Bo Gee Trial at American K9 Country

On Friday, I took the day off and entered Spot in the Bo Gee trial at American K9 Country in Amherst, NH. There were 2 classes offered: Jumpers and Jackpot. Spot was entered in level 2 Jumpers and level 1 Jackpot.

Due to some crazy circumstances, I got really lost on the way there and was late, but thankfully there were running Jumpers tall to small, and level 345C, then 1-2. So we had a little bit of time to walk around before I walked the course and got Spot ready. He was a little crazy, so I wasn't sure how we would do.

The jumpers course opened with 3 jumps in a row, then a left turn to a double, 2 jumps, then a tunnel. Then 2 jumps to another tunnel, 2 more jumps and ending with a tunnel. I was able to lead out to the 3rd jump, but then Spot ignored jump 4 and decided to go exploring! I called him back, and did a rear cross between 5 and 6 to the tunnel, then he did fine with the next 2 jumps and the tunnel. I did a landing side front cross after jump 11, calling his name while he was in the tunnel, and it worked well to get him headed in the right direction coming out of the tunnel. Then it was easy 2 jumps and ending with the tunnel. Spot Qd and got 1st place!

Then luckily, Jackpot was all levels together, small to big. So we had time to cool down, I put Spot back in the car while they changed the course, and then the briefing. It was a non-traditional jackpot, so people had a ton of questions. The jackpot was a 2-part combination. You had to do jump/tunnel on one side, then the same thing on the other side. You had a choice of distance lines. The first line had both the jump and tunnel behind it, and that was worth 20 points. The second line only had the tunnel behind it and was worth 15 points. You could do the jackpot at any time during your run and didn't have to do them consecutively.

Spot needed 32 points to qualify. My plan was jump, A frame, double, dogwalk, jump, jump, jackpot 1, jump, jackpot 2 (for 15 points), then table. Spot ended up missing on of the jumps after the 1st half of the jackpot, so I added a tire at the end for 3points. We Qd with 35 points and got 1st place!

Overall it turned into a good day, even though it started out horribly. Spot just needs 1 level 1 snooker to finish his level 1 title!