Tag Archives: agility

36.65 seconds of perfect connection

Chico and I are just home from two days at the USDAA New England Regionals where we had a blast. While the teams competing there at the top level are trying to get to Cynosport, the USDAA Nationals, there is room … Continue reading

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Agility trial bonus post

Chico’s first place in Open Standard not only got him advanced to the next level in that game, it allowed me to pick him a toy. I selected a Tony Bahama (fancy!) pink flamingo. And he thought it pretty terrific. … Continue reading

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USDAA trial, Belton, Texas

For Christmas, my whole family met at my brother and sister-in-love’s house in San Antonio, Texas On the 27th of December, Chico was entered in an agility trial in Belton, about two hours away. My niece, Nell, came with us … Continue reading

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USDAA gamblers, July 19

Note: I seem not to have scheduled this to post, you ought to have seen it before you saw me fall. In the middle of last month, Chico and I went to All Dogs Gym, in Manchester, NH, for a … Continue reading

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Finally

Video of our runs from the trial in Sacramento, CA in, ahem, March of this year. Standard: which was in many parts kind of a disaster, but the closing was very nice. The Jumpers run was the one where I … Continue reading

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Trials and tribulations

No, not really, but I am having some trouble with the video from our two trials on the road, and we’ve been in two more since we got home that I haven’t talked about. The video from the trial in … Continue reading

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Video from November 15 Run Throughs

Run throughs are one of those mysteriously titled agility activities that Chico and I participate in on occasion. Run thoughs is a chance to meet a course and walk it, like one could at a trial, and run it, like … Continue reading

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Agility trialing update

Chico and I have been competing at about one agility trial a month since last September, and in July we worked our way out of Novice level into Open level. Courses are longer and more challenging than in Novice, judging … Continue reading

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Cape Cod Kennel Club Agility Trial

Update: The professional photographer at the trial got some great pictures of Chico during his Friday standard run. See them in the gallery here. On the 15th and 17th of June, Chico and I competed in an agility trial at … Continue reading

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Agility trial March 31 & April 1

Chico and I entered our fourth or fifth agility competition at American K9 Country in Amherst, NH last weekend and it went very, very well. Agility work and trials (and, let’s face it, just about everything I do with him) … Continue reading

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