... or just plain surviving. November is finally past us, and what a whirlwind it was. Attending agility trials EVERY weekend was completely exhausting, particularly when I was the chief course builder for 4 of the 5 trials! I will NEVER do that again! I think I came out of it okay... popped a rotator cuff that still hurts, my brain is completely fried, but my back, feet and knees all feel great. All in all, considering all of the wear and tear and stress, I made it through fairly well. Alva got two chiropractor treatments in the middle of it all (thankfully), and also survived fairly well. He stayed focused and ran fast through most of the trials, although by the time we reached this past weekend, he was starting to act a bit goofy, visiting the judge and a jump setter, stuff he hasn't done since we started the sport! He's either reverting to puppy-hood in his old age, or he was getting loopy by having too many trials in a row, too. Or his handler was getting loopy and not paying much attention to *her* handling :-p Probably the latter, but I'm sure there was some loopy-ness on his part!
No Chances Qs... but lots of great runs. Alva earned his Open All-Around award in NADAC (100 pts. in all the games, 200 pts. in Regular) with a smokin' great Strategic Hoopers run. Here's the video of the run:
Alva - Open Strategic Hoopers - Nov 15, 2013
He also earned his first Elite Hoopers Q, but the videographer missed that run... too bad. It was one of the few great runs he had in Vegas. I'll be uploading all of the videos in a few weeks. Check out our YouTube channel,
DeafSheltieMom, in the coming weeks for new videos from the trials that had videographers this past month.
I have to make some gifts for friends who earned their C-ATCHs this past weekend at the CPE trial. I'll upload pictures of them tomorrow.
Until then,
-Dayle
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