(Updated March 6, 2012)
Kiah (semi-flashy fawn) was adopted from Green Acres Boxer Rescue in
May of 2007 at almost 9 months old, she is my first Boxer. Keegan
(brindle) was adopted from Underdog Rescue in March of 2008, his age
was estimated to be just under 2 years old.
Kiah and I started
agility training in late summer 2008 and started doing agility trials
in March of 2009 (really started her too early as neither of us were
ready). It is now a little less than 3 years later and we are still in
Novice. Kiah had one Q in 24" but switched her to Preferred so she
could jump 20". She now has 1 Q (as of February 2012) in each venue
(Standard, JWW, FAST) in Preferred. We took private obedience classes
last spring and are continuing to take agility classes; I feel that we
are making some progress and beginning to become a team.
Keegan
took a while to settle in (separation anxiety and really didn't know
how to play) so we have just recently started beginning agility
classes. I am going to take my time with him and do it right this time
even though he is now almost 6 years old. We may do some AKC and NADAC
trials this spring but plan to take it slowly.
UPDATES:
March 15, 2012 - Kiah is now in "Open" Standard, she got her NAP title on March 11, 2012 at the Forest City Dog Club Trial.
March 23, 2012 - Kiah got her Novice P JWW title, We are now in Open P in both classes.
March 25, 2012- First leg in OpenP JWW at the WAG trial in Libertyville, IL.
May 13, 2012 - First leg in OpenP Standard at Lyons DTC in Villa Park. Renee ran her and got the leg.
July 1, 2012 - Second leg in OpenP for Kiah in JWW Forest City Agility Trial.
July 1, 2012 - Second leg in Standard at Forest City Agility Trial.
June
30 & July 1, 2012 - Keegan got his first leg in NoviceP JWW &
Standard on Saturday and second leg in JWW & Standard on Sunday at
Forest City Agility Trial.
August, 2012 - Keegan got his Novice Jumpers Title in July at the American Belgian Malinois Club trial held at Camp Bandy, WI.
August, 2012 - Kiah got her Open Jumpers Title in August at the German Shepherd Club trial held in New Berlin, WI
Keegs got his Novice Standard title at the K-9 OTC Trial in New Berlin on September 29, 2012. Now he is in open in both.