On June 29, at the North Star Herding Group agility trial at Soccer Blast in Burnsville, Mellie qualified in both her JWW and Standard runs, earning another Double Q and a beautiful red, white and blue rosette ribbon to mark the occasion. She ran both courses 10 seconds under course time, unfortunately, a mistake in the scribing of her scoresheet took away many of her MACH points on her Jumpers course. We were able to rerun the course for time, and earned back 3 more MACH points, but it was disappointing to say the least. We ended up with 12 MACH points for the day. She also took fourth place in her Standard run which was a nice finishing touch. More agility trials coming up soon!!

On June 1st, Abby and Mellie were entered in an assortment of games and regular agility courses in Minnesota Agility Club’s USDAA agility trial at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Lake Elmo. It was a scorcher of a day, and the dogs showed their less than enthusiastic attitudes on the course. Mellie did manage to get her final qualifying leg in Starters Standard to earn her SSA title. She also had a nice Starters Jumpers run and got her second leg toward that title. Unfortunately, not much luck in Snooker or Gamblers. Abby’s stress levels have been rising and the outdoor venue did not help her confidence. She did not finish either of her two runs she was entered in. We may need to take a break from some trials for awhile. She is still very enthusiastic in the backyard and in practice.