As promoted in the Spice at the Florida Quad video Spice competed in the Florida Quad in late February. She played with Jack in the men's division. This is normally a spot reserved for Ruckus but he just can't run that much anymore so Spice got moved up into that spot. She did GREAT! She and Jack made the finals, earned an awesome shirt and cool trophy and came in 2nd place overall. It was an awesome finals round with Jack, our friend Chris and our friend Jason all going head to head to head for the 1st-3rd spots. Very dramatic and fun to watch! But really Spice did great the whole weekend because she came in 8th the day before in the Total Performance Toss N Fetch division out of over 60 teams! Tali did well at the competition too! On Saturday Tali and Jack competed in the AWI freestyle competition. Tali made the cut to the top 15 and finished 7th out of 39 teams.
Two days later Spice came in heat - what timing! She ended up missing the toss n fetch competition in South Florida as a result but Tali supported team Fahle by finishing 6th or 7th with Jack out of 50+ teams! Groovy impressed us by playing some freestyle on the sidelines. She was a little spooked by the environment but overall did very well and we were very happy!
In the mean time Spice and I have begun agility classes at BonJon/Sonlight. She is doing very well and enjoying herself quite a bit! The first week of class I was reminded that I hadn't taught her to down yet! Things weren't going well with that effort once started either. Jack questioned what type of down I was trying to teach (one from a stand vs. from a sit). I got Jam and showed him what type of down I meant. Spice was there when I did. A couple of seconds later when I tried it with Spice again she did it! She's had it ever since! So a week later in class she was able to down on the table and even in the middle of the lowered dogwalk! Cool dog!
This weekend coming up we have a USDDN freestyle and toss n fetch event in Land O Lakes, FL. Very much looking forward to it. Tali and Jack will be doing freestyle. Spice and Jack will be doing toss n fetch as will Spice and I. Our friends Jason and Andrea will be staying with us this weekend and that is always a lot of fun!
Some pics from the Quad and AWI!
Photo by Sarah Duke
Photo by Sarah Duke
Spice's catch to secure 2nd place!
