I'm just popping in to write about Whisper's weekend in Aston, PA 2/29 - 3/2.  It was a huge agility trial and I'm so proud of how she did.



I wasn't really looking for Q's.  I really wanted to practice our start line routine, especially to include barking at the start line, which I got on every run!  She was happy and excited and I had no hesitation about running her at all.  The first few runs, she refused her weave poles, but I realized it was my fault.  Her cue to weave is "Weave"; Rigal's cue is "Go Weave".  For the first three runs, I told Whisper to "Go Weave" and she didn't the first time I sent her.  I can't believe I did that to her.  But our second run Saturday, I fixed it.  She didn't weave fast but she did and and was fine.  By Sunday, she was so fast in her poles that she popped out at the last pole.  I didn't bother to fix it because she did so well and I didn't want to shut her down.  Besides that, I was happy with her performance except her contacts.  She didn't do them and I didn't make her do them so now I've got a big training problem and I'm not sure what to do.  This will be our next challenge.



The big news is that Whisper got her OAJ title that weekend.  She needs three qualifying scores to get her title.  She got all three in one weekend which is hard to do.  And Sunday, she got her title with a first place ribbon!  When the results were posted, I looked for us in the Q's and didn't find our name and I started to get upset, so I looked up and there was her name at the top.  Her run was gorgeous.  I'm very proud.  So now, she's going to be in Excellent A in Jumpers with Weaves.  We got one Q in standard (first place too).  I'm very happy with the results.  We trial again this weekend at the same location. 



We'll be trialing a lot this spring so be sure to check back for more results.