At Least We Made the Long List!

Every year at the big Eukanuba Dog Show, the American Kennel Club (AKC), holds its Agility and Obedience Invitationals. They invite the top five dogs of each breed to compete for top dog honors. It is based on a point system, and the dogs with the most points get invited. You have to trial a lot to earn enough points. Needless to say, Jimmy and I were not invited. Not even close. But, being curious, I decided to pull the Top 25 report on the AKC website.

The qualification period runs from July 1, 2012 through June 30th, 2013 (odd, yes), and if you remember, last summer Jimmy had his iliopsoas strain and didn't compete in July, August, or September. We did a few trials in Oct/Nov, then started back up again this past March. Definitely not something that would qualify as trialing a lot. So when I found Jimmy's name on the list of the Top 25 Cardigan Welsh Corgis, I was pretty tickled!

Click to enlarge and see Jimmy's name :-)

Okay, so we were pretty far toward the bottom. Number 18 for those of you who don't know Jimmy's registered name. But hey, we still made it into the top 20 agility Cardis in AKC. Just think where we might have been with a few more summer trials......

Of course, it's possible there are only 26 Cardigans doing agility which would burst my bubble a bit, but I bet that's not the case!

While I'm at it, my hat is off to the the top 5 dogs/handlers on the list. At #1 is Susan Stephon, she's been on the list several years now, 2nd and 3rd places are the same gal, Carrie Ruhde, also a repeat invitee, 4th, 5th and 6th belong to Joanna McKim, yes, another repeat invitee. These women ROCK! As do their dogs!

Have a great weekend, Everyone!