Another big snow storm, and another snow day….
The latest storm dumped just over 2 feet of snow on us in the last 24hours! News reports said this is the biggest snow fall in 24hours since the blizzard of 1888 when 30inches fell in 24hours. There was an accumulation of 30inches reported in a town just a few miles away from us.
Shoveling and snow blowing took a lot of time, but, the snow day today also gave me the chance to take a few new photos of Cocoa. She is 9 months old today.
Now XXX rated!
For this weekend’s trial we were back up in New Hampshire at American K9 for a trial held by the Agility Club of New Hampshire. The dogs put in some nice runs. Bitti is coming along nicely, she is really consistent on course! Robbie had a really nice run in JWW and won the 16″ Excellent B JWW class on Sunday. He also won the FAST Excellent A class, that gave him the third leg need for his Excellent Fast title. So he is now “triple X rated”<ggg> because he has his MX MXJ and now XF titles!
Snow day…..
Blizzared 2010, wow, did we ever have a snow storm and howling winds!! The whole state was dumped on, depending on where you are located anywhere between 12 and 20″ of snow! I got a call last night saying that our office would not open today…..YYEEEAAA!!!!!! Snow Day!!!!!! So we spent the day digging out….and shoveling paths for the dogs in the snow. The dogs had a ball playing in the snow. Pictures of the snow dogs here.
snow dog
The day after Christmas……
The snow is beginning to fall, and it should be a BIG one. The forecasters are saying we will get between 8 and 12+ inches. This is Cocoa’s first time seeing snow…….when it first started she was snapping at the falling snow trying to catch the snowflakes!
Let it snow...let it snow....let it snow...
Christmas came early this year…..
We went to the Agility Club of New Hampshire’s trial this weekend. On Saturday, Bitti Q’d in Excellent B JWW and Robbie Double Q’d earning his 17th DQ!
Then on Sunday, Robbie had a repeat performance earning his 18th DQ! Bitti also Double Q’d- this is her first DQ…..so she is now officially on the way too!
Sitting on 18 DQ’s and nearly 1000 MACH points, Robbie and I are finally within striking distance of his MACH, I can hardly wait for our next trial!
In the homestretch now…..
This weekend we went south and found the weather even colder than what we left behind! We attended an agility trial held at Gloucester County Dream Park, in southern New Jersey. Robbie picked up 48 points and Double Q #16 toward his MACH. We are officially in the “homestretch” now…..just 4 left to go for his Championship!
Not to be outdone by her big brother, little Miss Bitti earned the last leg needed for her Excellent Jumpers with Weaves title too! So she is now in both B classes, working on her Masters titles and her MACH too!
This winter should be very exciting for us at the trials!!
Attack of BIG FOOT!
American K-9 Country is the site where many of the trials we attend are held. Recently they put rubber coating on their agility pause table. Along with the rubber skin a Paw-Print logo was added. The first trial held there following this change saw many reactions from the dogs getting on and once they were on the table. I could not resist this picture of Robbie mid-air as he was getting on the table…..his expression looks like he is thinking, “OMG, what on earth could have left a paw print THAT BIG!!!!”. LOL!!!!
Holy Paw Print, WHAT left that print!?!?!
Another fun weekend with the “fur -kids”!
We packed up and headed to New Hampshire this weekend for the Middlesex County KC agility trial. Both Bitti and Robbie Q’d in 3 out of their 4 runs, making the trip well worthwhile!
Bitti Q’d in Exc B Standard and Exc A Jumpers on Saturday. She has officially earned her first MACH points!!!! She followed up on Sunday earning her second MX leg !! She came home with 33MACH points for the weekend! I can’t wait till we finish the Exc A JWW title, then she can start collecting Double Q’s too!
Robbie, Q’d in Standard on Saturday, and Double Q’d on Sunday with a Fourth place in Standard and a Second placement in JWW. He earned 60MACH points and his 15th Double Q this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s Performance week again!
This week Shelties On Line is having it’s 2nd annual Performance Week, showcasing shelties in all areas of the performance world. Many very accomplished shelties were recognized, there were a few interesting articles by people in different areas of performance as well. The images below are the ads placed for our dogs.
Robbie's Ad for Shelties On Line Performance Week 2010
Britt's Ad for Shelties On Line Performance Week 2010
Stormy's Ad for Shelties On Line Performance Week 2010
Enough points, only Double Q’s left…..
Today at the Schenectady DTC agility trial in Greenwich, NY Robbie had a lovely Excellent Standard run earning 19 MACH points and a 4th placement!!!! He now has over the 750points he needs for his MACH! Just the ever elusive Double Q’s left to go……..