Tatum Got 2 Qs!

She did it! My sweet Tatum collie girl did two agility runs in AKC agility today and she qualified both times!

I am thrilled! I want to go do more agility with her now. But it’s okay that we only entered one day. This evening she has crashed on her favorite comfy bed and hasn’t moved since dinner. It’s a lot of work for a rescue collie girl with a hundred issues!

This was Tatum’s first run. She can go faster when she’s in a place she knows really well, like the yards we practice in. But this is pretty fast for this indoor barn. We’ve been able to train there a few times this last month and it’s helped her immensely. I don’t know why she didn’t want to go into the chute, maybe we haven’t worked it enough. But everything else she did really well, and I think her weaves are just gorgeous! She will have problems making course time unless she gets a little bit more speed. But that’s okay, hopefully she’ll get more speed when she gets more confidence.

She also Qualified in Jumpers with Weaves but I didn’t get it on video. That’s okay, I guess I can’t get everything on video! I wish I could thought. Her JWW course was even faster, she had no refusals, and she moved a bit faster. And she didn’t knock any bars either!

Tatum has come a really, really long way. From a hoarder’s yard with 70 other collies breeding willy nilly. And all her first people experiences bad ones. Look at her now. I’m so proud of her.

I’m exhausted, too. An I have a sore throat that’s been getting worse over the last three days. So I figure I’ve got a cold. I didn’t need any testoripped appetite suppressants today, though, but maybe they would have helped me to avoid chocolate. I did avoid all chocolate, but it was hard.

Woo Hoo for Tatum!