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Z got her AD today!!

Posted : 9/6/2009 6:51:29 PM

Ziva is now Stardog's Can't Take the Sky, AD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Smile

This weekend was our 3rd trial (3rd and 4th days of trialling) and Z did just wonderfully.

RESULTS

Saturday
Starters Snooker: 1st and Q, time of 42.73 and 40 points
Grand Prix: NQ - handler error (I got lost big time lol)
Starters Standard: 2nd and Q, time of 49.17, SCT of 71; we placed second to our Pairs partner by only .61s!
Starters Gamblers: 1st and Q, time of 42.57 and 49 points, 24 points required for Q

Sunday
Starters Gamblers: 1st and Q, time of 43.33 and 38 points (17 points to Q)
Starters Standard: 1st and Q, time of 48.2, SCT of 71
Starters Pairs: 1st and Q, time of 25.36 and no faults with required time+faults of 76! Our team was 1st out of ALL the Starters Pairs by almost 40 seconds!
Starters Jumpers: 1st and Q, time of 22.55, SCT of 33

I'm soooooooo proud of my girl! Smile It's so much fun to run her - she likes to do agility for the sport of it, not just for the reward at the end.

jennie_c_d

Posted : 9/6/2009 6:55:46 PM

HUGE congratulations!!!! Sounds like a completely fabulous weekend!

spiritdogs

Posted : 9/6/2009 7:18:12 PM

Congrats!!! Big Smile

nymaureen

Posted : 9/6/2009 8:04:12 PM

Very good....3rd trial and has earned AD Title. Congrats!!!

JackieG

Posted : 9/7/2009 6:28:53 AM

Huge congrats on your great weekend!

kpwlee

Posted : 9/7/2009 7:47:40 AM

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(for idiots like me what does AD stand for?)

stardog85

Posted : 9/7/2009 9:32:21 AM

Thanks guys!

AD = Agility Dog. It's the first big title in the USDAA Championship class (three standard Qs, one Q in each of the 4 games). The middle level is AAD (Advanced Agility Dog), then MAD (Masters Agility Dog), and the ultimate is ADCH (Agility Dog CHampion).

kpwlee

Posted : 9/7/2009 9:39:34 AM

thanks for the explanation - I knew from other posts that it was important but didn't know what the initials stood for Geeked

stardog85

Posted : 9/7/2009 9:55:28 AM

To make things even more confusing, in addition to the AD/AAD/MAD/ADCH titles (considered Versatility titles because they involve legs in a variety of classes), there are also titles in individual classes. This weekend Z also completed her Starters Standard Agility, Starters Jumpers, and Starters Gamblers titles. Smile