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| MACH Jinn posing with judge Lavonda Herring |
We earned our 20th and final QQ for our MACH under one of our favorite judges Lavonda Herring at the Blue Ridge trial in Winchester, VA. She started the day nailing a lovely standard course by Jill Roberts and then put it together on Lavonda's fast and fun JWW to get it done. I forgot to have someone video the Standard run so I only have the recording of Jumpers.
The MACH Run
The Victory Lap
The Jackpot! :)
She was SUCH a good girl all weekend I can't even begin to describe how proud I am of how far she has come. Jinn started out with so many issues, so much worry, so much stress in the ring. She still battles with those demons from time to time. But my goodness how my little girl has blossomed! Sometimes when we had first started out I would have a disastrous run where there was just no connection at all and I would put her up and then I would cry and cry. Feeling like a failure as a trainer and a teammate. I thought maybe I would just quit agility altogether. Then, slowly but surely she started to put it together. We began to gel more and become a TEAM. As heartbreaking as it was to retire Mojo, it allowed me more time to focus on and develop timing and relationship with Jinn. My patience and perseverance have paid off with interest. Jinn will never be a flashy dog or a blazing fast dog. But she is a smooth and consistent dog with good speed and great criteria (start line excluded LOL) I am thrilled to run her and so glad she was patient enough to teach me the lessons she needed me to learn. I think I am a better trainer for it.
So thank you so much baby girl, my Jinny-Boo, my Jinn-Bug. Momma's little princess. It has been an honor growing with you and I can't wait to come along for the ride with you to MACH 2 and beyond! XOXO
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| Celebratory MACHeritas with Lynn after the trial. |
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