Finally another UKC trial! It's too bad that there are so few in So Cal.

We had an ok run today, getting our first leg in Level 2 (equivalent to AKC Advanced) with a score of 83, and first place. Out of 5 dogs, 3 qualified.

UKC rally is scored much more strictly than AKC, and there's no IP (improper performance, 10 points off but you still qualify if your total score is 70 points or better), so I'm very happy with it.

Today was really windy, which always seems to add to Quigley's inexhaustible energy , and he was very wound up already after several days of not getting out to do much, so after our run I expected to not even have qualified. We had to re-do two exercises, which means lots of points off.

We have another run tomorrow, and hopefully will be able to earn the second leg. The next UKC trial around here will be mid-January, 2 days with 2 runs each, so it would be nice if we could get our 3rd leg for Level 2 there and use the remaining 3 runs to complete Level 3. If that doesn't work out, we won't have another chance to try until April.

Some more photos

Congrats team Quigley! Good luck tomorrow

Congratulations! You guys are moving right along. I love that picture BTW.

WOW what a GREAT shot!!!!! I it! Congrats to you both

CONGRATS!!!

I love that picture! You are looking particularly awesome. And congrats. A Q is a Q, even if it wasn't beautiful. Good luck today.

Congratulations...you both look so incredibly proud.

This is my mantra. In the end, no one knows what your score was, so yay for the Qs!!! And I love that pic ...

Congrats! That is a super cute pic of both of you!

Yay, we got that second leg today!

Our score is the same as yesterday, 83, but today it was only enough for 3rd place. Close though, the team in 1st place scored 85 and the one in 2nd place 84. They definitely deserved it though.

Today my handling got us some deductions though, Quigley was less squirrely and heeled better, but I didn't do a 90 degree pivot as tightly as I should and there were a couple other things.


More photos here

My favorite shot from today:

I did it, Ma!

Yay bald neat Quigley did it again Yay for another Q!

Don't mind me, I'm just amused at how different he looks when he's handstripped

Doesn't he look sooo nekkid?

It's hard for me to adjust and I don't think he looks his best when he's freshly stripped (mainly because his ears look so freaking huge!). I like it best when the coat had about 8 weeks or so to grow out a bit again.

Thanks everyone for your comments, I don't really have much of an audience to share my "dog stuff stories" with outside of ODO and Facebook, so I appreciate it.

That picture is great. I think I like naked Quigley best, but then his hair grows in again and I like fuzzy Quigley the best.

Fantastic, congrats! I like UKC events ... Glad you and Q had fun at this one, and that's a great pic of the two of you strutting off together.