What a great day we had at Cowley Dog Club today. We did an Advanced Rally O course with all the dogs, each of us doing what our dogs were capable of and substituting stations for those the dogs couldn't do.
Lore had both Corgis, Deb brought Beckett, Sylvia was there with Julie and with John's sister, Helen, Denise had Jagged and Spanx, Katherine was there with both her collie and her anatolian shepherd, and Chantal had her pit bull terriers. I brought three dogs with me.
We did open and novice obedience with all dogs maintaining the sits and downs for the necessary interval of time. Lore took a pic of the two shiba inus on a long down as she couldn't believe they would stay so nicely.
We did dumbbell work and Hunter, Castle, and Beckett did very well. Castle went over four jumps to take his dumbbell off the scent box and Beckett did her first retrieve over a jump!!! Scary.
Drummer, Julie and Jagged worked an Open routine and Drum and Jagged did some utility exercises as well.
We set up our scent hurdle and Lore and Chantal provided a distraction with their dogs running over jumps set up next to our course. No problem for our team and we practiced passing and trying out running orders for Red Deer. We will have Jagged, Drummer, Kona, and Betty with Token in the wings as a back-up should we need her.
Helen won the 50/50 draw of $17.50 and was pretty excited, as she, being a guest, was asked to
pick the ticket out of the box. Hmmmmm. Ya think? Nah.
After the day was over, we headed to the Cowley Pub and Restaurant for refreshments and conversation regarding various agility organizations. I guess I'll stick to NAADAC for now
as I don't want to do the teeter, tire, or chute with my dogs.
In all, it was an exciting day for all of us as our dogs did very well at everything we asked them to do.
Next weekend, we will be back for more. Hope you can join us.
The Prez
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