USDAA Cynosport Games 2009
4th place for Fable’s Team with Bill Pinder and Cajun and Mary Ellen Barry and EZ
10th place for Stuie’s team with Jen Pinder and Taser and Neta Jones and Toast
I was especially thrilled with the continued progress Stuie has been making since August this year. Our summer expedition seemed to help her confidence. Working in different locations, inside and out, different equipment and coping with being a demo dog some of the time. I am really looking forward to seeing how much more she can improve in 2010. It was just wonderful to step to the line knowing that she can run the same Gamble and Snooker course as Fable and has put up faster times than Fable.
Fable had some great runs too and but for an uncharacteristic slip after the long jump where she was unable to recover for the next jump she put up the 5th fastest time in Steeplechase semis. That may have rattled her as she crashed the first bar in GP semis – an even more unusual error (maybe twice in her career) but not unlike her to be affected by the slip – so no individual finals for her this year but maybe next year for both of them…..




