Rumor: more USDAA

Rumor got to do his 2nd USDAA trial this weekend. I was a bit concerned b/c last weekend he ripped up his pads pretty badly, but he was looking good so I figured he would be ok to run.

Rumor had some very nice runs... on Saturday he had a long day. Starting out with Starters Jumpers -- he pulled out of the tunnel b/c I didn't wait until he was committed, but the rest of the run was nice. He did his 1st tournament class ever... Steeplechase... we had a tough time with the weaves (he still doesn't feel like hitting the entrance in trials), but the rest was very nice. Rumor got his 1st Starters Gambler Q as well as a Starters Standard Q. We ran in Grand Prix too... it was a bit over Rumor's head, but we got through the course... just wasn't super pretty :)

Sunday Rumor started the day out with a Starters Standard Q so he finished his Starters Standard title -- woohoo! We also got a Starters Pairs Q with teammate Zeke. Zeke did very nicely and Rumor/I almost NQed the team, but we saved it at the end... a Q is a Q :) We finished Sunday with a great Jumpers run! 1 dropped bar, but I didn't care... the rest of the run was really fun.

So, Rumor now has all the Qs he needs for his Agility Dog (AD) title... but we just need to get a Q under a 3rd judge. The rules online under the USDAA site says you need 3 judges to finish the AD title... so, I'm going to enter 1 day at the next USDAA trial we can find and hopefully just pull off 1 Q to finish Rumor's AD!