We started up our main dog sports season with the Dogs Victoria State Agility & Jumping Trial on the 7th of September where Arn brought home two JD passes and a 3rd place, and his first two AD passes and two 1st places! Dukino came home with an AD pass and 2nd place, and a pass and 1st place for her very first JDX run! Astrid and I also hit the jumping ring again with an almost perfect run in the AM (scary tyre is scary), and a good laugh for her PM run.
Dukino and I hit the rally ring again the next day at NODC for what I thought would likely be our last time after she was so unhappy in the ring at Bendigo in July. She worked like an absolute superstar however and was happy and engaged in the ring, bringing home a 3rd place with a score of 87 in the AM and a very impressive score of 98 and 1st place in the PM in the pouring rain with 3 drops in the course!
Dukino and I hit the rally ring again the next day at NODC for what I thought would likely be our last time after she was so unhappy in the ring at Bendigo in July. She worked like an absolute superstar however and was happy and engaged in the ring, bringing home a 3rd place with a score of 87 in the AM and a very impressive score of 98 and 1st place in the PM in the pouring rain with 3 drops in the course!
Saturday 14th of September was ADCV's agility and jumping trial where Astrid made me super proud on our first JD run by absolutely nailing everything I asked of her. Unfortunately this included a bonus jump that I accidentally included in the course. She absolutely nailed the tight wrap back and tunnel entry from a less than ideal position though which made me even more proud after my silly mistake! Astrid also had her first go in the agility ring in the afternoon with only two faults which included going off to investigate the number sign sitting in the middle of nowhere near the weave poles, and taking a very happy flying leap off of the A-frame and missing her contacts because I didn't wait for her at the bottom! Dukino brought home her second JDX pass with another lovely run, but the absolute highlight of the day was Arn bringing home his last pass for his JD title with a 1st place run!
We spent the Sunday having a lovely catch up with some friends at the Dogs Vic Open shows with Astrid, Arn, & Wunjo hitting the ring with Kira taking the reigns, and Jazmin and her handler Madi joining us for their 2nd & 3rd shows. Everyone also got to meet Shareen's keeper pup with Arn becoming quite smitten and Wunjo sharing her squeaky show mouse. HER SHOW MOUSE! Obviously they're going to be fast friends from now on.
We spent the Sunday having a lovely catch up with some friends at the Dogs Vic Open shows with Astrid, Arn, & Wunjo hitting the ring with Kira taking the reigns, and Jazmin and her handler Madi joining us for their 2nd & 3rd shows. Everyone also got to meet Shareen's keeper pup with Arn becoming quite smitten and Wunjo sharing her squeaky show mouse. HER SHOW MOUSE! Obviously they're going to be fast friends from now on.
Wunjo celebrated her first birthday the following day including lunch with her father Aslak, a whole array of training and games, cake, and party hats! I absolutely love how this girl is maturing and I'm looking forward to getting stuck into some more activities with her over the coming year!
Sunday the 22nd of September took us to the Ballarat Obedience & Rally-O trial where Dukino brought home the last pass for her RN title (plus an extra one for good luck), and Arn managed to bring home his first two passes towards his RA title! They weren't the most graceful of runs with Dukino forgetting how to sit at one point (for a station with 4 sits of course), and Arn coming down with a minor case of the boy brain, but there were some great laughs along the way!