Tara and I playing with her freestyle music

Tara and I playing with her freestyle music from Jennifer McKay on Vimeo.

APDT Rally Level 1 12/17/11

We got a 207 on this run. It was Tara's first time trialing at Monadnock Humane Society.
APDT Rally Level 1 12/17/11 from Jennifer McKay on Vimeo.

Tara and I had an excellent weekend at Gemini's APDT trial. We haven't trialed in rally in 4.5 years, so I was a little worried going into the trial. I guess I had no reason to worry! Tara and I qualified in 12 out of 12 runs entered, never scoring below a 195 (out of 210) all weekend. We got even got 4 perfect scores of 210 (3 in level 1B, 1 in level 2B). We also got our RL3 title this weekend with an award of excellence (all 3 qualifying scores above 190), and earned our first level 3B leg. We earned all the points needed (and more) to get our ARCH (APDT rally champrion) and 4 of the 5 required double-qs (in level 1B & 2B). I had such a stellar weekend with my amazing collie-dog. We may have to enter the last trial of the year in New England (next weekend) to see if we can't finish that ARCH. : )

Here's the breakdown of our runs:
Saturday Trial 1:
Level 1B: 210 & 2nd
Level 2B: 209 & 1st
Level 3A: 195 & 3rd

Saturday Trial 2:
Level 1B: 210 & 1st
Level 2B: 204 & 2nd
Level 3A: 208 & 2nd

Sunday Trial 1:
Level 1B: 210 & 1st
Level 2B: 210 & 1st
Level 3A: 209 & 1st -- Level 3 Title!!!

Sunday Trial 2:
Level 1B: 209 & 2nd
Level 2B: 199 & 4th
Level 3B: 208 & 1st