Irony

Back when Shane was jumping 16 inches, he completed his Novice Agility Jumping title, but we couldn't get a Standard leg to save our lives. No table performance, missed contacts. Now that Shane is jumping 12 inches, he is qualifying in Standard, but not so much in Jumpers. This past weekend, he completed his NAP title. He had one refusal, so we got second place behind a very experienced dog, who was clean, but 20 seconds slower than Shane.

We almost had a Q in FAST, but I blew it. Actually, the judge blew it. Her whistle that is. Shane did the bonus perfectly. He slid off the 9 point dog walk, so I decided to go for the 8 point jump sequence and planned to wrap him around and head out of the ring. Shane just kept going out to the weave poles at a horrendous angle. Nailed it. Got a double whistle, so I thought we were eliminated and left the ring. Duh. The judge yelled at me, but she did the briefing while I was running in the other ring, so I didn't get the rules refresher. Glad we do FAST just for fun. I was so amazed at his weave pole entry that the lost Q didn't hurt so much.