wasn't quite as successful, but he still ran very nicely all weekend. I think this was his 1st time ever getting all 4 weaves this weekend... those were flawless! Definitely a tough feat for D-Dylan.

This was also a very big weekend b/c Rumor turned 15 months old and was able to play AKC Agility for the 1st time ever! I was so excited to bring him out.

JWW: He had a very nice stay and I led out just past the 1st jump (no need to go any farther). His jump, tunnel, jump, weaves were fantastic! He attempted to collect (still went wide) before the weaves... hit the entrance perfectly! I was thrilled right there. After that he ran a little crazy and ran around some jumps, but at least he was hustling and playing with me (for the most part) -- all in all, I was pleased with that for his first run.

Std: His stay was less than ideal... but tire, weaves, a-frame... he missed weave entrance, but got it on the 2nd attempt... his a-frame (2o/2o) was great! I don't think he was focused enough on the teeter as someone had a lovely flyoff! Oooops. He didn't read a leadout push I was playing with from the table... in fact, I think he wanted to take out my knees. But, we ended with a very nice 2o/2o on the Dogwalk. I was really interested in seeing his contacts and, overall, I was very pleased with those!

Next weekend is outside... that should be interesting. I'm excited to play with him again!