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I've enrolled both dogs in agility classes. Gracie's class begins soon and I'm so excited. My intention when we brought Gracie home was to compete in agility with her. She completed the Basic Agility class, but soon after we received her preliminary hip results of mild dysplasia. So we decided to compete in Rally until we had her final hip xrays… read more

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I competed in a Rally Obedience trial today with Gracie and Keira and they had their best performances thus far in their Rally career! Gracie finished her ARCH title and Keira earned her 4th QQ towards her ARCH title. One more to go for Keira! Gracie and I earned perfect scores of 210 in both Level 1 and Level 2 and took 1st and 2nd place in eac… read more

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It has been almost 3 weeks since we lost our Bruiser Bunny. During that time I've been beyond sad. The dogs and cats have also been sad. For that reason, none of us have done much in the way of obedience practice for Rally. I've taken the dogs for nice walks most days and let them frolic in the yard with their toys, but that was the extent of w… read more

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I took the girls to a Rally trial today and it was Gracie's day to shine. She earned her second leg to her Rally Novice title and placed 3rd out of 11 dogs. Yay! Keira performed very well in Advanced Rally, however I missed an exercise sign and got us disqualified. Ooops! LOL! She was so focused off-leash and her entire run was great...Now… read more

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After completing her APDT Rally Puppy title, Keira moved to the next level of competion, where she now competes against her sister, Gracie. They've taken turns getting higher placements and scores in all of the trials thus far. Today they competed again against each other and it was Keira's day to shine. She took 1st place and finished her R… read more