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What an awesome weekend our SAWHDA APDT Rally group had!  Russell, Shirley, Barb and Denise ventured to Sit Happens in Calgary for the spring APDT trial. Everyone had a great time and couldn't say enough about how wonderfully they were all treated by the staff of Sit Happens and the very supportive judges, Tammy Brooks, Lisa Wright, and Sarah-Jane Petti. Russell and Mojo got their first qualifying score and a fourth placement. Shirley and Krissy finished their Level 1 Titles and got a third placement and the High-Scoring Mixed Breed Award!  Barb and Kipper did a good job of working at the Level 2 course but that qualifying ribbon evaded them this time around.  But the big news came from Denise McKay, Viper and Jagged, her wonderful Dobermans.

On Saturday, Jagged competed in Level 1 B for titled dogs, in 3 rounds and earned scores of 205, 206, and then a perfect 210 to gain High in Trial!  Viper also did three rounds with scores of 198, 206, and 209. On Sunday, Jagged competed in 3 rounds of Level 2A for untitled dogs to earn scores of 209, 209, and 207 to gain her Level 2 title and another High in Trial for Level 2A!! As if this weren't enough, Viper did 3 rounds of Level 2B with scores of 203, 208, and a perfect score of 210 to earn High in Trial in Level 2B.

Viper then competed in 1 round of Level 3A to earn his first Level 3 leg with a score of 204 which was High in Trial for Level 3. There were no other qualifiers in Level 3 due to course difficulty so Denise was very proud of Viper, and especially thrilled to be able to compete with him after 7 months of rehabilitation from a herniated disc and "Gold Bead Surgery" in September of 08. 

Jagged also won a special award for "High Speed Duo" for the fastest time posted from all the runs of the entire weekend. Her closest competitor?  Viper, with 1.2 seconds more time on the same course. 

We are so proud of all of you!!!!!

SAWHDA members