Indianapolis Zone Qualifier

Rumor and I went to Indianapolis, IN for a Zone Qualifier for the World Championships.  We had 2 Big Air waves on Saturday and Rumor blew me away... he had a new personal best of a huge 25' 1" jump (his previous personal best was 23' 3") and a 23' 11".  This had Rumor qualified for the Pro Finals.  Unfortunately, we didn't jump as strongly in the Finals as we did in the prior Big Air waves, but I was still thrilled with how he did over the weekend. 

Rumor finished his Elite Jumping title at this event, which is 5 Big Air jumps of 23' - 24' 11" and he earned his 1st Super Elite jump when he jumped 25'+!  There is a relatively small handful of dogs (I believe less than 40 dogs) who have earned a Super Elite title so if we could ever do that, I would be so excited!

I was debating about going to another Zone Qualifier, but I think we might have to make the trip to IA and try again  :)

A great Agility weekend... Rumor's 24" debut

Rumor did a wonderful job this weekend... his 1st trial jumping 24" and he really did a fantastic job all weekend.

Saturday:
Rumor dropped 1 bar before a tunnel in ExcA JWW when I opened up my big mouth -- oops!  The rest of the run he did quite nicely.  His ExcB Std run he ran beautifully.  He has become much better reading lead-out pushes.  This was the first 1st place he has received in ExcB!  I was so proud of him.

Sunday:
Little Rumz had a rockin' ExcA JWW run.  I was being very careful and made sure to take my time b/c I just want to get him into ExcB so we can start working on QQs  :-)  He ended up in 2nd place by less than 2/10ths of a second so I was happy with that.  He only needs 1 more JWW Q and then we can move up wiht the big dogs

I gained so much confidence in Rumor this weekend.  His weaves were fantastic and we were working as a team each and every run... I couldn't have been more proud of the little man.  He gave me the perfect Valentine's Day gift... being a blast to run!

Agility in Iowa

We went to a brand new facility in Davenport, IA this weekend for an AKC Agility trial.  It was indoor and on turf... a very nice facility and I would definitely go back.

Rumor started the weekend off with a bang!  He had a beautiful Standard run to begin our weekend with a Q in ExB.  His JWW run had a few more "puppy moments" but he came back with another gorgeous Standard run and was having a wonderful JWW run on Sunday until mom messed him up!  Ooops  :)  I was thrilled with his performance this weekend and it is so fun to see him improve with every single trial we go to.  It really has been a great ride so far... I look forward to every single run with him.

It has been interesting to see Rumor's fan base.  With his enthusiasm and excitement, he *makes* people watch him on the course... and he definitely gained a few more fans this weekend!