She had her first agility trial this weekend. We entered her in a CPE trial and she had a BLAST!!! Sometimes too much fun LOL. She did 4 classes, Q'd and won two, NQ'd in two but she had a GREAT time NQ'ing and visiting all the people inside and out side of the ring! She had to acknowledge her "fans". LOL She Q'd in her first and last classes so I was THRILLED she came back for the last class, focused and stayed with me jumping the course.
I hope to find more CPE trials we can attend. I don't really want to wait until next spring.There is a facility nearby that has them almost every month but their flooring is too hard with Teddi's elbows. I want to keep her outside, on dirt or on good soccer flooring. I looked at the list of upcoming events but none have any information on the venues. So if I find one within a reasonable driving distance, I guess I will write the club for venue information.
We chose CPE because there are plenty of classes she can do and not have to do an A frame, and because of her size we can run enthusiast and get the fences down to 16". She can even play at 12" but I think that is TOO low for her. She just runs over the top of that, 16" is low for her too, but again I worry about her elbows. She wants to play, but I want to try to keep her as sound as I can for as long as I can. She had SUCH a good time this weekend.
It was my first time with CPE trying to learn all the games and there nuances was challenging but I had a great time. I think when Belle is done with AKC, because she already runs preferred I can't get her to a lower division. I may do some CPE with her so she can still play but lower jumps. It is a nice venue, and the host club this weekend were INCREDIBLY nice.