Happy Halloween!

Mia earns her 2nd JHR leg

Beyond thrilled that Mia earned her 2nd JHR (junior hunter retriever) leg today at the Lumber River Retrieving Club Hunt Test is Rose Hill, NC!  Love this girl and how hard she works :)

Retrieving Practice

Pictures from our summer field training - pigeons and ducks

Agility Practice

Thanks to our dear friend, Missy Gordon, for taking these pictures during agility class the other night.

Utility, take 2

We traveled to Raleigh, NC this past weekend to take another stab in utility obedience at the Durham Kennel Club Obedience Trial.  Even though we didn't qualify either day, I was very proud of how Mia performed.  We had several compliments from other exhibitors and I know we are really close to earning that first UD leg.  Here are some pictures from Dean Lake Photography.

Signals - down

Scent Discrimination

Directed Retrieve

Directed Jumping

Directed Jumping - Bar

Directed Jumping - stop and sit

Mia's 2013 Blue Ribbon Ad

Thanks to Sara Renee for designing the ad and Linda Hartheimer for all of her work in coordinating the ads.

New Open Agility Title for Mia!

I am thrilled that Mia earned her 3rd and final open agility standard leg with a first place this weekend at the Moore County Kennel Club Agility Trial in Sanford NC.  This leg gives Mia her OA (Open Agility) Title and also her VX2 (Versatile Excellent 2) rating.  Mia is now CH Grayhart's Special Request, CDX, RA, JH, OA, NAJ, NSD, RD, VX2!  Mia also earned her second open jumpers leg with a first place.  We made our excellent standard debut and even though I was proud of how my girl ran, we had a couple of faults which are not allowed at the excellent level.  I have posted a couple of videos below (videos were shared via phone so unfortunately, the quality isn't great).

Open Standard

Open Jumpers

Excellent Standard

http://youtu.be/luOqWhDn9eQ