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We’re in frosty-cool Deerfield, NH for the latest installment of…

1. Trot’s road to the CPE nationals
2. Tip’s road to general agility stardom.

So far so good on both roads!

Saturday’s results…

Special highlights: Tip and Sherry had an outstanding jackpot run! He won his height class but actually beat every dog at every height!!

Sunday’s schedule…

Nationals, you say? If Trot can finish level 2 by the middle of February, he can apply for entry in the CPE Nationals, which are held in the summer in a regionally rotating location — in 2009, they’ll be in New England. There is a lottery for dogs that meet the requirements, so first things first… and then we’ll cross our fingers and paws!

It’s raining cats and dogs and more dogs here in Keene today and we’re nice and cozy under our tent thing. Four classes for Trot today, three for Tip… and we shall see what happens — LIVE!!

Trot had a super jackpot run and took 3rd with a Q!

Tip’s wildcard run was nice and controlled, even if it was a tad off course. Trot had a great run when it was his turn

the results are in from wildcard and wow!! trot got 2nd place in his height, and tip got 3rd place in his… AND ANOTHER Q!! yay puppies!!

sherry just had her best run ever… with tip in the snooker… trot’s turn now…

and a fine snooker run for the big brother, too!

the results are in for the snooker and… Trot Q’!! with a first place in his height!! this was the last level 1 Q he needed for his CPE level one — he did it, he got his title!!

Tip came in 2nd in the 20 inch division and now has his 3rd Q!

jumpers is about to start…

this weekend was a SMASHING success! Trot did Qn jumpers, so he ended up going 7-for-7 for the weekend!

and Tip’s performance was truly stellar — he went 3-for-5, and was so well behaved, it was amazing!

the wall sure is filling up with ribbons — and now doubly so!

It’s day #1 of agility here in Keene, and what a super day!

We started this morning with Colors, and Trot had his game snout on. He Q’d in his level 2 class, and also came in first place! And Tip did an awesome job, staying right with Sherry the whole time — he didn’t Q, but it was a really excellent run!

Next was Trot’s level 3 Standard run, in which he Q’d with a 4th place finish. The big news in this class is that he now moves to level 4 in Standard for next time!

The finale of the day was Full House. Trot went first (16 inch jump height) and had a fine run. But then it was Tip’s turn (20 inches) and I have to say he was perfect! And when the results came in, both Trot and Tip had won 1st place in their respective classes, and both had Q’d! Yes, Tip has his very first Q!!

Sherry has been working super hard with Tip, helping him become less reactive around other dogs, and no doubt that was an important factor. But something new that we tried today was to tire him out before each run. Dave suited up and ran around (sprinted, really!) and now he has the official job of dog tuckerer.

Tune in tomorrow for day #2!

It’s the third and final day of the EMAC trial here in partly cloudy Skowhegan. Tip is scheduled for Jumpers 1, and Trot for Standard 3 and Jumpers 3. Sherry may have added them both in Snooker 1, but we’ll see whether that becomes official. Worth noting is that Sherry and Trot are one Snooker round away from their Level One title — sure would be nice if that happened here today, but we’ll just have to see, won’t we?

Snooker was its old snookery self, but we didn’t want that color ribbon anyway.

Trot had a 2nd place finish in Standard and just had a nice leisurely Jumpers run. We’re waiting for Tip’s Jumpers class and that will be it for the weekend.

Tip was just a little zoomy in his Jumpers run and was able to jump that last jump like a star.

Trot’s Jumpers was seven seconds too leisurely and so he didn’t Q in that.

It’s day #2 here in foggy Skowhegan, ME.

Today’s lineup, which I’m writing down primarily for my own benefit: Tip will run in Colors level 1. Trot has four classes: ring #1 — Colors 2, Standard 3; ring #2 — Full House 1, and Wild Card 2. Run fast and clean, my puppies!

It was a blur, the whole day. Between juggling dogs and Trot juggling rings there was a lot going on. But in the end, it was another great run for Tip and FOUR Q’s for Trot! Yay Sherry and Trot!!

Live from Skowhegan, ME — it’s three days od CPE!

Last night we arrived and Tip has his first-ever public performance — and he was great! He ran his own course, you might say, but he was perfectly behaved. We were so proud of him!

On to Friday’s dog of the day — will it be speedy trot or that other one? He’s getting ready to run “snooker” and we’ll see what kind of Trot we have today.

Snooker — He’s in, jumping, tunneling… and oh no, wrong end of a tunnel! But he was doing well. Better luck later!

9:30… Jackpot is next, and Sherry is plotting her strategy. She needs to get 17 points in 29 seconds. Trot seems to have his game snout screwed on real tight, so we’ll see!

10:50 — Trot is on deck… And he’s up! And super awesome!!!

It’s a Q in “jackpot”, and fourth place out of… how many? 9? 16? Yay, Trot-Trot!!

1:00 — it’s almost jumpers time! go fast, Trot-Trot!

Boy was he fast… and clean! Yay!!

Jumpers was a Q!

And then there was a level 3 “standard” class… level 3, no walk in the park, so… another Q!! and a 2nd place red ribbon!

Yay Trot-Trot, a 3-for-4 day today! Tune in tomorrow for more agility news!

It’s Speedy-Trot who has graced us with his presence this weekend.

We’re in Deerfield for a CPE agility trial, and Team Sherry/Trot have a new teal “Q” (qualifying score) ribbon to show for it.

And that’s not all! They were fourth in their class — the “wildcard” game — and got a nice white ribbon, too!

Tomorrow they are signed up for two “standard” classes and one “jumpers” — wish them luck!

SUNDAY –

Two “standard” runs down and two more Q’s! That’s two more teal ribbons… but that’s not all! The first run earned a blue ribbon for first place, and that was followed by a third place yellow ribbon! Way to go, Sherry and Trot Trot!!

1:28 PM — We’re all packed up and Sherry’s walking this way with… A RED RIBBON!! Trot hit for the cycle, finishing with second place in “jumpers” and one more Q. Yay, Sherry and Trot!!