All kinds of congratulations are in order after this weekend
Let us begin with Laura and Wayne's poodle, Sir.
Sir has passed his PALS evaluation and will now join the PALS program as a visiting therapy dog. He has earned his blue scarf and will be visiting at the Foothills Hospital with seniors. All of us know what a wonderful effect therapy dogs have on residents of hospitals, senior lodges, long term care facilities and schools. We are all so proud of Sir as he and Laura give back to the community in which they live.
This weekend a World Cynosport Rally Obedience Trial was held at Sit Happens! in Calgary.
The entries were well-supported by our BC members and southern Alberta members, some of us entering two dogs.
On Saturday, Denise McKay and her dog, Jagged, received the honor of being the first Doberman in Canada to achieve the ARCHX title.
This is huge as it involves multiple double and triple qualifying scores in two or three levels at each trial. In addition, Denise and Jagged are the number 1 WCR team in Canada. This pair has certainly set the bar for the rest of us.
Two of Denise's rally students, Jenn Williams, with her border collie, Abby, and Sylvia Howard with her standard poodle, Julie, received their ARCH titles.
Julie was so much fun the morning of the first day. She was
so spunky and happy. She got her 1st 210 on her Level 3 run.
Julie Q’d on 10 of her 12 runs. Oscar was so silly and
boyish. Sylvia was proud of him as he had 4 good runs. On the 1st 2 runs, they went
over time. Sylvia got him to speed up a little and he got his 1st 2 Q’s in
Level 1, 170 and 192. What a great weekend we all had, so much fun.
This weekend was also a great weekend for Sylvia and John's parti-colored poodle, Oscar, as he managed to pick up two 4th place Qualifying scores in Level 1 A with 170 and 192!
Jenn Williams and her dogs did a great job racking up points for higher titles. She had a fantastic run with Abby with a blistering time of 1:34 and a perfect score of 210/210. We love watching this team as they are both so happy.
Last but not least Judi Snowdon and Drummer and Castle had the "Rally Ride" of the weekend!
On Saturday, both Castle and Drummer finished their Level 1 A titles (despite rusty handling on the part of you know who). Drummer received 2 first place finishes and High Score in Level 1 A for the day and Castle picked up two third place scores.
On Sunday morning, Judi left Castle in Level 1 B for the practice and he qualified nicely with a 200 score which would have been a perfect 210, had his handler not touched him on his head before leaving him on the bonus exercise. This gave him another third place.
Drummer moved on to Level 2 A and qualified with a 210/210 score, picking up first place in Level 1A.
Sunday afternoon, Judi moved Castle to Level 2 A and had a great run with a 207/210 score which placed him second to Drummer in the Level 2 class in points and a time of 1:49.
Drummer took first place in the class with another 210/210 score and a time of 1:47 and High Score in Level 2 for the day.
Plus….. found out later that Drummer had won another High in Trial award and a portable jump as a prize.
What a wonderful organization!!! Thank you, Sit Happens! for giving us this opportunity.
DON'T FORGET THE FUN MATCH THIS WEEKEND.
SEE YOU ON SATURDAY AT 9:45 for registration.
Due South Scent Hurdle Dogs …. 9:00 sharp if you want a chance to practice.
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