2 weekends ago, Lexi and Bailey competed in an AKC Herding trial here in Memphis. Mike and Bailey completed two Sheep runs, with a 3rd place in both, and finished her AKC Started Sheep Herding title!! This was mine and Lexi's first attempt at a herding trial since we started training a few months ago, and she did awesome! Lexi qualified both days and even got a 4th place on Saturday! So we have 2 legs towards our AKC Started Sheep title!!
Last weekend was our last agility trial of the year in Decatur, AL. Despite the chilly temps in the unheated arena, Foster did Q twice this weekend, and was just seconds from Q'ing on some of the most challenging courses I have ever seen since I got up to Excellent a few years ago! The judge, Mr. Dege, did create courses with sequences that you often see in World Team level courses and mostly do not see at the local level. Lexi did well this weekend, completing all of her contacts except for a new found fear of the teeter, and even did the table on Sunday very quickly!!! We did have some handling challenges on my part, and of course we didn't weave. BUT I now have my new channel weaves, and am so excited to start over on weaving with Lexi. On top of that, I was just reading a new ebook by Susan Garrett about 2x2 weaving, and I have some really good ideas to apply a lot of it to channels. My goal is to have Lexi weaving by our January Show in Franklin. Keep your fingers crossed!
Other great news from the trial... Congratulations to Simi and Tammy on their 2 legs in Open Standard!!!! It was so exciting to see them succeed all weekend after all of the hard work they have put in to get there! Congratulations to a new Excellent team, George and Jill!!! George finished his Open Jumpers title! Congratulations to Jennifer and Moana on running an Excellent Standard course 2 seconds under time!! Even though they didn't Q, it was an incredible run!!! Everyone and their dogs did well this weekend, and we all had a great time!
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