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Pippin with his Master Jumpers title 2004

26th October, 2003

DONALEN APPLE OF MY EYE AADC (Pippin) competes in the 16” class at Agility Association of Canada sanctioned trials. In this association you must have a perfect score to have a qualifying run.
In 2003, his first season, he went to six trials or the equivalent of 9 days of trailing.
At the third trial (fourth day) he had earned his ADC (Agility Dog of Canada) title with 5 qualifying scores (3 Starter Standard, 1 Starter Gamblers, and 1 Starter Jumpers), 5 first places, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, and 2 Double Q’s (2 perfect scores on the same day).
At the fifth trial (eighth day) he had earned his AADC (Advanced Agility Dog of Canada) title with 7 qualifying scores (3 Advanced Standard, 1 Advanced Gamblers, 1 Advanced Snooker, 1 Advanced Jumpers, and 1 Master Jumpers) and 3 Double Q’s.
In all, Pippin has 39 ribbons: 2 titling ribbons, 12 qualifying scores, 11 first places, 6 seconds, 6 thirds, and 2 fourths.
He has three legs out of the 7 he needs for the Masters title.
He still needs a Team Relay from the Advanced level, but he is competing at the Masters level in everything else! What a learning curve!
When I bring a Löwchen in full show coat to the starting line I get a few Aaahs, but at the finish line I hear “Did you see that Löwchen run?”
In his last Advanced Standard run he nearly gave me a heart attack by heading for an off course chute, but I called him off, and got him over the next jump where he stopped dead still! The smell of freshly delivered French fries at ringside caught his nose. I got him going again and we still qualified with 3 seconds to go on the clock for his AADC title!
This fall and winter we are training for a future tracking title. I hope there will be no chip wagons on the site!

Brenda Laking
Email: huntsvilledragonlady@hotmail.com
9 Glenwood Drive
Huntsville, Ontario
P1H 1B8
Canada