Seattle Dog Show

Seattle Dog Show

3/21/2010 9:43:31 AM

Last Saturday (March 13th) Stephen and Kohl competed at Seattle Dog Show.  Kohl was entered into 2 classes Open Standard and Open Jumpers (not in preferred!).  Considering that the show is held in the Quest Event Center, is huge and noisy, plus the agility is run on carpet, they did very well.

 

They completed the standar class within time and with 100 points to gain first place!!!

 

By the time they got to the jumpers class they were both tired and very unlike Kohl, he knocked down a jump.  They also had two refusals, a sure sign that Kohl was 'checked out'.  However, they were both proud of their achivement and even made it onto the TV ... you can see the clip on the Seattle Times web page, blink and you'll miss it (2:25 into the video if you don't want to watch the whole thing ;-).

Kohl gets faster and faster

Kohl gets faster and faster

3/7/2010 10:19:59 PM

Feb 20th 2010

Stephen and Kohl competed at the Evergreen Afghan Hound Club agility trial at Argus Ranch on Sat Feb 20th.  They were entered in three classes but only just arrived in time to compete in the first class which was FAST (Open Preferred).  If the team before Stephen and Kohl hadn't done well then things would have been a lot different as Stephen memorized her course and not only did they complete it successfully, they won their class!!  Next up was Jumpers with Weaves (Open Preferred), this time they were better prepared, the course time was 41 seconds and Kohl completed in a speedy 37.27 seconds and despite a perfect score of 100, came third as 2 dogs were faster than Kohl, click here to see their run.  The final class, Standard (Excellent  A Preferred), the boys missed the shute, Stephen admits probably due to handler error :-(

 

Mar 6th 2010

Yesterday Stephen and Kohl competed at the Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club agility trial at Argus Ranch.  This week there was no FAST class and Stephen made sure he arrived with plenty of time to walk the course!  First off was Standard (Excellent A Preferred), Kohl flew around the course and completed in 57.63 seconds (course time allowed 63 seconds), giving him a perfect score of 100 and taking first place.  The second clasee was Jumpers with Weaves (Open Preferred), despite finishing within the time again and getting a perfect score of 100, there was another dog faster than Kohl so he was placed second.  Not only did they 'double Q' yesterday but they got their Jumpers with Weaves Open Preferred title!!!  Next show they will be in Excellent A for both Standard and Jumpers, however they still have to get another two open legs in FAST.

 

Next weekend Stephen and Kohl will be competing at the Seattle Dog Show at Qwest Field, they are entered in Open Jumpers with Weaves and Open Standard (neither class Preferred).  Watch this space to see how they get on!!