Monday, April 28, 2014

Busy Weekend.

What a week-end we have had. We were exhausted after doing the mock trials and then the games trials on the week-end. Look at us in the photo, we were still sleeping it off the next day.
On Friday we went to the mock trials where new judges were practicing their skills so we had lots of runs in Masters and Open classes, and we did well too. Hannah got her first Masters pass, but it did not count as it was not a real trial. The next day we were in the Games trials. Hannah got a Gamblers Excellent and a Snooker Excellent pass and I got a Gamblers Excellent pass. Keith was judging and so I got Uncle Murphy's mum Mel to  be the human in the team. We had a mix up in the Snooker at one jump and that cost us the trial. In the afternoon we were a bit over time in the Pairs event, and I dropped the last bar in the gamblers and the first bar in the Snooker closing sequence so no prizes for me. When Hannah popped out of the weaving poles in Snooker, and missed the tunnel in Gamblers that sealed our fate for the PM trial.
Had a lot of fun,barked at a lot of friends and cadged some treats from their humans, so it was not a bad week-end after all.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Easter Trials

Look at me in the pic, I am higher than Keith's head as I go over the top of the Scramble. Yesterday we were at the fundraising trial for the National Trials to be held here in SA in 2016. I had three good runs (but no passes) and one not so good, while Hannah had four good runs, including a pass in Agility Excellent, (she was too late to upgrade to Masters after gaining her ADX last week.)
We had four runs in the morning, but none in the afternoon because Keith was judging.
We have a day off today, just taking things easy, having our Easter Chews and recovering from the excitement of yesterday.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Hannah ADX

Hannah got her Agility Dog Excellent Title (ADX) yesterday with a First Place too! She had two first place and two second place awards in her five passes needed for her title and she had one of her passes in Queensland. The pic shows Hannah with her 5 Qualifying Cards.
We were at the SAODC double trial. In the morning run Hannah messed up by going in the tunnel  instead of up the dog walk, but she got everything right in the afternoon. I was in the Open class and popped out of the weaving poles a bit early but did the rest very well, then in the jumping Open I went in the weaving poles instead of the distance section so I was an NQ in both. Keith was judging in the afternoon, so I did not have a run.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Hannah RAE

Hannah is now a Rally Advanced Excellent dog (RAE) which means she has passed Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent 10 times at the same trial. She got her title today at the SA State Titles, with a 3rd place in Excellent B too. It was a busy weekend with both of us competing in Rally on 2 days, and KNK judging on alternate days. It was quite warm in the sun and I was not too interested in working, I did pass one trial each day, but not both classes so Keith is a bit disappointed. Hannah made it through both Advanced and Excellent on both days, and that was enough to get her the highest title in Rally, and we think she is the first Toller to get the RAE in SA. The pic shows her rushing back to our crate to get her Chicken reward, dragging Kathy behind her.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Noarlunga Trials

Here is a photo of me leaping through the Hoop at the Noarlunga City Trial yesterday. I could only run in the morning because Keith was judging in the afternoon. I missed a weaving pole in Agility so there was no qualification there, and in the jumping I went the wrong side of a jump and got a DQ. Hannah did not do much better in her runs, but our half sister Maggie passed in jumping and agility with two first places and a title.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Warrnambool Beach

We are on holiday at Warrnambool with Maggie and Minty. The pic shows us running on the beach, I am in front with Maggie next and Hannah close behind. Minty is too small to run with us, but she had a good time at the beach too. The waves were pretty big and when I got too close to one it knocked me over. After that we were not allowed in the water, something about a rip, but it wasn't us that ripped anything. We will be down here for a week then returning home.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Tiffany's 5th Birthday

Tiffany is 5 years old today. We have had extra chews and Scooby snacks and a present each. I got a Yellow Dog and Tiffany got Rancid Raccoon. If you don't know who Rancid Raccoon is then you probably don't play Farm Hero's Saga on face book. KnK took a great delight in watching Tiffany de-squeak him then cheered when we started playing tug of war with him.  The pic shows Tiffany giving Rancid a good chewing. The toys are really good because inside them is a plastic drink bottle that makes all sorts of noises as we chew them, and when the bottle is completely wrecked, the humans stick another one in.
It has been a good year for Tiffany, she has gained titles in Agility Games, Agility, Rally and has several qualifications towards her Masters Title in Agility and Jumping. We have been in competitions in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Territory, so we have seen a lot of the Australian Outback, met up with old friends and made many new friends too.