Sunday, March 30, 2014

Stephen & Sky in AKC 2014 National Agility Championship FINAL!!!

Stephen and Sky had another superb run this morning in Round 3 - Hybrid competition, placing 9th with a time of 29.899. This put their cumulative score into 3rd place guaranteeing them a place in the AKC 2014 National Agility Championship Final!

I am so proud of their achievement having traveled 3,000 miles and 3 times zones across the United States to enter into their first National competition. All the hard work in the gym (special thanks for Aaron) and the hours of training Sky have paid off big time :-)

Championship Final - Today (Sunday March 30th!)
AKC web site says the final will start at 4pm EDT
Running order for Round 5 - Finals all jump heights will be here
Reminder: Sky jumps 24"
Arm#: 241547
Live Streaming video will be here

Stephen reached his goal today ... he entered Time 2 Beat and the 3 Championship rounds and they ran clean in all four runs ... anything else is icing on he cake :-)

Good luck in the final Stephen and Sky Poodle!

-Penny

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

AKC Nationals Day 3 Results

Results Day 3 (Saturday 29th)
Stephen and Sky ran clean yet again today in Standard and were placed 18th in their 24 inch jump height which puts them 12th overall in the championship!

Course Map is here

Standard results can be seen here

Partial video of their run can be found here (they are third to run, scroll over to around 5:20, you'll hear 'go' and see a glimpse of Sky's legs in top left-hand corner of screen as he goes over the first three jumps but the camera doesn't pick them up until Sky's on the dog walk)

Competition Day 4 (Sunday 30th)
Event: Hybrid (really hard Time to Beat Course ... no dog walk)
Jump Height: 24 inches
Ring: 3
First Run: 7:40am EDT
Running order: Sky is dog #35 so a very early start!

Check the Electronic Running Order for Armband 241547 in Ring 3 if you're up and want to watch 'live'. Here's a link to streaming site ... https://www.youtube.com/user/4LeggedFlix look for Hybrid 24" & 26" Class

Course map won't be available until tomorrow but will be on this page.

Good luck for tomorrow Stephen and Sky ... I've set my alarm for 4.45am!

Friday, March 28, 2014

AKC Nationals Day 2 Results

Results Day 2 (Friday 28th)
Stephen and Sky ran clean again today in Jumpers with Weaves and were placed 20th in their 24 inch jump height out of 255 dogs that ran the course!!

Course Map is here

Full results can be seen here

Video of their run can be found here (scroll over to around 3:51:50 to catch Stephen and Sky)

Competition Day 3 (Saturday 29th)
Event: Standard
Jump Height: 24 inches
Ring: 4
Walk Course: 7:30am
First Run: 8:10am EDT
Running order: Sky is 163rd dog to run (Std takes longer to run than T2B or JWW so Stephen estimated that they'll probably run about the same time as today ... 8.30am ish PDT)

Check the Electronic Running Order for Armband 241547 in Ring 4 if you want to watch 'live', here's a link to the streaming site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS0aNbM7tgA

Course map won't be available until tomorrow but will be on this page.

Now all they have to do is run clean (don't forget to hit the yellow Sky!)

Thursday, March 27, 2014

AKC Nationals Day 1 Results

Results Day 1 (Thursday 27th)
Stephen and Sky excelled themselves in the Time 2 Beat competition today and were placed 8th in their 24 inch jump height out of 166 dogs that ran the course!!

Course Map is here

Full results can be seen here

Video of their run can be found here (scroll over to 2:55:00 or a little before to catch Stephen and Sky, the kick-ass Malinois that won the class is at 2:45:00 or just after ... blink and you'll miss it!)

Competition Day 2 (Friday 28th)
Event: Jumpers with Weaves
Jump Height: 24 inches
Ring: 5
Start time: 8:10am EDT (26" dogs run first then 24")
Running order: Sky is 231st dog to run

Check the Electronic Running Order for Armband 241547 in Ring 5 if you want to watch 'live', here's a link to the streaming site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paswn2hsqfU

Course map won't be available until tomorrow but will be on this page.

Hope I didn't miss anything ... Good Luck Stephen & Sky! 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

AKC 2014 National Agility Championship

Stephen and Sky are in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to compete in the AKC 2014 National Agility Championship


The event is being held over 4 days ... Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th March and there will be live streaming video!  However, it's going to be difficult to figure out when to 'tune in' to catch a glimpse of 'team Sky', especially as their fan base covers many time zones ;-)


Stephen has given me some estimates for the first day of competition, please note that all days/times are EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)


Day:               Thursday 27th
Event:            Time 2 Beat Challengers "Bye" Round
Jump height:  24 inches
Walk Course: 12 noon EDT
Sky Run:        approx 3pm EDT (he is 160 of about 250 dogs to run at 24 inch height)

Here is a link to the info about the live streaming ...http://images.akc.org/pdf/events/agility/national_agility_championship/2014/Livestream.pdf


Enjoy!