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Agility for the girls!
Tuesday November 17, 2009
November 14th I spent the day in Kingston at the Morningstar Trial with Razzle, Mattie & Fixx.
Razzle ran 4 events earning Q’s in 3 of them. She earned her second Starter’s Gamblers leg with 98 points and a best run. She also placed first in the Starters Standard run and second in her very first steeplechase runs.
See a video of Razzle’s runs here
Fixx earned another Master’s jumpers leg and Mattie earned herself a Masters Jumpers and Standard leg.
Razzle ran 4 events earning Q’s in 3 of them. She earned her second Starter’s Gamblers leg with 98 points and a best run. She also placed first in the Starters Standard run and second in her very first steeplechase runs.
See a video of Razzle’s runs here
Fixx earned another Master’s jumpers leg and Mattie earned herself a Masters Jumpers and Standard leg.
Mattie (Photo by Muddy Pawz)
All Dogs/OVBCC September Trial
Tuesday September 22, 2009
The girls went to play agility on September 12 & 13 at All Dogs Sports Club. They all had a great weekend. I took home 12 Q ribbons between the 3 of them! Roo had the best haul earning 7 Q’s, Fixx 4, and Razzle 1.
This was Razzle’s agility Trial debut and she looked great! I entered her in just 3 events (2 jumpers and 1 standard) to test the waters as they say
I was very impressed by the little monkey and she had an absolute ball. So we’re signed up for a few more fall trials now and will see what she can do!
This was Razzle’s agility Trial debut and she looked great! I entered her in just 3 events (2 jumpers and 1 standard) to test the waters as they say
I was very impressed by the little monkey and she had an absolute ball. So we’re signed up for a few more fall trials now and will see what she can do!
Photo of Roo taken at this years agility nationals by ttlphotography
Carp Co-host September Flyball Tournament
Tuesday September 22, 2009
Holly cow! What a great tournament weekend. The weather was perfect, it was my birthday and my dogs all performed really well. Ruckus is getting back in shape posting much improved times now that he is on medication for his addison’s disease. Roo ran super well for Cheryl and Jake as always for Viv.
My biggest delight was running Trek for the first time. His first 2 heats he posted 4.0’s and then started throwing in some 3.9’s over the weekend! Wow...my best debuting dog ever, and he loves it, including the cool off pool!
My biggest delight was running Trek for the first time. His first 2 heats he posted 4.0’s and then started throwing in some 3.9’s over the weekend! Wow...my best debuting dog ever, and he loves it, including the cool off pool!
USDDN Disc Qualifier
Monday August 24, 2009
This past weekend the Disc Doggers of the family got to compete in the USDDN qualifier held at K9 Sense in Ottawa.
Jake ran on Saturday for two different handlers in the Novice Division. MacKenzie (Jake’s very junior handler) practiced her throwing arm with Mr. Jake. Viv did too and was pretty successful, narrowly missing a 3rd place medal with Jake.
I threw for Fixx, Jake & Roo in the advanced “Pro” class on Sunday and Fixx finished second taking home a nice silver medal.
Proceeds from this trial hosted by ADDCO went to Hopeful Hearts Rescue
Jake ran on Saturday for two different handlers in the Novice Division. MacKenzie (Jake’s very junior handler) practiced her throwing arm with Mr. Jake. Viv did too and was pretty successful, narrowly missing a 3rd place medal with Jake.
I threw for Fixx, Jake & Roo in the advanced “Pro” class on Sunday and Fixx finished second taking home a nice silver medal.
Proceeds from this trial hosted by ADDCO went to Hopeful Hearts Rescue
Fixx on one of her super leaps (Photo TTL)
Carp Flyball August 8th & 9th
Friday August 21, 2009
Had a great time playing flyball after the stressful National agility weekend.
Razzle posted her first 4.0! Hopefully we will see more of those as she races more. She was running very consistent 4.1’s on Saturday and I knew she’d have a 4.0 in her Sunday morning. Fixx shared with Razzle and ran very well too.
Jake ran for my friend Vivienne. He loved it as always and was a great dog for a new handler.
Ruckus made is debut again after is spring addisons crisis, and shaved almost a full second off his previous times.
Trek did his first warmup on Saturday and looked good!
Our open team finished in 2nd place and our regular 1 team in 3rd place.
Razzle posted her first 4.0! Hopefully we will see more of those as she races more. She was running very consistent 4.1’s on Saturday and I knew she’d have a 4.0 in her Sunday morning. Fixx shared with Razzle and ran very well too.
Jake ran for my friend Vivienne. He loved it as always and was a great dog for a new handler.
Ruckus made is debut again after is spring addisons crisis, and shaved almost a full second off his previous times.
Trek did his first warmup on Saturday and looked good!
Our open team finished in 2nd place and our regular 1 team in 3rd place.
Photo by muddypawz.net
AAC Nationals in Ottawa
Friday August 21, 2009
Woo hoo...Roo and Fixx played, and played well at the largest AAC Nationals to date held in Ottawa July 31, August 1 & August 2nd.
Fixx made the Steeplechase final. She was in 10th place and didn’t have the best steeplechase run, but made her way up to 8th place in the final. We finally made a little cash, got a souvenir t-shirt and some great bonus shots from TTL photography. I’ll replace the photo below of Fixx when I get my TTL order! Fixx also had some great runs finishing 11th in Standard 1 and 11th in Jumpers 2. There were well over 100 dogs in her class. I believe Fixx ended Nationals in 24th place.
Roo ran well too. Some silly faults in the standard runs prevented up from being clean. She had a great Jumpers 1 run and finished in 10th place...earning herself a ribbon. Jumpers 2, I could have killed her. She locked in to an off course tunnel, and that was the end of that great run. This time it was not my fault. I have onlookers who will back me up
Both girls missed the 1st Gamble, but got Gamble No. 2.
Fixx made the Steeplechase final. She was in 10th place and didn’t have the best steeplechase run, but made her way up to 8th place in the final. We finally made a little cash, got a souvenir t-shirt and some great bonus shots from TTL photography. I’ll replace the photo below of Fixx when I get my TTL order! Fixx also had some great runs finishing 11th in Standard 1 and 11th in Jumpers 2. There were well over 100 dogs in her class. I believe Fixx ended Nationals in 24th place.
Roo ran well too. Some silly faults in the standard runs prevented up from being clean. She had a great Jumpers 1 run and finished in 10th place...earning herself a ribbon. Jumpers 2, I could have killed her. She locked in to an off course tunnel, and that was the end of that great run. This time it was not my fault. I have onlookers who will back me up
Both girls missed the 1st Gamble, but got Gamble No. 2.
Photo by TTLphoto
Canada Cup July 18th & 19th
Friday August 21, 2009
The whole gang attended Canada Cup this year. John and I packed up the trailer and headed off to a fun weekend of agility and swimming with the dogs and hanging out with friends.
Roo and Fixx played agility and ended up not in the money, but with some great successes.
Roo finished 4th in the snooker challenge, getting all 4 sevens, but perhaps not in the most efficient manner planned by moi. Roo also made the Canada Cup final with a clean first round and a 5 fault second round. She ended up in 17th place after a fall on course by moi again and a few other silly mishaps.
Fixx placed 2nd in the first round of the jumpers challenge and then finished in 7th place in the jumpers final. She ran clean, with a small hicup resulting from some poor handling once again.
Roo and Fixx played agility and ended up not in the money, but with some great successes.
Roo finished 4th in the snooker challenge, getting all 4 sevens, but perhaps not in the most efficient manner planned by moi. Roo also made the Canada Cup final with a clean first round and a 5 fault second round. She ended up in 17th place after a fall on course by moi again and a few other silly mishaps.
Fixx placed 2nd in the first round of the jumpers challenge and then finished in 7th place in the jumpers final. She ran clean, with a small hicup resulting from some poor handling once again.
Photo by TTL Photography
UFli Flyball Tournament July 4th & 5th
Thursday August 20, 2009
Flyball Insanity hosted their very first U-fli tournament in Navan in July. I am Captain of this team so we were busy being hosts and also running our dogs. We entered two teams and Jake’s team finished in First place in Division one with a new team best time of 17.581. Our second team, where Razzle and Fixx shared a spot also finished in 1st place.
Razzle ran in single dog racing trying to better her time from the spring and did this that. She posted a 4.1
Razzle ran in single dog racing trying to better her time from the spring and did this that. She posted a 4.1
Ontario Regionals
Tuesday June 02, 2009
Roo and Fixx entered Ontario Regionals in Ottawa and both ended up having very good weekends. I’m especially proud of Fixx who just turned 3 in April finishing in 15th place out of 100 dogs in the 22” regular division. Roo finished in 19th in the same division. From my standpoint a very successful weekend!
Fixx ran so well getting both Gambles and sticking all her contacts the entire weekend. A huge improvement over last year. I look forward to getting to know her better and trusting her more in the agility ring and hope to continue to improve with her.
Fixx ran so well getting both Gambles and sticking all her contacts the entire weekend. A huge improvement over last year. I look forward to getting to know her better and trusting her more in the agility ring and hope to continue to improve with her.
Photo by TTL
April U-fli in Carp
Thursday April 30, 2009
Jake, Fixx, Razzle and Roo all had a fantastic time at the u-fli tournament in Carp hosted by Paws On Fire last weekend.
Razzle ran some great singles times and also ran in the team lineup a few times. The little monkey is looking pretty good. Roo backed up dogs and Fixx ran in her first tournament since her injury last July. Jake had fun as always.
With 10 races per team along with singles and pairs, I had quite the tired pups by Sunday night. Me too...I actually went to bed at 8pm!
Razzle ran some great singles times and also ran in the team lineup a few times. The little monkey is looking pretty good. Roo backed up dogs and Fixx ran in her first tournament since her injury last July. Jake had fun as always.
With 10 races per team along with singles and pairs, I had quite the tired pups by Sunday night. Me too...I actually went to bed at 8pm!
Dream Fields March 22nd Trial
Wednesday March 25, 2009
Another trial with improved contacts! Roo now has a very nice frame contact and just needs a little polishing on the dog walk. Roo earned another Standard leg and is two away from Silver. I added some more Standard runs to our May Morningstar trial in hopes of getting one of their nice big Silver ribbons!
Fixx again had some nice Standard runs and is handling very well, but still needs contact reminders. She did earn her 4th Master Jumpers leg though and the title of MJDC (Master Jumpers Dog of Canada).
Fixx again had some nice Standard runs and is handling very well, but still needs contact reminders. She did earn her 4th Master Jumpers leg though and the title of MJDC (Master Jumpers Dog of Canada).
Morning Star Agility Trial - Friday the 13th
Tuesday March 17, 2009
So it was Friday the 13th, but I had a great day at the Morningstar Agility Trial in the Kingston Soccer dome.
Roo managed 4 out of 5 Q’s with two being standard legs and now we are 3 away from Silver! Fixx ran really well getting a Master Snookers leg with a best run and a master jumpers leg no. 3 with a best run. Fixx and Roo finally both ran clean in that jumpers run and Fixx did edge out Roo by almost a full second!
Both girls had much better contacts this trial with a little help from some training in the ring, but I am happy with the progress.
Trek came along for the experience and was loved by everyone and handled everything in stride!
Roo managed 4 out of 5 Q’s with two being standard legs and now we are 3 away from Silver! Fixx ran really well getting a Master Snookers leg with a best run and a master jumpers leg no. 3 with a best run. Fixx and Roo finally both ran clean in that jumpers run and Fixx did edge out Roo by almost a full second!
Both girls had much better contacts this trial with a little help from some training in the ring, but I am happy with the progress.
Trek came along for the experience and was loved by everyone and handled everything in stride!
Photo Credit TTL Action Photography
Chomody Agility Trial
Sunday February 22, 2009
Fixx and Roo both competed in the 22” Regular Master Classes on February 20 & 21st in Montreal. I was really looking forward to running both in the same class to hopefully see who is the faster dog. They both handle a little differently. Roo is very smooth and flowing and Fixx is more slot car like and very responsive. I came close to having nice clean runs with both in the Master Jumpers, but Roo missed a hard cut that many of the dogs before me also missed....I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t see the problem area! I changed my plan with Fixx and ran it clean winning the 22 inch division with her. Fixx and Roo also earned a Steeplechase leg. They both missed one a-frame contact and Fixx came ahead there winning that class. Roo also earned a Standard leg...now 5 away from her silver. I spent the rest of my runs trying to fix bad contacts in the ring on both dogs! Good grief...let’s hope this is a winter thing!
Morningstar January 2nd Agility Trial
Saturday January 03, 2009
Roo and Fixx had a good start to 2009.
Fixx back from an injury in the summer finished off her Advanced Agility Dog of Canada Title and can now run full time in Master’s with her sister Roo. Fixx also earned 2 Steeplechase legs...beating Roo in both runs. The Steeplechase were fast and fun and I really enjoyed running Fixx again.
Roo earned another Master Standard leg and 2 Steeplechase legs. We are busy chasing down our AAC Silver Award of Merit and think we now have only 6 standard legs to go!
Fixx back from an injury in the summer finished off her Advanced Agility Dog of Canada Title and can now run full time in Master’s with her sister Roo. Fixx also earned 2 Steeplechase legs...beating Roo in both runs. The Steeplechase were fast and fun and I really enjoyed running Fixx again.
Roo earned another Master Standard leg and 2 Steeplechase legs. We are busy chasing down our AAC Silver Award of Merit and think we now have only 6 standard legs to go!
Fixx'in to wish you Happy Holidays
Saturday January 03, 2009
Fixx was the model for the 2008 BCRO (Border Collie Rescue of Ontario) Holiday Card Fund Raiser. I took the photograph of Fixx in the fall and Pat Nadarajah of www.pawzitiveart.com turned the picture into a pastel holiday theme suitable for Holiday Cards appealing to all the Border Collie lovers out there. For the 2009 card the BCRO is running a picture contest. Check it out...you could win!