Game ON!

Yesterday was a Games trial day - two chances for passes in each of the three games (Snooker, Gamblers and Strategic Pairs).
Raven - In the morning:
1st Place Excellent Strategic Pairs with partners Nifty and Sue and our title!
2nd Place Excellent Gamblers (for pass #4)
And in the afternoon:
1st Place Excellent Strategic Pairs with partners Nifty and Sue
1st Place Excellent Gamblers for her title!
Qualified Excellent Snooker for her title!
Cypher - In the morning:
Qualified 4th Place in Excellent Strategic Pairs with partners Sage and Nicola for our title!
3rd Place Novice Snooker and his title!
In the afternoon:
Qualified Novice Snooker
2nd Place Excellent Gamblers for his first pass of GDX (you need 5)
It was a long day but worth it in the end as we picked up 5 titles altogether and this means we can move up to Masters. With so few games trials it's good to try and get passes each time we play.
So despite missing chemo last week due to a 0.8 WBC count Raven is feeling *really* good. The oncologist has decided to make a change to her protocol as the low WBC had occurred at the same stage as the last low WBC did. The week after her first drug Vincristine and the week she is due to have cyclophosphamide.
So it means her 5 week cycle now becomes a 6 week cycle - Week 1:Vinc Week 2: No treatment Week 3: Cyclophosphamide Week 4: Vinc Week 5:Doxorubicin Week 6: No Treatment.
This week is a Week 3 of her cycle and then she has one more cycle to complete after finishing this current one. Still in complete clinical and cytological remission she has not slowed down one second during training and trialling. She did 6 runs yesterday and did not drop a bar. The last run of the day for us Excellent Gamblers was one of those really smooth runs that keeps me ever motivated in this sport. It's those runs where there is not a single extra stride and contacts are run straight through. There is minimal verbal volume and she and I are in sync. I think there may have been two single bars left on the course that we didn't score points on. It was a good feeling to finish the night on and I was so proud of her after that run - Raven is definitely my once in a lifetime dog and there will never be another like her.
Have posted a pic of Cy on his way to his Super 7 Novice Snooker pass and Raven having a ball on her Super 7 Excellent Snooker course.

At two and half tender years of age my boy has come a long way!

That look in the eyes - if I didn't know better I'd be scared!

Nifty - Raven's trusty partner who shares Raven's dislike of
any kind of stopping business on course!

Sage - Cypher's very Excellent partner!