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Here is our IFCS journey……A commemorative video of some great dogs, great handlers, and new friends.

Read the blog entry about Paint’s Bronze Medal in Individual Gamblers >

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Well, hard work, dedication, passion, and a lot of nerves all led to a wonderful international agility experience for us. If any of you were following on our Whirlwind Border Collie fan page on Facebook, or on our website you may have read that Paint (with the help of his New Zealand handler, Deb Jackson) took home the Bronze medal in the 2012 IFCS World Agility Championships in the Gamblers Class.

That accomplishment was extra special to us because at the start of the week, it looked like Paint was going to have a hard time running for someone else. It was a challenge with Deb’s different handling style and Paint being a mama’s boy for them to get a clean run on Friday. But once again, my dogs prove to me that FOUNDATION is the key to any success in dog training. This is why we spend so much time on helping owners create a solid foundation with their pet in every sport. Paint dug deep and remembered his skills and helped Deb attain a spot on the podium. She had a clean jumpers round too and finished 9th in that class. It was very exciting for all of us.

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OH MY GOODNESS OH MY GOODNESS…where do I begin!!

Wanted to finish top 25% needed to be in 55th when it was all over… WE finished 44th!! 44th out of 237 dogs!!!That’s top 20%!!! so proud of Chase.. and the coolest news is his cumulative score. 84.087 put him in 12th going into the finals…one little bar from the finals..wow! I’m sure there are alot of other great 20″ers saying the same thing…one little (blank) out of the finals… but I’m only talking about my what ifs : ) so pleased with the weekend!!!! CONGRATS to ALL the WINNERS of the Weekend…they deserve every thing they got!!!!!

Here is that awesome Steeplechase Finals run by Kerry and Hype. I am so very proud of both of them. You can really see how much they love to run together.

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Wow! What a weekend!

Here’s our big run for the weekend >

Recap: Standards are our nemesis…1 Mst Std October 2010, one May 2011, 2 Sept 2011…. Wanted to finish his Championship before the clock struck 12 NYE..talk about going down to the wire (not by choice, I assure you : )

Looky Looky….good day at the dog trials today and yesterday…rae and rip tied for second yesterday so they both got to run in the finals…Little Rae Rae won!!…she’s the 2011 Open Ranch Champion…:) brother rip took 6th 🙂

Whirlwind’s Lunar Eclipse First Trial! Rocky brought home 4 Q’s with Blue Ribbons attached. Very Proud!