Agility brag

I have to be honest and say that my life hasn't been completely consumed with school in the past month or so, because Rosie and I did go play agility on May 15&16. We had a blast and she earned her third championship title!

In fact, we were one of 5 teams earning a C-ATCH (that stands for CPE Agility Trial CHampion, and CPE is Canine Performance Events, the national group that promotes this style of agility)

Here's a picture of all of us. To my left (on the right side of the group to you) is my agility buddy Stacie and her dog Jessie. The two people without dogs are the two judges for the weekend. One woman earned titles on her two cockers.

And because I just love my little dog and the photographer got some excellent pics of her, I have to share another one. Rosie's still going good for a dog that is nearly 9 years old. She does love agility!!

Thanks to Nina's Photography for giving me web versions of the photos to post.

Really, I'm doing OK

Just in case you've been checking on me, I rally am fine. So fine that I haven't had time to post in a few weeks. There has been school -- which includes a 5-credit Pacific Northwest History class that is INTENSE and a book repair class that meets all day on Saturdays -- and there has been the "moving to Yelm" project. Plus, last weekend I got the pleasure of teaching a seminar for new agility people on Saturday then spent Sunday judging a mock trial for a local agility club that's getting its feet wet. It was an exhausting weekend, but we had a lot of fun (Katie was along for all the fun) and helped introduce a lot of new people to agility. Plus it gave me a good introduction to the world of judging. Incidentally, that may just mean I put that on hold for quite a while. I realize now how much work it takes for one weekend.
Later, probably next week, I'll be posting about the fascinating project going on in Yelm. The new house is on site, just not on the foundation yet. Monday will be the big day for that. We're taking pics AND video, so stay tuned!