So now I am down to only 5 days to go before I head to Ontario for the last team practice and only 7 days to go before we head to Amsterdam! Yikes!

This weekend we held our club's Spring AAC trial. The theme for this trial was a pyjama party and it is really amazing how comfortable it is to run agility trials in your PJs! Many people got into the spirit of things - some bedroom attire a bit more scary than others LOL! The local charity shops did a booming business last week so I am told, but I suspect that was just a convenient cover up (perhaps literally - there was a no nudity clause in the premium!!).

Our judges were Gerry Sloan and Tim Ostrem who came up with some great courses - some were definitely designed by judges with a senses of humour!! Gerry's signature particle accelerating straight tunnels made an appearance and crept onto Tim's well nested courses...

Piper did well for the most part(!) but the highlight of my weekend was the debut of my 22 month old puppy (Rising Sun Reese) who Q'd her first ever run on Saturday morning in her gamble and then when she moved up to advanced gamble today was the ONLY advanced dog to Q on what was quite a tough gamblers course. Apart from the q's, she handled her first trial very well and I learned lots of things that I need to work on with her that I would not have learned elsewhere - including that I need to relax and not be so frantic when running her!

Now I need to go back and focus on Piper. There are a couple of things that I want to work on this week with him but mostly we will take it easy until I leave on Friday. He worked hard this weekend and will work hard again at Say Yes next weekend.

Till next time,

Sue Charlton, Piper, Tess & Reese

Edmonton, AB