Miss Libby got SECOND in the Qualifying this week-end and became Qualified All-Age in the US. She ran great and we had fun together. Looks like I got my little girl put back together. That's one thing we love about her...it doesn't take much to get her working good again when she gets loose. She's easy, tries hard and is a very bright little dog.
That was Libby's last Qualifying. She'll move up to the Open now full time. It will be times of bumps and bruises, trials and tribulations for her, but she's ready and it's time.
Libby's littermate Zink also finished fourth in the same Qual. Way to go kids!
Darbi made it to the water blind in the Open and then gave me no effort OTHER then getting off the point real pretty. We hacked our way through it, but I wasn't pleased. As Kenny has told me, they get unreliable at her advanced age and water blinds are generally the first place they start to "sour". After running a real nice set of marks, and doing a fabulous double land blind, I was for sure disappointed, but I don't hold a grudge and Momma D owes me nothing.
Ahti ran her third derby...and after blowing up int her first one, she's starting to come together. She was dropped for a couple of hunts after three series this week-end. We're a little unsure about her right now...unsure if she has the "it" factor to be a successful trial dog, but we're plugging away and not ready to throw the towel in yet. She can be a worry wort in training and she's been having a hard time catching on to new concepts, but she's getting better every day. We decided to start trialing her so that she can see what we're training her for, and she was getting better and better every series this week-end. Don't get me wrong, she's not a slug when she runs, but she can worry herself into bad spots. Fingers crossed that these trials show her that this is supposed to be a good time and it seems to be working so far!
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