Silliness

At the Columbia Basin trials in Richland last month, I won this toy in the raffle for Sketch after he got his Open win.

 

 He fell in love with it right away.

He still loves it!

Pro pics

Some professional pictures from last weekend -

 

My HIT winning dog.  I could barely hold him at the line ...

So cute!

Official win photo

Big wins, no points

We did a match and two trials in Arizona.  At the time I didn't know I had shingles and so didn't know why I was so tired at times and didn't feel like working Sketch.  Saturday, he did CAT for the first time and earned his first leg - he wasn't sure about it at first but by the end he had caught on.  In obedience, he flunked the first exercise in Open and the last in Utility.

Sunday was better.  He smoked the CAT course for his second leg, was Third in Utility by half a point to a tie for First and Second, and won Open for his seventh UDX leg, High Combined and High in Trial.  He may also have finished his OM1 if my point count is right.  However, since there was an absentee in Open, there were no OTCh points.