Cypher gains his ADX!

Cypher's dogwalk - Contact!

Cypher on the seesaw
(official name now; Nahrof Quick Change ADX JDX JDO SPD GD)

Yeah! Cypher did it today - we ran clear on the Excellent Agility course for our 5th and final leg that gets us into Masters. Of his 5 legs he gained 3 x 1sts and 2 x 2nds, not bad for a young lad who isn't always on the same wavelength as his handler! He also ran clear for 4th place in Open Agility - that gave him his 4th leg, one more to go. We got to JDM and had a miscommunication about a certain tunnel, we carried on regardless and he did some nice work in his turns. As they always say - there's always the next trial! Raven stayed home today(against her express wishes, expressed very assertively by her insistence in staying close to the door that leads to the garage that leads to the car) - her limp has practically disappeared and the skin around the toe nail is returning to a more normal unbruised pink colour. However given that she was scratched from today's trial (and tomorrows) we felt bringing her would simply aggravate her which would in turn aggravate said toe as she goes bananas in the back of the car while I run Cypher, so with a biscuity treat we left her home. She's sulking as I type this, what she doesn't know is this is all going to happen again tomorrow! I have resigned myself to the fact that when she does come back from this injury she is going to be absolutely feral and a complete nutcase. C'est La Vie as they say...it's not like it's new to me! Not only that - I always appreciate (and are very grateful) of the fact that she is here and healthy and willing to play this game with me no matter what.