Another tournament is in the bag for the team. The dogs did great after a summer of mostly rest and relaxation.
Digger was awfully confused because Kay was not there in the morning so we were forced to pull her from the morning tournament. She did great in the afternoon though once Kay had arrived to assure her she was doing everything right.
Cuda rocked it in the afternoon tournament. Speedy little thing that she is.
Stark was solid all day, barking his head off as soon as Grace went to place his dumbbell in the box. He sure loves to play.
Whistler was her usual bang-on self, she's so solid and consistent she's hard to write stories about.
Robbie needed a little encouragement from Kris a time or two but on the whole he's come into his own this year with his Scent Hurdling. Being a short little terrier he's never going to be super fast. He's cute though.
Jinx may need to retire, she was struggling with the jumps. Kris is aware of her age and is seriously considering retiring her if she struggles at the next tournament. The safety and health of our dogs is paramount.
And Ahab. He did fantastic in the afternoon but really, really struggled in the morning. This was his first time racing on grass and that's a whole new game for a dog. Grass has all kinds of wonderful, distracting smells; and the wind did not help either. However, after spending most of the morning practicing, the team agreed to keep letting him run so he could try and work out what he needed to do which meant everyone else sacrificed a chance at a lot of points for their dogs, he suddenly seemed to snap into realizing what he needed to do and ran great for the rest of the day. A big thank you to the team for letting Ahab figure out what he was doing.
Written by Monica.
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