Mike, Emma, Raleigh and I spent four days in Eugene at the Eugene Kennel Club's AKC Agility trial. It was a great weekend and Raleigh once again showed himself to be a steadfast competitor. He ran 11 times and qualified in ten of those, earning two titles. Oh, and he placed first each time. He is shown above with some of his ribbons. It would not be honest to omit the fact that often there were only three dogs in his class, and sometimes only one, so it wasn't very difficult to come in first place. But, he ran well, and considering the unimpressive skill of his handler (me), it is pretty remarkable that he does so well.
Emma on the other hand, continued her pattern of zooming all over the course, jumping off of obstacles, and being pretty out of control. In spite of this, she did title in Fast, which at this point is her only real attribute in the sport. Raleigh's performance took a bit of the sting off of the fatal fault received by one judge (definitely deserved), and being whistled off the course by the other (again, totally in order).
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