Pics from the most recent blue Sunday!!

Another Blue Sunday!!!

Lars goes out and conquers rally again!! This time in AKC rally Excellent A, he brings home another qualifying score of 98 and a first place. Bravo Zulu Lars!!!!! We're taking a couple of weeks off from trialing but will be training for APDT rally in a seminar and a rally training party. Then starting in the end of February we start to trial in AKC, APDT, and UKC rally until April. Good stuff to come!

What a way to start off a new year!!

I haven't had much interesting stuff to post because we haven't shown at all since Wine Country last September. We've been in training mode in rally, obedience, and agility and we've been busy with all of that...nothing exciting, just training.

But this weekend, Lars and I tried our hand at APDT rally and as you can see, Lars didn't mess around! He earned his RL1 title each leg with a placement (2 1st places and 1 3rd place) and one with a perfect score!! What a fantastic boy I have!!! Next week, we go for our first AKC RE leg...I'll keep you posted on that! :)

Agility training party

Lars and I did a Halloween agility training party and my friend Beth was kind enough to take some video of our first run through. We are just learning the dog walk and the teeter so we by passed those on this course. And people wonder why I can perform feats of super human strength in their gardens. This video will shed some light as to why. LOLOL




One of our classmates had offered to take some video of us during class where Lars usually does some stupefying and death defying things with agility equipment. I am definitely going to take her up one that.

Showing off our agility skills...

I took some video of us practicing some new handling skills at our class with Beth. It's more or less just us goofin' around.



We haven't done too much this past week because "someone" is getting over kennel cough. I think he caught it at either a) the Wine Country Show or b) at a show and go we did last weekend. Oh well, it's like he has a cold, that's all. It's nothing major and it just has to run it's course. I have to laugh because I was telling Auntie Kathy (Mad for Labs) today that Lars' energy level which usually runs at about a 8/9 was about a 5 while he was feeling yucky. She says "so he was like a normal dog this week." Yeah, pretty much he was. ROFL

Before Lars got sick we had an opportunity to check out Colt State Park in Bristol, RI for the first time. We're definitely heading back there for more exploring. We had walked around during a lunch break of mine on a day out of the office so we didn't spend the time there I would have liked to.

I really do love living here in RI...it is so beautiful.

Strike a pose!

This photo was a hard one to get right....I tried to get him looking at me, but he kept looking at some thing the moment I snapped the pics. So, I gave up and figured this was a good as we were going to get.

New Rally Advanced Title

Lars - courtesy of Lesley Mattuchio (who owns Lars' cousin Kelvin)

I have been bad with the updating...but Lars and I made the trek to upstate NY the last weekend of September. I couldn't have been more happy with the boy!! He earned a 96, a second place and his RA on Saturday. But Sunday, was the day he shined in the gray, wind swept rain. He got a bumper leg with another 100 and a first place! He was such a great boy!!! I love, love, love this dog. He truly is a superstar in the making. :)

Lars in the rain waiting to go into the ring (these photos are from Lars' breeder Pauline Karalia)

The pep talk after our warm up

TOUCH!

Warming up before class

Halt-stand-walk around dog...

Look at that attention...so I hear, his eyes never leave me when we're working. LOVE IT!!!

PERFECT SCORE AND FIRST PLACE....WHOO HOO!!!!

Bravo Zulu Superstar Rally Man!!!

We have great news to share from the Cape shows!! Lars rocked his little butt off and came home with two new Rally Advanced Q's! Saturday he earned a perfect score of 100 and a third place (two dogs did the course faster than us) and an 85 on Sunday. I am so proud of my youngster! So he's one more qualifying score away from a new Rally title! We're hoping to accomplish this the last weekend of September when we head to NY and have a Deerwood's reunion.

Here are some great pics from our weekend in Cape Cod!