We attended the DAKC Agility Trials this weekend. Fable had a beautiful run to (re)finish his Open Jumpers With Weaves title after losing several qualifying scores due to a paperwork error. So proud of my Moose puppy! Fable had some really nice components to his Excellent level runs this weekend, just couldn't quite put it all together.
Json got himself a little bit scared on Friday, but rallied for two strong runs on Saturday and was just shy of qualifying.
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We attended the HOTC February AKC Agility Trials this weekend. The trial was Json's debut in 'big kid' agility and he did so incredibly well! Json was entered in Fast, Novice Standard, and Novice Jumpers with Weaves on Saturday.
He was understandably distracted during his Fast run, and our goal was to try out all of the contact equipment and the tunnel to make sure nothing was feeling scary. He handled all the equipment like a pro! For his standard and jumpers runs he was still a little distracted but held it together so well and managed to earn his first qualifying scores with 2 first placements! Beyond proud of my best Baby Spice! Fable had some really nice runs as well, but we are still pulling some skills together. Another NLCC is in the books!
This year the event was held in Ardmore, OK. The event was very well run and you could easily tell how much time and care went into it. Friday the boys ran well but missed the ribbons. Saturday the boys had some lovely runs with Fable placing 5th and Json tying with the lovely Pippi for 1st! After a cold and rainy runoff, Json ended up winning Specials Stake A! Then Json and his cousin Beetlejuice got to run together for BOB! Json and Beetlejuice also won the Breeder Stake for Ibizans together! I completely miscalculated how many runs J had towards his MC, but he did earn his MC at the NLCC too! Good job Baby Spice! It was great meeting folks I have only known online and seeing folks I haven’t seen in a while! I also got to huntmaster a couple breeds and the breed runoffs this year which was a bit stressful, but went pretty well overall. While I didn’t come home with any raffle prizes, I did come home with some new line burn We travelled out to Olive Branch to support the young club out there. Json won Specials/BOB one day and was 2nd place the next. Fable was last one day and second to last the next. Peanut enjoyed hanging out and cheerleading from her fancy pen set up! If I mathed right, with this trial Json has surpassed 100 Bowens Points this year! He's my first dog to do so and I'm so proud of him!
Had a ton of fun with GANG for their Halloween Lure Coursing Trial in Georgia! Json won the specials stake each day to finish his Lure Courser Excellent (LCX) title! He is my first dog to earn the title and I'm so proud of him! Json also won the costume contest for his Borat costume. Fable ran well and only big brained a little bit placing 3rd and 5th.
We had a great time at the Gazehound Association of the Smoky Mountains Birthday Bash event! There were 3 days of AKC trials and an AKC judges seminar. I'm so proud of the boys and how they ran!
We went up a day early so I could attend the AKC Judges seminar. It was informative and a great learning opportunity! I also got to do some apprentice judging! Saturday we had 19 Ibizans entered and had a split stake in Specials and a major in Open. Json won his stake and went on to win BOB! Fable showed off all of his big brain cells and didn't place. Sunday the boys decided to be matchy-matchy and both were 4th place in their stakes. Monday Json had an okay preliminary run, then came back strong to win 2nd place in the Specials stake (we had lost the split stake)! Fable once again showed everyone his creativity and didn't place. Photos by Shamrock Studios Json earned his first agility titles! We entered our local AKC ACT trial where Json was entered in two runs of ACT1 Standard and two runs of ACT1 Jumpers. Json went above and beyond my expectations by qualifying in all 4 of his runs with just one fault and earning both his ACT1 and ACT1J titles! We have some more work to do before he's ready to debut in big kid agility but I'm so proud of how far he's come in such a short period of time!
We travelled to Limestone, TN for the CAHC AKC Lure Coursing trials this weekend. The boys did great! Json won the Special Stake on Saturday and was 2nd on Sunday, adding 8pts towards his LCX and two more legs towards his MC. Fable ran well and was 5th on Saturday and 4th on Sunday after a 3-4-5 runoff. I wasn't able to get photos of the boys during the trial, so here are a couple from last week!
Json is on a roll! We travelled to Perry, GA for the Honeysuckle Cluster where we were entered Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday Json was WD. Sunday Json won WD and BOW for the crossover major to finish his AKC Championship and AKC Dual Championship! Json is the second dog I've finished a CH/DC on and I'm so proud of him!
We had a great time at the Beezer Bungalow Bonanza this year! The field was lovely, company was great, and the boys far exceeded my expectations!
Saturday we had 20 Ibizan Hounds starting. Twelve Specials, six Open, and two Veterans. With the 12 Specials we were able to split the stake into two. Fable ran better than he has in a while, placing 3rd in his stake! Json ran so well! He won his stake, went on to win BOB, and then won Best In Field over the Afghan Hound, Scottish Deerhound, Greyhound, and Pharaoh Hound! My first dog to do so! Sunday we were down a couple Specials, so the Specials stakes went back to being one big stake. Fable showed off his creativity and just missed the Turtle award by a few points. Json ran beautifully again and won the Specials stake! While he didn't win BOB on Sunday, I'm so proud of him! The boys were entered in a few 'non-regular' stakes for the Beezer Bungalow Bonanza: Kennel Stake (2 dogs from the same household), Performance stake (dog with non conformation/Lure Coursing/foundation titles), and Bench stake (conformation champion). Json and Fable won the Kennel stake on their Saturday scores. Fable also won the Performance and Bench stakes on his Saturday scores! So proud of the boys! |
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