During our trip we got to go to an obedience trial! The first level has some similarities to AKC and some big differences – with the exercises and with the general trial. Prior to the event we got emails about confirmation and a listing of all the dogs who would Read more…
During our trip we went to 2 weekends of trials. We got to participate the first weekend! The second weekend was watching and helping. There’s so much to say about our experiences. Of all the things I learned, the most surprising to me was that agility makes me very anxious. And Read more…
Birch trees. Lichen covered boulders. Yes, we’re back in Sweden! It wasn’t something I planned really far in advance, and maybe not the most responsible thing to try to quickly find someone to teach all my classes and take care of the 3 dogs staying at home. But it was Read more…
Summer has been so busy! In June we did one day of a CPE agility trial that went fairly well – the jumpers course was one of the most beautiful I’ve seen. The next weekend we went to watch some of the CPE nationals (30 min away!), taking 4-H’ers and Read more…
When I was planning to go to the Titlemania event, I accidently cancelled my Wednesday classes, thinking the four day event started on a Wednesday. This worked out great, I found out about a Wednesday seminar in Kentucky that I would normally have not been able to attend. For a Read more…
Our summer has been so busy – this trip should have happened 4-6 weeks sooner but we did finally make it up for our re-checks with the rehab vet! We also do adventures with our friends. While it’s a long drive, it’s never quite as bad as I think it Read more…
This post is part of a series about our 2016 USDAA TitleMania experience. Click here for an overview of the event. Click here for our agility overview. Click here for the Rally World Championships. The dog beach was just as fun and exciting as the trial! The Beach One of my goals this Read more…
Click here for an overview of the event. Click here for general agility. Click here for Rally! We signed up for the whole agility tournament – 3 standard, 3 jumpers, 3 snooker, 3 gamblers. I also entered the Masters Challenge classes on Sunday – thinking that I would be sad Read more…
This post is part of a series about our 2016 USDAA TitleMania and Rally World Championships experience. Click here for an overview of the event. Click here for our agility overview. Click here for 15 year old Blaze at the dog beach. On Friday a regular titling trial was held and one run Read more…
This post is part of a series about our 2016 USDAA TitleMania experience. Click here for an overview of the event. Click here for the Rally World Championships. Click here for 15 year old Blaze at the dog beach. Agility We did 3 rounds each of standard, jumpers, snooker and gamblers. On Sunday Read more…