Hey all!
It’s been a busy week so Mom is finally able to help me with putting up my last competition blog of the year…and wowza! have I got great results to share!
On Friday, October 28th, we competed in another Wag It Games Trial – competing in Shadow Skills, Independent Skills and No Need for Speed Skills classes. Mom entered me in both Novice and Skilled(Open) levels as I’m workin’ towards my Championship titles and need 8 qualifying scores in each level(Novice, Skilled and Proficient) to earn CH in each class. We’ve got a long ways to go but we’re gettin’ there! I qualified 6 for 6 runs! Ya baby! Shall I say FUN!!!
Novice Shadow Skills – score of 100(best score 100)
Skilled Shadow Skills – score of 100
Novice Independent Skills – score of 97 ( I didn’t hit the light hard enough to turn it on – hey, sometimes it’s a hard shot for me being 3 legged – that’s my excuse and I’m stickin’ to it!)
Skilled Independent Skills – score of 100 – THIS CLASS I TOTALLY ROCKED!!!!! Talk about FUN time! My Mom wanted to do the class again with me she had so much fun with me!
Novice No Need for Speed Skills – score of 100
Skilled No Need for Speed Skills – score of 100
Do I ever LOVE Wag It Games! Holy freakin’ CowDog is it fun! Especially seeing how I’m in the HeartDog Program where I have an exemption on not having to sit if I don’t want to….I really hate sitting but shhhhh, don’t tell Mom, I AM stronger now and it’s gotten easier to sit these days…but still, it’s nice to have that exemption as by class #6, I was getting a bit ‘draggy’…hey, I’ll admit it…I AM 3 legged and almost 12 years old you know..so I do have a couple good excuses 🙂 Here’s a video of me in the Skilled Independent Class:
Then Saturday and Sunday we competed in APDT Rally-O…It’s not as much fun as Wag It Games but I totally rocked and and as a fellow competitor/friend, Wag It Games and Rally-O judge commented on Facebook to my Mom:
“I’m just laying here thinking about what an incredible Tripawd dog Ms. Maggie is. She manages to knock the socks off her 4 legged competition on a very regular basis. What a delight to watch her, amazes me everytime!!! Thanks again for the inspiration Maggie”. From, Annette M.
Mom puts me in Level 3 and also in Veterans classes in Rally. Level 3 because of less sitting and more “fun” stations for me to do that I like, for example, the retrieve(holy smokes I’m good at that now and I’m NOT a Retriever dog!), the Moving Stand, the Down on Recall, the Directed Jump and fun stuff like that! And in Veterans class, it can be signs from all levels but the courses are shorter for us “old dogs”. The two classes are a good match for me! I went 6 for 6 in Rally too! Here’s results:
Saturday:
Level 3 run #1 – Score of 210 (best possible score is a 210)
Veterans run #1 – Score of 210
Level 3, run #2 – Score of 210 – had a PERFECT Retrieve for a bonus…made my Mom sooo proud!
Veterans run #2 – Score of 210
Sunday:
Level 3 – Score of 204 – My Mom cued me two extra times(probably to sit…that evil thing called sit!), so lost points for xtra cues.
Veterans run – Score of 202 – Super attention & perfect sits and FOOD BOWL station I was just perfect…never even looked at the bowls with treats in them! Yeah, I ROCK! But silly Mom messed me up on the first station and made me do a Drop on Recall when the sign was just a Recall to Front! Gawd Mom! Remember to read the signs correctly, will ya? And THEN, she messed up and did the wrong “finish”, so she had to fix that… Mom, what was with you!?!? Were you tired??!! Wake up next time! Don’t be messin’ me up! 😉
Here’s me doing one of the ‘easier’ Veterans courses..the only video taken of me unfortunately but gives you an example of the fun we had:
And Mom took this picture of me with my ribbons the other night. The orange ribbons are Wag It Games qualifier ribbons I earned and the other one’s are Rally-O ribbon qualifiers and placements…notice there’s some blue ribbons in there! I even BEAT my little sister Haley, a couple times in Level 3!! Haha! 🙂
So, now, we are going into winter hibernation mode…no more trialing until Spring. But Mom seems to tell me I’m not going to completely turn into a couch potato as she just ordered me another balance dome to do my PT work on…gawd, Mom…it’s time to sleep, ya’ know, for the winter! 😉
‘Til next time, keep on hoppin’!
Maggie