a little AKC and a little USDAA

Saturday I took both the boys to an AKC trial in Villa Park. I wasn't expecting much b/c the footing there is horrible, but I had to be around that evening for a Bday party (which worked... was a total surprise!) so I wanted to stay around the area. Dylan had a great Std run and hit all his contacts (A-Frame was close) and I was thrilled with that! He missed his weave entrance, but ran very nicely on the course. His JWW run was also awesome.. he GOT the weave entrance except the little turd ran behind me to take the wrong end of the tunnel after the weaves. What??? Since when does he cross behind me for anything? Oh well, was still a good run. Rumor had a *really* tough time with the footing. In JWW he was trying to turn and took a couple face plants :( it was sad. His Std contacts were really nice, but he couldn't collect and missed the teeter... I was ok with that, I knew he was trying, but it was just too slick for him. They were both good boys.

Sunday we went up to Franklin, WI for a USDAA trial. Rumor needed a Q under a 3rd judge to finish his Agility Dog (AD) title so he was entered in Gamblers, Standard and Pairs. He has only trained outside once and has shown outside once (last Sept) so he was a little crazy in Gamblers. We didn't get the gamble, but he was trying and at least running. Our Standard run was very nice, but I ran down a line (tunnel, tire, chute, tunnel) and Rumor missed the tire and I couldn't stop him before going into the chute... but the rest of the course was great. Very nice contacts and he was listening much better :) Our last run of the day was Pairs and we got our Q there! So, Rumor is now Rumor AD!

The most fun part of the trial was that the judge was Lianne (Lisa Baird's daughter) and I had no idea! She has known Rumor since day 1... when his name was still Forest. She didn't know I was going to be there and thought he was a very nice looking dog when I brought him to the line. I think once she heard me say his name she put it together -- I was thrilled to meet her!

Overall, a very nice Mother's Day gift for me from Mr. Rumz