Only one qualifying run this weekend ... multiple handler errors :-(
10/4/2009 5:16:11 PM
Stephen and Kohl were competing at the Puget Sound Labrador Retriever Agility Trial both days this weekend at Argus Ranch. Yesterday was their best day, although Kohl was slow, with one qualifying score in Open Standard Preferred, at least they did it in style and came first in the class (score of 96, with 4 time faults)!
JWW yesterday Kohl clipped the top bar of the tripple jump and knocked it off as well as being over time. Today, Stephen wasn't on top form and even Kohl couldn't make up for the handling errors ... Kohl doesn't hold it against him :-) Kohl surprised Stephen with his turn of speed and Stephen wasn't prepared for Kohl's new found enthusiasm for the sport which caused them to miss the third jump, Stephen recovered but lost 5 points for the failed jump and acrrued lots of time penalties getting back on track. These errors resulted in a score of only 63 points (85 required to qualify).
