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Elektra and Dave were invited to compete in the 2023 AKC Premier Cup in Ohio. These were super technical courses requiring a lot of control. Elektra ran great and ended up squeaking into the finals where she took 4th to some amazingly competitive teams!
Watch Elektra’s Premier Cup runs!
Winners in the 20” class - Photo by Great Dane photos
Dave and Elektra - not pictured, Elektra’s 7th place finalist ribbon and dog ribbon.
Photo by Great Dane Photos
The 2023 AKC National Agility Championships were held in Tulsa, OK in mid-March.
Slipstream was represented by two girls, Brio and Elektra. Elektra earned her MACH in 2022 and on the way qualified for the 2023 NAC, her first. She ran well on the surface, hitting all of her flying dogwalk RCs, and was ‘technically clean’ on all runs that weekend including warmups and Premier (she did run by the broad jump in Premier but it just cost time and was not a technical fault in that class). By the end of NAC Rd 3 she was seeded in lucky number 13th place out of almost 300 20” dogs and made the Finals.
Brio had a smoking Rd 1 in Standard, finishing 12th out of almost 300 dogs. Unfortunately a fault in a subsequent run kept her out of running for the Finals and Challengers runs.
ESPN filmed the finals, to be broadcast at a later date. The live footage can be found on akc.tv, Elektra’s run is around 1:10:30 after the awesome Golden Retriever, Voulez.
Elektra had a great Finals run and moved up several spots to 7th overall earning a few more ribbons. This was a huge accomplishment given the depth of the talent in the 20” class. She finished as the top “ABC” (anything but a [border] collie) in the 20” Regular class. Thanks to Monica Bush/Gritty Agility for keeping Elektra’s muscles happy and sound throughout the weekend.
The Slipstream dogs went to separate trials this stormy weekend.
Elektra (Buck x Boca) and Dave went to the Wine no Whine UKI West Coast Classic in Morgan Hill, where Elektra and Dave had some smoking runs on Sangie Brooks’ and Meagan Johnson’s courses, culminating in Elektra winning 16(s) Pentathlon, repeating her 20” win from the prior year!
Dave and Elektra’s winning Pentathlon Speedstakes run
Erika and Tempo (Q x Stella) competed in AKC Agility in Santa Rosa under Dan Butcher. Tempo excels at AKC math and often knows how many faults he can incur while still earning a Q. Things happen fast with this boy, but he did manage two faulted Standard runs that were Qs so now he has his OA! He had a great Jumpers run on Sat but I blinked during the weaves in Jumpers on Sunday so couldn’t act fast enough to preserve the Q. Regardless, Tempo loves the game and he is such a fun partner!
Trillian (Buck x Boca) and Katrina Parkinson recently received an invite to participate in the 2022 AKC Agility Invitational as the #1 ranked Aussie in AKC preferred agility. This is a huge accomplishment, and a testament to the excellence and consistency of the team as well as the persistence and commitment to trial.
Congrats, Trillian and Katrina!
Last weekend we enjoyed the company of several friends and their dogs. We all had a good time working through the mechanics of treat-catching photos. Here are some of the hilarious outtakes or successes (hard to tell the difference!) from those sessions.
