A New Agility Record

On March 10, we set a new record for number of dogs shown in an agility trial from Atlas Kennels. :) Previously, I have shown up to three on my own but for this trip to LaCrosse, WI for CPE we took four. I showed Mira, Nadia and Anubis and husband Tim showed Vegas.

It was a small trial so there was very little down time which was nice. In many of the classes all the dogs were in the same class, so that was challenging.

We started with jumpers. Mira Qed with a nice run in level 5. Nadia had a nice run but took an off course for an NQ. Anubis decided to pee on the start line (he had been outside but evidently needed to go) and got excused so we didn't do that run. Vegas Qed in level 2 with Tim.

On to Standard - Mira took an off course (totally ignored me calling her) for an NQ. She does this from time to time and while it costs the Q I enjoy her attitude. Nadia did awesome on her weaves and finally got her first level 4 standard Q. Anubis did okay, got all his contacts, but we were a bit off since it was our first run and he NQed. Tim and Vegas Qed in level 2.

Th next run was Colors. Mira decided to be distracted by Tim and almost left me, but got it together for a level 5 Q. Nadia Qed in level 4 and Anubis was super close to a Q but backjumped the last jump. He did much better in this run. Vegas and Tim had a nice run but did not qualify.

Snooker was next and Mira did great but knocked a bar in the closing so NQ with not enough points. Nadia Qed for her first level 5 Q and Anubis Qed for his first level 4 Q. Tim payed snooker for the first time and did good but did not Q.

Finally we ended on Wildcard. Mira Qed in level 5 and Nadia in level 4. Anubis was close, but missed the Q and Vegas did not run that class.

Overall, Anubis was 1/4 with lots of good points, Vegas was 2/4 with great runs, Mira was 3/5 and Nadia was 4/5. Really fun day - can't wait to do it again!

Check out the loot from the day:

Here is Mira's video:


Here is Vegas' video:


Here is Anubis' video:


Here is Nadia's video:

Happy 10th Birthday to Atlas

Wishing Atlas a very happy 10th Birthday! He's enjoying his new pink wubba.

CPE Agility in Ham Lake

February 25-26, 2012 was our third weekend in a row of CPE agility. I was pretty tired, but it was still a lot of fun.

On Saturday we started with FullHouse - both girls ran well and Qed. Mira in Level 5 and Nadia in Level 4 which finished Level 4 of FullHouse for her. Then we did standard. Mira did great with a Q in Level 5 but Nadia is still struggling with start lines and weaves so had an off course and over time.

Tim showed up after that to watch the girls run. He had never seen Nadia run in person and hadn't seen Mira run for quite awhile. We ran Colors and Nadia Qed in Level 4 but Mira and I had an off course. I say it's her fault but she says it's mine. :)

The last run of the day was Snooker. I did some bad handling and caused an NQ for Nadia, but Mira Qed in Level 5. So Nadia was 2/4 and Mira was 3/4 for the day.

On Sunday, we started with a non-traditional Jackpot. Both girls Qed - Mira in Level 5 and Nadia in Level 4 which finished her very first Level 4 title CL4-S. Then we went on to standard and Nadia's start line was much better but her weaves were still tough so she NQed on time. Mira Qed in Level 5.

In Wildcard, Nadia had an off course (handling again) but Mira Qed in Level 5. The last run of the day was jumpers. Both girls were awesome and Qed - Mira in Level 5 and Nadia in Level 4 to finish another title CL4-F.

Nadia ended the weekend 4/8 with two new titles. Mira ended the weekend 7/8 and now has 20 of the 40 Qs she needs for CT-ATCH3!

Here is Nadia's video:


Here is Mira's video:

Family Dog Center - February 18-19

On February 18-19 I traveled to LaCrosse, WI by myself to a CPE trial. The nice thing about agility is even when you're alone, you're not alone. There were so many people I know at the trial and they were all so nice to me. It was a really fun weekend.

Mira needed just Colors for her CT-ATCH2 and I was nervous - nervous enough to blow her first two runs before Colors (FullHouse and Standard). She was fine - I was a wreck. Luckily, I got it together and she earned CT-ATCH2 on Colors. From there, I relaxed and she Qed the rest of the weekend. She earned Qs in Colors, Wildcard, Jackpot, Standard, Snooker, Jumpers and FullHouse. On Sunday she had a perfect day going 5/5. Her Jumpers Q also finished her Enthusiast Champion Jumpers title. So we had a really good weekend!

Here is Mira and I with her ribbon and bar (and the judge):

Nadia was coming off a rough weekend last weekend so I was concerned but she seemed a lot better. She went 4/5 both days with Qs in Level 3 Colors and Standard and Level 4 FullHouse (x2), Jackpot (x2), Jumpers and Snooker. She finished Level 3 (my goal last weekend!) and earned her CL3-R and CL3-H titles. She also finished level 4 in Snooker so is now in Level 5 in something finally!

Nadia was 8/10 and Mira was 7/9 and both girls earned two titles, including CT-ATCH2 for Mira. I could not ask for a better weekend!

No video since I was by myself!

CPE Agility in New Berlin, WI

On February 10-12, 2012 we traveled to New Berlin, WI (near Milwaukee) with our friend Michelle and her Shiba Inus to compete in three days of CPE. The first day, Friday, the trial started in the afternoon so we had time to drive down. Unfortunately we hot a bad snow storm about an hour outside Madison, but the roads stayed mostly driveable and we made it on time.

Friday night, both dogs did three runs. Mira was perfect with Qs in Snooker, Standard and Wildcard (all level 5). Nadia struggled but did manage to Q in Wildcard which was her last Level 3 Wildcard.

After a late dinner, we hit the sack. Saturday we did five runs - Mira nailed them all except one. She Qed in Standard, Jackpoy, Jumpers and Snooker (all level 5) but NQed in Colors. Colors is such an easy class, and we went into the weekend needing one Colors and four standards for her CT-ATCH2. So it was frustrating to blow Colors, but I also kind of expected it because that's how it goes some times. Her Snooker run was the last one she needed for her Enthusiast Champion Snooker title (TChSN) so that was a plus.

Nadia again struggled on Sunday but did Q in Jackpot and Snooker (level 4). She really was having a hard time this weekend and I really don't know why.

Sunday Mira had a perfect day Qing in FullHouse, Standard twice and Jumpers (all level 5). So we got all the standards we needed for CT-ATCH2 and left the weekend needing only Colors, of course!

Nadia Qed in FullHouse level 4 and finally in Standard level 3. Standard was where she really struggled this weekend so it was nice to see her work out of it.

We had to skip the last class of Sunday to get home at a decent time, so Mira ended up 11/12 and Nadia 5/12. It's probably Nadia's worst weekend ever, but we decided to just start training a few things and go from there.

Here is Mira's video from the weekend:


And here is Nadia's:

A few Brags

It's official -  Atlas finishes 2011 as the #5 German Shepherd in the United Kennel Club Top Ten for conformation. He also finishes #3 for 2011 in United Kennel Club Rally Obedience 1 All-Stars (all breeds).

And - Luxor earned his Versatile Canine Companion title from Clever Canine Companions!

Happy Birthday Vegas!

Happy 7th Birthday to Vegas!

UKC Rally in Hugo, MN

On January 21-22 we attended a UKC Rally Trial in Hugo, MN. Luxor had earned one leg towards his URO1 title in October at the Gateway Nationals and we were hoping to finish his title. On Saturday he earned his second leg with a score of 85. He did a good job but was a little distracted. He is after all still a baby.

On Sunday, he must have gotten the hang of it because he qualified with a 97 and third place to finish his URO1 title. This score of 97 will also earn him 7 all star points! He's just a few days shy of 10 months old. Good boy!

Here is Luxor with his ribbons after finishing his title:

CPE Agility - January 15

We attended one day of a CPE trial in Ham Lake, MN on January 15 and had a great day. Mira started the day with a Q in FullHouse which was her 15th Q in Level 5 in Enthusiast so it earned her Enthusiast FullHouse Champion title (TChFH). This is the first of the champion titles in Level 5. We are a little behind in them because we did one C-ATCH in regular and then moved to Enthusiast. The first five Qs don't count, so this was really her 20th Level 5 FullHouse Q.

Mira also qualified in Level 5 Snooker and Level 5 Standard. I was hoping for a Q in Colors since she needs just one for her next C-ATCH (as well as four more standards) but Mira had other ideas. She tucked her ears back and took the wrong end of a tunnel, but I was thrilled to see this since she was clearly having fun.

Mira ended up 3 for 4 for the day. Here is her video:


Nadia was a rockstar as usual. She ran all the same courses as Mira except Standard, however the only difference in the Standard courses was Nadia's had one serpentine removed and less weave poles. Nadia Qed in Standard - which was Level 3 and then also in Level 4 FullHouse, Level 3 Colors and Level 4 Snooker. She did amazing with her perfect day 4 for 4. Here is her video:

CPE in LaCrosse - Jan 7-8

Atlas, Mira and Nadia all traveled to a CPE trial in LaCrosse, WI to start out the new year. We had a great time!

On Saturday, Atlas started out in Level 1 Wildcard. He had a couple of zoomies and one off course, but he managed to Q and make time. He earned a 1st place and his first ever CPE title CSL1-H! His second run was Snooker and he did even better earning a Q and 1st and his CSL1-S title! good job for a dog that hasn't been on agility equipment in 10 months and is almost 10 years old!! Since Atlas had such a great day on Saturday, he sat out on Sunday. This was likely his last CPE trial and he went out in style with a perfect weekend - 2 runs, 2 first, 2 Qs, 2 titles!

Here is Atlas' video from the weekend:


Nadia had a tough start Saturday - we just couldn't click and she was wired.  I also had some bad handling. We NQed in Wildcard, Standard and Colors but we got it together for her first Level 4 Q in Snooker and a Level 3 Q in Jackpot. On Sunday, we did much better. She started the day with another Level 3 Q in Jackpot to finish her CL3-S title. This is her first CPE title since I moved her to regular from enthusiast, so this was a great accomplishment.

Nadia also had a great run and a Q in Level 3 Standard. Then she qualified in Level 2 FullHouse to finish her CL3-F title. Two titles in one weekend is pretty good! We also Qed in Level 4 Jumpers and then finished the day with an NQ in Wildcard.

Overall, Nadia was 6/10 (4/5 on Sunday!) and finished two titles. Here is Nadia's video:


Mira was a rockstar - Saturday she did 4 runs and had 4 Qs and 4 1sts! She picked up Qs in Level 5 Wildcard, Standard, Colors and Snooker. On Sunday she had a repeat with 4 runs, 4 Qs and 4 1sts! We did attempt one more run on Sunday, but she jammed a toenail as she came over a jump. She immediately told me it hurt and I pulled from the run. So technically it was not quite a perfect weekend, but we're going to ignore that one run since we pulled. :) By the time we got to the car she was not even limping and when we got home we could see the nail was discolored and a little sore. She seems fine though!

Here is Mira's video from the weekend:


Finally, some photos:

 Mira with her ribbons from Saturday

 Atlas with his ribbons

 Me and Nadia with her new title ribbons

 Me and Atlas with his new title ribbons

Welcome to the Future - 2012

I spent a lot of the New Year's weekend catching up on things - not important things like laundry or cleaning, but rather on things I wish I had more time to do doing the normal busy times. In short, I took some time to focus on what's important to me. Almost nothing is as important to me as the dogs, so it should come as no surpise that a chunk of that time was focused on dog stuff.

I did some training, but mostly I caught up on reorganizing vidoes and photos and on updating and reorganizing this blog. In doing that, I had the opportunity to view a lot of old videos and also to read what I was thinking in 2008, 2009 and 2010. It was insightful.

I realized that I haven't achieved some goals I set and some goals I achieved, but not in the way I expected to. There were of course a few goals that I met head on. However, it seems like the vast majority of my achievements with the dogs were things I never dreamed of. While that wreaks havoc on the planning and goal setting, it does make life fun and interesting.

Entering 2012 I find myself incredibly blessed to not only have all the dogs still around, but also happy, healthy and still able to enjoy the things we do. Back in 2008 or 2009 or even to a degree 2010 I would never have guessed we'd be where we are today, but the future is pretty awesome.

Looking towards 2012 I could set some goals, but I know by now that anything I plan is probably not where we go, so I am just going to sit back and enjoy the ride.

My only goal, and in some ways my challenge, is to continue to find ways for these amazing dogs to be enriched and enjoy their lives. The GSD is not a couch potato (at least not for long) and it's up to me to channel their energy into something we enjoy. Along the way, we can continue to educate people about the GSD (especially the white GSD) and work to improve the breed.

Looking forward to the journey through 2012, the highs and the lows, whatever comes our way....

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from:

And last but not least...

I think Lux was a little embarrassed. :) Here's to a great 2012!

Atlas' 2011 Conformation Shows

Last year I did a year end video celebrating Atlas' conformation wins. 2011 was pretty amazing and I think he deserved another one.

Last Shameless Brag of 2011

 

Just had to take a picture of all the ribbons, trophies, plaques, etc these awesome dogs have won this year. We have some amazing dogs! It's hard to show in a picture just how many ribbons they have brought home this year, but it's impossible to show in a picture how much joy they gave us this year. Good dogs - thanks for a great year.

Christmas 2011

A couple more shots from our holidays:

Mira under the Tree

Nadia snuggling with "Grandma"

2011 - A Year in Review

We're so proud of 2011 and how well our dogs did in everything we asked of them. Here are some highlights:

ATLAS
Atlas has had an amazing year, as always. What makes this year remarkable is not what he accomplished, but the consistency he has shown at the age of 9 years old. He has continued to excel in conformation and performance!

Performance accomplishments:

• In March after a long time away from agility, he came out and earned two qualifying scores.
• Three perfect scores in UKC Rally and many scores in the high 90s.
• 89 UKC All-Star points in Rally Obedience 1 which will rank him in the UKC All-Stars (tentatively #3) of all dogs of all breeds.

Conformation accomplishments:

• 2011 WGSDCII National Specialty Best of Breed and Grand Victor and Select 1
• Best of Breed in the German Shepherd Specialty at the UKC Premier
• THREE UKC Best in Multi-Breed Show Wins taking his career total to 12
• Six UKC Best Veteran in Multi-Breed Show Wins
• 74 UKC Top Ten points which will rank him in the UKC Top Ten (tentatively #5) for 2011, his 9th year in the Top Ten.

To top it off, Atlas also won his fourth UKC Total Dog award. He also sired an amazing litter that was born in March and has already earned multiple titles!

MIRA
Mira had another great year in agility and rally. We entered 2011 needing just a few Qs for her Canine Performance events Agility Trial Champion title and she earned it in February. She was also able to come back and earn another champion title, this time in the enthusiast division in August! We also competed in her first national agility event and she did very well there. She continues to show a remarkable level of consistency in agility at eight years old. My our math, she earned 72 qualifying scores in agility this year in three different organizations. Pretty amazing for a dog her age!

Her accomplishment this year include:

• Canine Performance Events Agility Trial Championship (C-ATCH)
• Canine Performance Events Enthusiast Agility Trial Championship (CT-ATCH)
• Earned 24 legs towards her second CPE Enthusiast Championship (CT-ATCH2)
• Earned 45 points towards her UKC Agility Championship
• UKC Rally Obedience 3 Title (URO3)
• Earned 32 points toward her UKC Rally Obedience Championship
• Earned 4 legs toward her UKC Rally Obedience Excellent Title 

VEGAS

Depending on how you look at it, I suppose you could say that Vegas didn't accomplish a lot this year. She didn't compete in any performance events and wasn't shown in conformation. However, in our eyes, Vegas had her best year ever. On March 26 she gave birth to a litter of seven puppies sired by Atlas. We have to give Atlas a little credit on the genetic side, but it was Vegas who raised the pups and got them started in life. This litter is only eight months old and has surpassed our expectations in this short time. We already have three UKC Champions, two UKC Champion pointed, a UKC Rally title, legs towards a UKC Rally Title and towards a UKC Grand Championship. We could not be happier with what she produced in both structure and temperament.

Vegas also went with her breeder Eclipse Kennels (also the breeder of her litter) to the German Shepherd Dog Club of America Temperament Test this year. She passed the test and this earned her a Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) number. She is only the fourth white GSD to earn a CHIC number (Atlas was #1). We're very happy with what Vegas has accomplished in 2011!

ANUBIS
Poor black dog didn't get quite as much time trialing this year as in the past because we let Nadia have a lot of time. He still enjoyed training and he did get out to a few trials. He picked up seven Qs in CPE and he got his first Q in NADAC this year. Hopefully in 2012 he'll have some more opportunities to play. We're still proud of his Qs in 2011.

NADIA
Of all the dogs, Nadia probably had the most surprising year. She started competing in agility in January with VERY little training. It was more of a test to see what she would do in a trial. She not only Qed, she had a perfect weekend that first weekend with three new titles! And she hasn't looked back since that first weekend. She's been outstanding in agility. In 2011 she did 58 runs and she Qed in 49 of those! That's an 84% Q rate on a dog with very, very little training. She's working in Level 3 in CPE and in Level 2 in UKC. She also had a great year in conformation and rally.

Her accomplishments this year include:

• CPE Level 1 Enthusiast Fun Agility Title (CTL1-F)
• CPE Level 1 Enthusiast Handler Agility Title (CTL1-H)
• CPE Level 1 Enthusiast Strategy Agility Title (CTL1-S)
• AKC Rally Novice Title (RN)
• CPE Level 1 Enthusiast Regular Agility Title (CTL1-R)
• CPE Level 2 Enthusiast Handler Agility Title (CTL2-H)
• CPE Level 2 Enthusiast Strategy Agility Title (CTL2-S)
• Clever Canine Companions Outstanding Versatility (OV)
• APDT Rally Level 1 (RL1)
• CPE Level 2 Enthusiast Fun Agility Title (CTL2-F)
• UKC Agility I Title (UAGI) 
• GSDCA Temperament Certified (TC)
• Canine Health Information Center number issued (only 5th white GSD with a CHIC number)
• Winners Bitch at WGSDCII Show for a four point major

LUXOR
Since Luxor didn't exist when 2011 started, he definitely had a great year! His first outing was the WGSDCII National where he competed in the "Personality Puppy" competition which he won. He sure has a personality! His first time in conformation in July he took Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show over six other puppies. He did well as a baby and has competed in just four "adult" (over six months old) shows and has earned his UKC Championship and a leg towards his grand. He's also already earned a leg in performance and a Total Dog award at seven months old! We're so proud of what he has accomplished this year!

Luxor's accomplishments this year include:

• White German Shepherd Dog Club International Dorothy Crider Personality Puppy Award 
• Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show (twice)
• Reserve  Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show (twice)
• UKC Championship
• One leg towards UKC Grand Championship
• One leg towards UKC Rally Obedience 1 Title
• Total Dog Award at 2011 UKC Gateway Nationals (at seven months old!)
• Herding Group IV in Total Dog competition at 2011 Gateway Nationals

 

OTHER NOTABLE DOG ACHIEVEMENTS

I was going to call this "co-owned" dogs, but many of the dogs above are co-owned. The above dogs are the ones where we have done a good portion of their training. HOWEVER we couldn't have achieved any of these accomplishments on Vegas, Nadia, Atlas or Luxor without the help and support of Eclipse Kennels.

Here are a few other dogs we are proud of in 2011 that we're involved with, but where the credit goes to someone else:

BENTLEY

Eclipse's Drive For Excellence (Bentley) is a littermate to our Luxor and we co-own her with Mary Stacey of Excellence Kennels. Mary has a great focus on conformation and performance and what she has accomplished with Bentley really lives up to her focus. Bentley has earned both her UKC Rally Obedience 1 title and her UKC Championship at the tender age of 8 months old! Great job Mary - we can't wait to see what 2012 holds!

IVY

Eclipse's Argent Sun (Ivy) is another littermate of Luxor and we co-own her with Monique. Ivy earned her UKC Championship with multiple Best of Breeds and Group placements in 2011. She was handled by Monique for all her wins and we're very proud of them both.

 VIVA

Eclipse's Viva Las Vegas (Viva) is a third littermate of Luxor. We don't co-own her - she's owned by Carrie Grose-Phares and Eclipse Kennels. Viva has earned all three of her competition wins towards her UKC Championship and just needs points to finish her championship. We're very proud of her as well.

Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve our goals for this year!

• Tim Karsjens - patiently holding down the fort at home when the dogs are at shows (and for attending some shows as well with his great handling!)
• Donna and Mike Beadle (Eclipse Kennels) - thank you for your support and for breeding great dogs. Thanks for helping with handling and getting dogs to events and taking care of the dogs when we had personal issues this year. A special thanks for all your work with the Atlas/Vegas litter!
• Mary and Jon Stacey (Excellence Kennels) - thank you for your support and your awesome work with Bentley!
• Ken and Ann Schneider - thank you for always being an awesome home away from home for our dogs!
•  Michelle Hewitt and Deb Merritt - thanks for all your support and help in agility. I couldn't do it without you!

There are many other who help us as well - it takes a village to achieve potential in dogs and we couldn't do any of it without the support of the great dog community around us! And as always, thanks to the great judges (performance and conformation) who are grossly underpaid and often under appreciated.

Here's to an even better 2012!!!

Last Agility Weekend of 2011

We did one day of agility on December 11, 2011 at On The Run in Ham Lake, MN. My girls were amazing and I was very proud of them both.

Mira qualified in Level 5 Jumpers, Standard and FullHouse. We had a miscommunication in Level 5 Colors which caused an off course. It wasn't entirely her fault, but it wasn't entirely the handler's fault either. :) Because we had already NQed, I opted to try the weaves offside. Mira is perfectly capable of doing offside weaves but she hates them. I caught her by surprise though - LOL. She gave me "the look" but did them anyway. I was very proud of her.

Here's a couple photos of Mira:

About to weave - right before "the look" © Herreid Photography

On the dogwalk © Herreid Photography

 On the aframe © Herreid Photography

 Great jumping photo from Jen Muehlbauer

Great teamwork photo from Jen Muehlbauer

Nadia also had a great day - she went four for four. I guess I can't ask for more than that! She finished Level 3 jumpers and so she will start 2012 in Level 3 standard, colors, wildcard, jackpot and fullhouse and in Level 4 snooker and jumpers.

Here's some photos of Nadia:

 This dog has springs in her feet! © Herreid Photography

 Love her expression © Herreid Photography

 Serious weaving © Herreid Photography

 Getting better at the teeter © Herreid Photography

 Tongue can't keep up © Herreid Photography

 She loves this game © Herreid Photography

 Great jumping shot! © Herreid Photography

 Coming out of tunnel from Jen Muehlbauer

 Aerodynamic! from Jen Muehlbauer

At the start line from Jen Muehlbauer

Last Conformation Show of 2011

December 3-4 was our last conformation weekend of 2011. We had a good weekend. Atlas didn't win anything in the regular classes - those wins went to his great-grandson Dex. He did win Best Veteran in all three shows he competed in and Best Veteran in Multi-Breed Show in two shows beating some gorgeous dogs. Luxor also did great taking two reserves in the champions class. That's very impressive to me at his age.

Atlas with his Best in Show Veteran win

Luxor winning reserve in the Champions class

It was a bittersweet weekend because 2011 is the last year we will be campaigning Atlas for a spot in the UKC Top Ten. He will finish 2011 in the Top Ten and we're very proud that this will be his 9th straight year in the Top Ten. However, it's time to back off a little and enjoy semi-retirement. He'll still come out for Veterans classes and may play in the Grand Champion class if there is a Total Dog opportunity, but we won't be pushing hard for those points like in the past. It's hard to imagine 2012 without Atlas at all the shows, but we're hopeful 2012 will be a good year for Luxor.

Our co-owned girl Bentley won Reserve Best Female in the first show and Best Female in the second show to finish her UKC Championship! Congrats to her and Mary on this win. She is now the third Champion from this litter.

New Champion Bentley

Thanksgiving Agility

As has become our habit, we spent black Friday at an agility trial. I know what's important to get up early for!

Mira was a rockstar and Qed in FullHouse, Wildcard, Snooker and Jumpers - all level 5 and all with first places. Since she's in enthusiast there is less competition but I still enjoy getting first!

Nadia was also amazing - she Qed in all four classes as well with two 3rds and a 2nd. Since she's in regular, the competition is tough. For example she took 2nd in Snooker with 46 points. The first place dog got 51 points, the maximum. They only need 30 to Q! So she did great all day.

It's great to have a perfect day with both of them!

We went back on Saturday and both girls continued to shine! Nadia Qed in Level 3 Jackpot and Level 3 Standard and Level 3 Snooker. Her Colors run was the only thing that kept her from having a perfect weekend and that was because she had an issue with a crooked pole in the weaves.

Mira Qed in Level 5 Colors and Snooker. She didn't run Jackpot and NQed in Standard due to poor handling. Overall the girls were 6/7 (Mira) and 7/8 (Nadia) for the weekend! Great job.

Here is a photo of Mira from the weekend a fellow exhibitor sent me:

I also got several photos of Nadia from the photographer. I buy more of her because I don't have as many! These are © Herreid Photography