2018 Dog Goals

Sonic - 6 years

Sonic will hopefully have a litter of puppies in late February, so we won’t be competing much in the first half of 2018. 

• Puppies
• FCRSA National in May
• Master
• OB & UB
• Gun dog Sweepstake
• Field trial bitches
• Obedience-related
• NOC June? Likelihood of being in season may eliminate this as a goal.
• Open B 1st
• UDX3 - need 8 more legs for this
• OM4 - need about 25 more points
• OM5
• OTCh - ended 2017 with 84 points, still needing Open B 1st
• Field-related
• Let her enjoy herself

Jag - 3 years

• BTCA in September
• Obedience-related
• UDX
• OM1
• OM2
• OTCh points

Tigger - 22 months

• FCRSA National
• BN
• Rally
• WCX
• Senior?
• Field-related
• Finish Swim-by
• SH
• WCX
• Make progress on Master concepts
• Obedience related
• Master Rally title
• BN
• Teach him to jump
• Matching in Novice and Open by end of the year

2017 Goal Review

For some reason, I didn't publish my goal review at the end of 2016, nor my goals for 2017. Here I am, getting back on track.

The things in blue were accomplished. The things in pink were started. Those in black were not done. Other than the BTCA National, I did not do any other agility with Jag, and don't see me doing anymore any time soon. Too much other stuff I'd rather do.

Overall, it was an excellent year of competition with the dogs. Sonic had an unprecedented qualifying streak, passing every Open class from October 2016 up through the trials before the NOC. She also passed Utility each time we showed from January-March. The wheels fell off a bit after the NOC, but still overall, I think she had a better Q rate than I've ever had with prior dogs.

Jag made tremendous progress from where he was in December 2016, with the icing on the cake winning a Utility B class - something I haven't done since February 2015 - for 10 OTCh points 2 weeks after finishing his UD.

Once I focused on Tigger, starting after the FCRSA National in May, he really came into his own with his field work. His obedience work is still very much a work in progress. I think I'm getting him figured out, but only time will tell.

Sonic - 5 years

I plan to devote at least the first 1/3 of the year to obedience, heading into the NOC tournament, and most likely at least through May (National Specialty). Sonic seemed very happy to be back showing in obedience again. 

• FCRSA National in May - OB - NQ :-(, UB 2nd place, MH - PASS!, WCX - pass, Field trial bitches - zippo, gun dog sweeps - 1st place MH bitches!
• FCRSC National - NB, Open bitches (Wendy?)
• Obedience-related
• NOC March 25/26 - Sonic passed everything on day one except the dratted sit stay. Super proud of both of us. We worked very hard for this event and had a blast attending.
• Open B 1st
• UDX - need 2 more legs to finish - leg 9 - 2/10/17; leg 10 - 2/11/17
• UDX2 - leg 11 - 2/12/17, leg 12 - 2/25, leg 13 - 2/26, leg 14 - 3/11, leg 15 - 3/12, leg 16 - 4/15, leg 17 - 4/16, leg 18 5/26, leg 19 10/8, leg 20 10/21
• UDX3 - leg 21 10/22; leg 22 11/26; 
• OM2 - finished 2/10/17
• OM3 - finished 4/16/16
• OM4 - my records show 171 points towards OM4. She came in season right before last weekend when I’d hoped to finish it.
• OTCh - ended 2016 with 69 points, needing Open B 1st; ended 2017 with 84 points, still needing an Open B 1st
• Field-related
• Train at Jorgensen’s weekly
• Train with Terri P regularly
• Get marking back on track
• Improve understanding of hip-pocket doubles
• Passed all 4 Master tests we entered.

Jag - 2 years

• BTCA in April - NB, OB, OA, OJWW, T2B
• Obedience-related
• GN February-April
• Novice B (final time) and Open B (1st time) at BTCA National in April in Florida - HIT out of Novice B class
• CDX April-July - earned 5/25-5/26 at Kazoo cluster 196, 195.5, 195
• Ready for Utility by Marshbanks in October
• UD - leg 1 10/8/17; leg 2 10/21/17; leg 3 11/26/17;
• Wasn’t a goal, but he got a UB 1st place and 10 OTCh points on 12/9/17!
• Agility-related
• Practice weaves on a consistent basis - have poles set up in back yard in warmer months, and work on hard entries.
• Work on obstacle discrimination
• OA
• OAJ
• NF

Tigger - 10 months

• FCRSA National -  Show in:
• Puppy Sweeps - zippo
• Bred-by - zippo
• Rally novice - 1st leg, 1st place (54 dog class!), 100+
• WC - passed!
• JH - Passed! leg 1
• Field-related
• Finish Force Fetch March 
• Whistle sits - started March - lots more in June
• Pile work
• FTP
• Water force - June
• Finish collar conditioning - obedience (heeling, whistle sits, FTP, burn out of the hole) June
• T and TT - teach him to handle - started teaching casting in April, T in June
• Pattern Blinds - started in mid-August
• Blind drills
• Swim-by - August and September - did a lot of work, but not QUITE there 
• WC - May 14, 2017 @ FCRSA National
• JH - first leg at FCRSA; leg 2 at July MI Flyways; leg 3 8/19; title 8/20 at MI Flyways
• Develop marking skills
• Lengthen singles
• Double concepts
• Singles in complex set ups
• Obedience related
• Teach him to heel!
• Rhythm heeling
• Turns
• Halts
• Figure 8’s
• Pace changes
• Proofing
• Off-leash - for Rally October/November
• Continue with PF exercises
• Rally titles - RN 10/6/17; RA 1 (10/21) RA 2 (10/22); RA 3 (11/18); RE 1 (11/18); RE 2 & 3 (12/8)
• BN - did not even try. I didn't spend a ton of time on obedience with him, as I concentrated on field.
• Teach him to jump

2016 Goals

For years, I have enjoyed the process of reviewing the waning year and how I did with goals I set the previous holiday season and setting my goals for the upcoming year. Here are my goals for 2016:

Myself

• Website - change payment method. I have just GOT to get this done, for so many reasons. Or hire it done.
• Continue exercise challenge - aim for 200 workouts in 2016, with self-reward prizes for every 50 workouts. If I accomplish just 50 workouts a quarter, I will easily hit that goal.
• Walk/run a 5K in each quarter (at home on treadmill okay), reducing time each quarter. Did the one in late 2015 in about 56 minutes.
• Successfully raise and place a litter of puppies. Sonic was bred to Heidi Heibert's handsome boy Arrow in December, so I am hopeful that she will have puppies in mid-February. I've never raised a litter before, and I'm terrified at the unknown but so excited about the prospect of spending two months raising them.

Sonic (4 years old)

• Puppies! 
• To accomplish anything more on the obedience titles I'd like Sonic to earn in her lifetime, we have to start qualifying in Open B on a regular basis. The sit stay has proved to be a very hard exercise for her, though it was better last winter with all the conditioning work we did. If she does indeed have the hoped for puppies, we won't be back to competitions until late spring, and by then, we'll most likely be back in the field.
• Open B 1st place
• UDX legs
• OTCh points
• OM1 - she just needs one more solid Open score to finish that. 
• OM2
• Qualify for 2017 NOC.
• Improve Sonic's water blinds. We improved enough in 2015 to pass Master regularly, but they were often a battle. Especially in need of improvement are her initial lines with an angle entry, particularly long water entries.
• Qualify for 2015 Master National. She only needs one more MH pass before July 31 to do so. The Master National will be September 29-October 9, 2016 near St. Louis, where the 2015 FCRSA National field events were held, which were fantastic grounds. Whether or not we go will depend on her progress on her water blinds.
• Get some MH passes toward qualifying for 2016 MN.

Jag (20 months old)

• Attend one off-site fun match per month.
• CD with scores in the high 190's, with at least one HIT. 
• NA and NAJ. 
• Progress on Grand championship.
• RATO (barn hunt Open title) and RATS (barn hunt Senior title).
• Border Terrier National in June. It is in Ohio, so nice and close by. I'd like to show him in Novice Agility, at least Standard and Jumpers, Novice B obedience, and conformation.
• Show him in the Novice division at the AKC Classic in December. But since the qualifying period ends June 30, I'm not sure I want to show him that much in Novice by then. But it does only require 3 Q's in the qualifying period this time instead of 6 Q's.
• Matching seriously in Open by the end of the year.
• Matching crudely in Utility by the end of the year.

New Puppy

• Get him/her started on all the puppy basics for obedience, rally, and field.
• Get started in conformation ring.
• Matching in rally and Beginner Novice.
• WC?

What are YOUR goals?

2015 Goal Review

What follows are the goals I planned in January 2015. The blue items were accomplished. As usual, I was more successful with my dog goals.

Myself

• Website - change payment method. Essentially did nothing except realize that I need to hire someone to do this. I am hopeful that someone I contacted in early December will be able to help in 2016.
• Incentive program: Develop a more consistent exercise (me and dogs), dog training and other work (office-related and project) schedule. After using this system to earn myself an Apple Watch by June, I relented on the constant record keeping this required. And not keeping records meant I didn't spend time as consistently. Guess that means I need those records for accountability.
• Reprint Balancing Act
• Continue exercise challenge - aim for 200 workouts in 2015, with self-reward prizes for every 50 workouts. - strained my right hamstring in April when out for a power walk during a seminar lunch break. It is still bothering me as I write this 1/1/16, but between yoga and MELT method roller work, it is at least manageable. The hamstring and related pains meant I barely exercised in April, September and October. I did finish 2015 strong with 22 and 29 workouts in November and December, finishing with 170 for the year. Didn't manage to do the prizes in 2015.
• Participate in a 5K - did it at home on the treadmill on 12/28, but DID get it done.
• One goal that was not on my list in January 2015 was to lose weight, but when I started the Fast Metabolism Diet in February, I lost about 10 lbs and 2 pant sizes and have been successful at keeping it off, something I wasn't when I lost a bunch of weight 15 years ago. I've definitely changed the overall way I eat and cook.

Sonic 3 years old

• Give her time this year to mature into her obedience performances - focus on her motivation and speed vs. nitpicking for perfection
• Improve finishes to > 50% correct by working on them more consistently. I don't feel that we showed consistently enough to really gauge her progress. Plus I'm too lazy to go back and count!
• Keep her sound via a consistent exercise program
• UDX legs (1st 2/7; 2nd 2/15; 3rd 2/16)
• OTCh points (4 from 12/14 UB 2nd, 1/8/15 - 10, UB 1st; 2/6 - 20, UB 1st; Florida - 6 more for 3 UB 3rds; 1 for UB 2nd at Progressive 4/26; 2 for 3rd in UB at MB 10/18; 1 for 3rd in UB at Richland KC 12/3; 3 for 2nd in UB at Medina KC 12/4) 47 total
• OM1 - over 200 points by year’s end, just 12 shy of the Open points needed
• MH legs - Flyways (1st - 8/15), Marshbanks (2nd - 8/15), Backwater (3rd - 9/15), American Chesapeake Club (4th - 10/4), Central Kentucky RC (5th - 10/25)
• BUD [Big Useful Dog] award at National in April (qualify or place in 3 different areas)
• Qualify for 2016 NOC - though if I DO end up breeding her, I would want to do it a year from now, so she would be home with puppies during the 2016 NOC if all goes as planned.
• Didn’t even have anything about her breed championship on the goals list. But here she is on 12/4/15 with her Championship!

Jag 8 months old

• RN (2 legs at Strawberry cluster; 3rd at BTCA in May)
• RA (2 legs at Marshbanks October; 3rd leg at Greater Toledo November)
• RE (1st leg at Greater Toledo, legs 2 & 3 at IX Center in December)
• Matching for real in Novice, solidify his understanding of the exercises
• Matching at least crudely in Open
• Continue his Utility education, with a focus on Signals and DJ - didn't spend that much time on this
• Teach him to jump well (got Susan Salo's puppy jumping dvd in January...)
• Work on his CH (1st major 1/18/15; up to 14 points by TKC in June; 5 point major Sept 25); earned 1st 5 GCh points at Ft Wayne weekend.
• BT National in May
• Try Barn Hunt with him - June - he LOVES it! RATN in June & July, 1 Open leg in September.
• BN in fall if ready (1st leg at BT National in May 194.5; 2nd leg 194.5, 3rd leg 199.5 at Marshbanks)

What a Whirlwind Couple of Months!

Although I'm publishing this on January 1, I started to write this during our final show weekend of 2015 at Cleveland in December.

After a spring and summer of mostly field training and very little of anything else, Sonic and I dove into a series of Master Hunt tests. In addition to success there, we also threw in some conformation weekends, one barn hunt trial, and some obedience/rally weekends.

August 15/16 - Michigan Flyways Retriever Club hunt test: Master pass #1
August 22/23 - Marshbanks Golden Retriever Club's hunt test: Master pass #2
August 29/30 - both dogs helped me teach an obedience seminar for the Obedience Training Club of Greater Lansing
September 5 - showed both dogs in big zippo in conformation at the Jaxon KC show.
September 11-13 - Backwater RC hunt test: Master pass #3
September 19-20 - OFF
September 26 - Buckeye RC hunt test: Master test failure
September 27 - Monroe KC:  Sonic RWB, Jag Winners Dog for a 5-point major to complete his AKC breed championship!
September 27 - Great American Dog Barn Hunt trial: Jag first RATO leg.
October 3-4 - American Chesapeake Club hunt test: Master pass #4
October 10-11 - field weekend with Midwest Waterways FCRC: Sonic did a super job as test dog for WCX.

Sonic's 5th Master pass for her MH

October 17-18 - Marshbanks Golden Retriever Club's obedience/rally trials: Sonic Saturday Utility B 3rd place, 2 OTCh points. Jag 2 Rally Advanced legs (94 leg 1, 100+ 1st place leg 2) and 2 Beginner Novice legs (194.5 4th place, and 199.5 1st place) to finish his BN title.
October 24-25 - Central Kentucky RC hunt test: Master pass #5 - new MH!
October 28 - NE Indiana KC: Sonic WB 1 point
October 29 - LaPorte County KC - Sonic WB 2 points
October 31 - Marion KC: Jag Best of Opposite Sex 1st time out as a special, 3 point GCh major, also beating another dog special.
November 1 - NE Indiana KC: Jag Select Dog for 2 more GCh points, and beat a dog special.
November 7/8 - trip to Lakeland, FL to present a seminar. The dogs stayed home.
November 15 - Greater Toledo Obedience Training Club: Jag 3rd Rally Advanced leg with 1st place with a perfect 100+
November 15, trial  - Greater Toledo Obedience Training Club: Jag 1st Excellent leg with a 1st place 99.
November 16 - OFA Eye clinic. Both dogs passed with flying colors.
November 20-21 - Toledo KC: Sonic managed 1 Utility B pass out of 4 classes shown. A positive was she managed to hold her sit stay on the 2nd day, so we excused ourselves and she got a jackpot.
Jag: 1st place in Beginner Novice with a 198.5.
November 29/30 - OFF.
December 3-5 - Cleveland IX Center shows: showed Jag all 3 days in Best of Breed, got zippo.
Thursday, Sonic was 3rd in Utility B for one more OTCh points. Jag was the most distracted he had EVER been in his life and I begged and pleaded him to a 91 score–very generous–for his 2nd Excellent leg. I excused us from the Beginner Novice ring after essentially dragging him around 2/3rds of the heeling pattern. I saw no point in continuing.
Friday, Jag came back from Thursdays mess to win Excellent B with a perfect 100 to finish his RE title, one of the goals of my trip. He then went in Beginner Novice and did a fine job, earning 1st place with a 198.
Best of all, Sonic won Winners Bitch with Lindsey Cook showing her for the 3 points to finish her breed Championship! And she topped that off with a 2nd place in Utility B for 3 more OTCh points.
To finish off the show year, on Saturday, Jag was 1st again in Excellent B with a 95. Nowhere near as good a performance as Friday, but lots better than Thursday. Sonic was 3rd in Utility B.

Friday's Medina KC winnings - New CH for Sonic, new RE for Jag

Total for this stretch:
Jag - Championship, 5 GCH points, BN, RA, RE, and a RATO leg
Sonic - MH, 6 OTCh points, CH.

RATS!

I got my start in dog sports in 1985, and earned my first obedience title in 1986. I did some tracking in the late 1980's/early 1990's. I was again a Novice A person when I started agility circa 1990. I got heavily into hunt tests with the Flat-Coats circa 2006.

Last month, I went to a Barn Hunt workshop on a Saturday afternoon. Sonic was tepid at best, but Jag... he was in heaven. He definitely got more and more into it each time we entered the ring area for our turn.

The basic idea of Barn Hunt, which is for all breeds of dogs, is for the dog to locate a rat which is hidden in a tube - a piece of sewer pipe with holes in it. The tube is hidden somewhere in a structure built out of straw bales. The dogs also have to "tunnel" - i.e., go through a tunnel through the straw bales, and they have to do "a climb" - hop up on the straw pile as they hunt. At the Novice level, the tunnel is open at either end, and the bales are at most 2 bales high. There are 3 tubes - one with a rat, one with used bedding, and one empty. The dog has to indicate to the handler when he finds the rat.

Last Saturday, we attended our first Barn Hunt trials, entering the Instinct test, a very basic test, where all 3 tubes are laid out in plain site. Jag passed that fairly easily.

In the first Novice class, we were in the first "blind" - a group of up to 5 teams that all have their tubes in the same place - so didn't get a chance to watch much before we went in the ring.  He did quite a lot of searching in the ring. When he started biting at a tube, I called "Rat!", but alas, it was a tube with litter in it. I took him to where the tube with the rat was (after the judge pointed it out to us), and he got more excited than he had on the one with litter in it.

In the second Novice Class, he darted through the tunnel, turned left, I encouraged him to hop up on the bales, and he almost immediately started to indicate that he'd found a tube. I eventually called "Rat!" and this time, it was right. 27 seconds out of the 2 minutes allowed. First RATN leg!

Today, we headed off for another new adventure, and went to try Earth Dog for the first time. The property we were at is simply beautiful and the weather was perfect for spending it outside enjoying our dogs. I didn't manage to take any photos, but Jag thought Earth Dog was Da BOMB! We started out with Beth Widdows (who trained 3 of her Westies in obedience with me years ago) helping us rank beginners with how to get started going through short tunnels above ground and getting to practice "working" the rats. Jag caught on very quickly and was soon biting the bars like a pro. After a break in the Burb, I went out by myself to see the Intro and Novice tunnel set up.

We tried the Intro course next, which was a simple tunnel with a left turn, but requiring him to go down a short ramp to enter it. He didn't have any trouble with the tunnel, but he was a bit hesitant to "work the rats". The dog needs to show noisy enthusiasm for the work - just staring won't cut it. It is one reason I've never been sure I wanted to try Earth Dog, since I loathe barky/whiney dogs. So here I was, encouraging him to bite the dowels that separated him from the rats, to whine, to dig, etc.

Next we proceeded on to the Novice course. The Novice tunnels are 30 feet long. This one had 3 turns on it. He again arrived at the rats fairly quickly. He also figured out how to turn around and come back out the entrance, which isn't desirable at the beginning levels. The Novice dogs are removed from the tunnel right by the rat cage via a trap door. He worked pretty hard at the rats with encouragement, but he'll need to learn how to keep up the work for 60 seconds with zero encouragement from me.

I put him away in the Burb, took a break, then had one final turn. One of the things I've vowed is that I won't give him access to the rats unless he is keeping his emotions in check. Getting from the Burb to where the tunnels were was a lengthy affair, as we proceeded 5 steps forward, 3 steps back. The 2nd turn was actually better in terms of him restraining himself somewhat on the walk to the tunnels. Reminds me a lot of what Sonic was like when we started our field work. It is SO exciting!!!

Next Saturday, we will be doing two more Novice Barn Hunt trials, with a practice session tomorrow at the grounds where the trials will be. It is fun learning a new sport, and it is great seeing Jag turning on to the sport he is bred for.

2015 Southern Odyssey Part 1

Sonic, Jag, and I left Ann Arbor dark and early on Tuesday February 11 to travel to Lakeland, Florida for the 4 days of conformation, obedience, and rally trials put on by the Lakeland-Winterhaven Kennel Club. We had an uneventful couple of days of driving, making it all the way to south Atlanta Tuesday evening after 730 miles that day.  

We got to Lakeland after our 1173 mile trip and checked in to our room at the La Quinta - the same lucky one as Sonic, Little and I shared in 2014.

We headed to DogSense for some obedience training and conformation class. All three of us benefitted from the concentrated practice on conformation.

Friday was pretty much a bust at the dog show, with Jag winning a meaningless Winners Dog ribbon by virtue of being the only class dog entered. The single dog special was chosen as Best of Breed. Sonic won her class of 2, but did nothing in Winners. She then NQed in Utility B by getting glove 2 instead of glove 1.

On Saturday, the day started out much better, with Jag beating the younger puppy for Winners Dog for 1 point, and then getting Best of Breed over the same special as the day before, upping his points won to 2.    

Next up was Utility B for Sonic. We qualified with a 195, which netted us a 3rd place, 2 more OTCh points, and High Scoring Flat-Coated Retriever. 

Next was conformation with Sonic. The Southern Skies Flat-Coated Retriever Club was hosting a supported entry, so there were a lot of FCRs entered. She again won the Open Bitches class, and went on to be awarded Reserve Winner's Bitch - close but no points - to a 4 point major. I received a lot of compliments on her, which is always appreciated. 

I had a break, then came time for Jag's Rally Novice debut. I asked to be put first in the class, thinking the terrier group would be starting after that. But the Novice A dogs were taking a while, and I finally realized I had to switch jackets, switch his collar and leash for his show lead (thanks so much to Debbi Snyder and Kathy Shrimpf for holding equipment and being at ring side to help!), and dash over to the group, which was fortunately just one building over, rather than the three it had been the previous day. We had fun in the group, playing a little bit of catch the ball while we waited our turn. It was lovely having time to get him well stacked on the table while the previous dog was gaiting. Most of the time we've shown, we are the only one in our class, so it is all a big rush. After the judge turned his back on our go round to judge the next dog, I released Jag to a cookie, then heeled him to the end of the line in preparation for Rally :-). 

We were released after the winners were chosen, and I dashed out to change his collar and leash, and to empty my pockets of ball and all treats, and return to wait our turn in Rally. We finally went in the ring at the end of the class, and he was wonderful, earning a perfect score of 100 and 1st place by virtue of time. I was so tired from all the classes by then that I didn't have the energy to be nervous.

Once all the classes were over, Jag helped me teach a one hour workshop on teaching Maneuvers. It's a good thing I can teach that in my sleep, because that was practically what I was doing! A couple of people took 15 minute private lessons, and then finally the long day at the show was done. I had dinner with Julie Hill, went back to our room and crashed.

On Sunday, the morning started with a solid Utility B Q for Sonic, once again earning 3rd place and 2 OTCh points. We added on Open B since conformation was over, just her 2nd time in Open since finishing her CDX in October. She managed to do the worst Figure 8's of her life, losing 3.5 of the 5 points she lost in the class just on that, but qualified to earn our 2nd UDX leg.

Jag had a couple of brain farts, but worked very nicely in between them, earning a 96 and 4th place for his 2nd Rally Novice leg. Darned good for 10 month old terrier boy :-).

He then helped me teach a one hour workshop on retrieving, with one more private session. After finishing up with those, I found an area for a bit of go-out practice for both dogs, and gave them a bit of a run.

On Monday, the final day of the 4-day cluster, Sonic and I did both classes again. As there wasn't any more Rally, Jag had the day off. Even though I arrived a lot earlier than when I thought I'd be in the ring, the dog two before me was going in the ring, so I pottied me, then the dogs, warmed Sonic up a bit, and went in the ring. I was again in short sleeves - I've been able to take off my winter clothes, but Sonic is unable to do that. She was warm. Her performance was lack luster, though she didn't have any significant glitches. She trotted when she needed to, sat when she needed to, just not always with a lot of accuracy. Once again, she qualified and earned our 3rd 3rd place of the weekend and 2 more OTCh points. There was a couple of hours break before our turn in Open, so I took Jag out for a 20 minute walk before lunch. 

I decided to try warming up for Open with a bumper instead of food. She got the bumper for a good fast and a good Figure 8, and then I put her away until the dog ahead of us was doing their Drop on Recall, the last thing before Figure 8 and Heeling. We had order 2, which meant the broad jump first, and I was pleased with her effort. While her figure 8's were not her best, they were a lot better than Sunday's, and she passed the individuals. She didn't finish on my first command on the flat retrieve - spaced out brain fart, but the rest was decent. We had the down stay first, and her chin was on the floor when we returned. She once again held her sit stay, earning her 3rd UDX leg. She was solid and straight on the sit stay both days, something for which I am so proud of her. I do think all the conditioning work we have done this winter is paying off, and it makes me determined to keep it up.

Our totals for the weekend:
Jag: WD/BOB 2 points, bringing his total to 8, and 2 Rally Novice legs with 1st and 4th places and scores of 100 and 96.

Sonic: 3 Utility B 3rd places (195, 195.5, 195), 2 UDX legs (Open scores of 195 and 193.5), 6 OTCh points (total of 40), 57 OM points (total of 141), and RWB in conformation.

My thanks to the club and its members and all the people who worked to make the shows and trials so much fun!