Hellooo June!!

Well, hellloooo June!! <3
I'm so glad it's June! :)
























I'm excited to look ahead to June (:
Regionals are in two weeks!!!! :D woooo!
Today I've been re-visiting my goals, and really re-gaining focus. I've kinda lost it lately, and I need and want to get back on track! :)


Lastly,

:) Peace!

First trial of the yeaaar! yeaaah!!

Sooo second weekend in March we had our first trial of the year!!
Superdeedopper way to start it off, js :)
If you don't believe me, watch for yourself! Or go watch anyway, just cause Jazz is awesome :)

Day 1!
Day 2!
Day 3!

yeeeaaah! Three day trials are the bomb! sooo much fun! :)

We had some great runs this weekend :) Jazz did super and I'm so happy to see him improve so much with our hard work :D He is reading my body language a lot better, not to mention that I'm starting to become a better handler too! His dogwalks were great, considering that we hadn't practiced them that much over the winter.

Soooo, there were 6 gamblers over the weekend. We need only 4 for our ATChC and Bronze :) The first one, he had a great opening, but I messed up on my handling on the end gamble. If I would have been faster, he would have for sure got the gamble! (speaking of goals..) The second one, I kinda knew he wouldn't get because of the send out after the tunnel, again something we need to work on. Hence no end gambles, I'm was extremely happy with his openings. He had great weaves and super dogwalks.

The third gamblers run.
The third run.
Omg, the third gamblers was amaaaazing!! super opening, and got the closing and end gamble!!!!! :D except, he was 2.27 seconds over time. I'm was sooooo proud and happy he got it though!! :)

The next gamblers run.
Om freakin' g! We got the gamble!! :D and we were under time! can I hear a wooot! wooooot! :) yaaaya! best run of the weekend, yea!! It was our first Masters Gamblers Q as well :) He had such an amazing run, and I am sooooo proud of my boy! <3

The other runs of the weekend were awesome! Another great Standard run, a speedy Steeplechase (with suuuper decels and accels :).

And my gosh, a super super super Jumpers run! Q, 1st, and his Expert Bronze for Jumpers!!!! I remember when it used to be sooo hard just to get under time! and now we've got our first expert title in that class.. just wow :) also, also, also, the judge, Isabelle Michaud, came and talked to us after the run :) She is sooo nice! She said that she thought we ran the course the best out of all the masters class :) I was so happy and surprised to hear her say that! How we ran the course, and everything, it just felt so good. Definitively one of my favorite courses that we ran! :)

Team was also great! We ran it with my friend Elise, and her dog Saqua :) we all ran great!! :)
Lastly, we ran another Jumpers, with a time of 33.84! wooooooo! :) another superdeedooper run!!

Such an amaaaazing weekend to start off the 2012 agility season! :)

Hiiii!

Hey!! Remember me? :o

It's been so long since I've written or updated this!
Many, many things have happened since February, that's for certain! asdfghjkl; just sooo much has happened!!

To start off, we had our first trial of the year! :) That was in March, and it was an absolutely amazing way to start off the season! More details to come :)

Also, had our first outdoor trial last weekend! :D

Well, a new month, new goals :) Looking towards June makes me think of many things, but that's another post! Stay tuned (:

oh, oh, sooo much to talk about!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Awesome.

55 days till our first trial of the year! Awesome!!!!!!!! :)

'The book of AWESOME', is, well, awesome! I'm about halfway through, and I'm really enjoying reading it. It's basically many, many awesome little things in life, that we often don't appreciate enough. It's awesome, and really funny too :)

Finally updated project 365 with last weeks pics, and quotes. Check 'em out, on the project 365 tab above :) I'm content with the pictures I have been taking. It's actually been really fun. I've used some features I never knew were on my camera before, and it's been awesome.

Project 365.

I decided to do 'project 365' this year. But, instead of a picture a day for year, I decided I'm going to do a picture and a quote a day for a year. *notice new 'Project 365.' tab above* ^^
I know it's going to be tough, but one of my resolutions for this year is to take more pictures :)

Today being January 1st, makes today, Day 1 :)

"If you can dream it, you can do it." ~ Walt Disney

Runner-up photo:

Today I sorted through all our scribe sheets, ribbons, and course maps from 2011. Fun, fun :)

Jazz 2011; This could really be a Good Life.

2011!

Wow, 2011 went by so fast!

We learned and experienced so many new things in 2011.

I could go on, and on about how amazing and awesome 2011 was! But, I'll try to keep it short.
First, watch this video, right here, and then come back and read this :)

Jazz has improved so much in 2011, its amazing really. We switched from 2on2off contacts to running contacts in May, and I think it was one of the best decisions I made in 2011.

I love his contacts. I'm so happy that I no longer have to worry about him hitting the contact or babysit him on his contacts either. I tell ya, one of my best decisions of 2011 :)























Jazz's weaves became way more confident, and fast. He became fast. Faster than he has been before. He tried his best. He gave 110% all the time.

In 2011, Jazz handled me really well. He listened to me really well, and I know he and I learned so much about each other, and agility :)

We also experienced so many new things in 2011!! We went to our first Regionals, placed 4th in our division, and qualified for Nationals!! We attended our first Nationals; the 2011 AAC Nationals, and had an amazing experience! We ran, and had so much fun!! Definetly the best part of 2011. We also did surprisingly well in placements :) I would have never imagained us doing so well. We placed 5th in a Standard run on Saturday, 5th in a Jumpers run on Sunday, 16th overall, and 2nd place in the Steeplechase Finals!! It was simply amazing.

Along with our Regional, and National accomplishments, we also got 33 Qs and 5 titles in 2011.
25 Qs and 2 titles in AAC, with our Ex.Standard Bronze, MSDC and AGDC :) And, 8 Qs and 2 tiles in CKC, with our Novice JWW, and Novice Standard titles :)



I have to admit, I also improved a lot in 2011. I learned a lot of things like patience, and empathy. I learned how to find the bright side on anything, I became I positive thinker. I also improved a lot as a handler. I learned serps and threadles. I learned how to handle Jazz a lot better. I became a better handler. I became a better trainer.

2011,
It was a truly amazingly awesome year. Possibly, the best :)