Major snowstorm, icy highway, near zero visibility at times.......SO WHAT!?!?!?! Let's play agility!!!
Am I nuts!?!?! Last Friday I left for the DAL trial in Edmonton. I took Friday off work and was going leave around noon - but Mother Nature changed my plans!! A major - major snowstorm hit Alberta! To go or not to go. Well - I decided to try - take my time, be careful and hopefully get there in one piece. Thank goodness it all worked out!!
The trial was a lot of fun! Trapper ran very well! He was motivated and focused. Our 1st run was Gamblers and Trappster got his first Advanced Gamblers "Q". He also got his 1st Advanced Snooker "Q" on Sunday!! We missed both of our Regular runs though - the first one he ran clean but was 1.6 seconds over course time!! Those wide turns burned us as they took more time and I was a little too cautious in a few sections of the course! Lesson learned - trust him more!!
His second Regular run was fantastic - clean and fun until the third last obstacle - I led him to the tunnel and as I saw him commit to it I left to meet him at the other end to lead him to the dogwalk and he must have seen me run in the opposite direction and he came out of the same end of the tunnel looking for me - 5 point refusal! We finished really nice and except for the 5 faults - he ran great!!
I decided to skip his Jumpers run so we could leave early and we got home around 5:45pm Sunday evening! That was the right decision! I slept like a baby Sunday night and so did Trapper! Hunter came along for the ride even though I didn't trial her! She just loves hanging out and visiting!
So - the next trial is the Wee Wednesday December 30th. I've entered both Hunty and Trappy - there's a few runs each so that should be a great way to ease into New Years eve!!
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