I am so pleased and bursting with pride at the 100% qualifiers of all ADS teams that were entered this year! Congratulations are in order and all teams deserve it for running their dogs to the best of their abilities at this large agility event .

Congratulations to individual class ribbon winners for the weekend:

Eric and Blaze won 1st place in the 26 “Regular Gamblers class on Saturday

Susan and Mila won 2nd place in the DD 10 “Standard class on Saturday

Karen and Proton placed 3rd place in the 16” Regular Gamblers class on Saturday

Susan and Mila placed 1st in the DD 10 “Jumpers class on Sunday

Eric and Blaze placed 5th in the Regular 26” Gamblers class on Sunday

Rose and Pooch placed 5th in the 16” Vets Gamblers class on Sunday

Karen and Proton placed 6th in the Regular 16” Gamblers class on Sunday

Final Group placements for the Regionals:

Susan and Mila placed 5th overall and on the podium for the 10” Double drop class!

Eric and Blaze placed 8th in the competitive 26” Regular class overall, the pressure was great and the competition was stiff in this class.
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Rose and Pooch placed 9th overall in the 16 Veterans class!

I am so incredibly proud of this team and have so much respect for Rose Taylor and her determination to succeed with her beloved dog Pooch! If you saw them when they first started agility classes, you would understand their wonderful story plus the fact that she is a young senior with a fantastic attitude towards her fun dog! They are proof that you do not have to be super fast and have fancy technical handling to be successful in agility. Way to go Rose & Pooch!

Charity and Duchess placed 19th in the 10 “Veterans class, their first and possibly final attempt at the Regionals locally so congratulations to them! Duchess has had a number of health challenges so this result has been a good one for them.

Jon & Ali Shenton qualified in the 10” Veteran division and we are thrilled for their results.

From left: Nicole, Charity, Karen, Rose & Susan

Karen & Proton placed 29th out of 45 dogs in the competitive 16 Regular division. I am very proud of Prot and he performed much better on the Sunday and his qualification is an important one for us.

Lale and Eddie qualified in this same division too and this was their first time at the Regionals, well done!

Nickie and Zu Zu placed 38th and Annie & Kezzy placed 39th out of 61 dogs in the very competitive 22 Regular division. Congrats to both teams!

We look forward to training and preparing for the AAC Nationals in Calgary which will be held in August http://www.aacnationals.ca/main.html

Report proudly submitted by:
Karen Lau-Agility trainer
Agile Dogsports-where spirited agility dogs thrive!