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Always glad to meet another Agility Person! What kind of dog do you have?

We trial mostly USDAA, some AKC, never tried NADAC although it's pretty big around here (Atlanta GA area). We don't travel very far afield because there are a lot of trials right here, and I promised myself after trekking all over the country showing Siamese cats 25 years ago that I would never do that again!

She gives the jumps a lot of air, which is spectacular looking but slows her down. (At least it means she never knocks a bar. Now, about contacts . . . < g > ) She has her Agility Dog title in USDAA and 2 Qs in Advanced . . . she has her Open and Open Jumpers titles in AKC. Not bad for an amateur handler on her first dog -- she could have really been something with proper training from the beginning.

She also has her UKC Started Hunting Retriever title and is working on her Seasoned . . . we may go for Junior Hunter in AKC first, don't know.

Do you ever trial here in the SE? I'm a member at Sirius Dog Agility over in Decatur, they put on 3-4 trials a year. Double Gamblers and Snooker at every trial, Pairs Relay one day. Plus if you work 6 classes you get a free sweatshirt and they feed you lunch . . . it's a pretty fun scene.

Gabbie is an Australian Shepherd. She is the reason we started doing agility - she needed a job, very driven. We do mostly AKC, because that is what our local kennel club sponsors, but we have done some USDAA also. She has her Excellent and Excellent Jumpers titles, but would probably be on the world team if she were not stuck with me as her handler - I am definitely the weak link of the team, my first agility dog. We live between Indianapolis and Chicago so we a lot of trialing in IN, IL, OH, MI, and KY. We also go to Montgomery, AL once a year to see friends, and wouldn't you know it, there always just happens to be an agility trial that weekend, so we enter it. We would be there this weekend, except Gabbie has been out for a few months due to a shoulder tendon injury. I want to branch out a bit to other places just for a change -- if we're ever considering Atlanta we'll need to hook up and run Freeper Pairs! Have fun -- run clean, run fast!