Maggie, the Rough Collie - 2008-2009 Agility Trials

[mymble2001]

Did you have to do a lot of hind leg awareness?

[josie10003]

YAY!!!! and congrats...lovely video w/great photos.

[moisigt]

Aww, river flows in you <3

Love that song..

[fredewanuickfan]

Hi,

What a lovely video! I came across your You Tube site from your note on Agility Nerd's facebook post.

Looking forward to watching some more of your videos and following your agility adventures.

Cheers,

Lisa

[collieinthekeys]

Well, wow, thank you so very much. I was actually on my way to run thrus very early this morning when I read your comment and it really gave me a boost :)

[fredewanuickfan]

Aw, you're welcome! I'm glad to hear that :)

[huskycolliesheltie]

Hello !

Really looks great you and Maggie running the courses.

My sheltie steven also is slightly over the limit in Germany. He has 44cm and the limit is 42,99 cm so he has to jump up to 65cm jumps more than 8" about his own height.

But he is doing well. I only do not got sandy places because there it is to hard for him to reach the height..

Hope to see more videos of you.

regards

Margit

[foxfrosta]

Congratz on you start to a wonderful partnership that will only blooms as time goes on.  Good luck with your trials in the fall. May you have lots of Q's along with getting that AX title. So that you both can start on that quest for you MX, MXJ, and that wonderful MACH!

My sable and white girl Petto just got her last QQ for her MACH. Now we just need to get the 350 more points to complete the whole process.

[collieinthekeys]

Well, thank you. Actually, we got the AXP - Maggie's been running Preferred. In the fall, I'm going to put her back up to 24" and see how far we can get. I'd love to put a MACH on her but she's a small collie who is only 1/4 inch over the cut off for 20" jumping. She really has to fight to clear those big jumps. If it's too much for her, we'll happily go back to Preferred and aim for a PAX instead :)

Good luck to you in getting those 350 points!

[foxfrosta]

Silly me I must have missed the P at the end of the AX and that it didn't have a J at the end of it. Where was my mind at? :D With it just being a 1/4 inch over have you thought about challenging it. My girl is close to the cut off in AKC and even closer in the USDAA cut off. A PAX is just as good as well and not easy to get. I am glad they offer a special championship title to the preferred dogs now in AKC.

[collieinthekeys]

Ahhhh, you haven't done the measuring process in awhile. You can no longer challenge measurements. You get 2 measurements by 2 officials. If there is a disagreement in height groups, you get a 3rd. Sadly, Maggie will forever be in the 24" group. But yes, the PAX has the same requirements I believe. But the fun part of preferred for me is that when we do Q, we usually win because Maggie is a very fast collie and most people in preferred have time issues. So it's all good either way.

[foxfrosta]

I will have to follow up on that challenge card. SInce I was sure that if you are close then you could challenge it. Was she over by a 1/4" on both measurements? You only need 20 QQ for the PAX. No speed points are necessary at this time. You are right that Maggie is a fast Collie and it is great to see her run. I remember all the judges coming over to me to tell me what a nice Collie I have. Now I think they all know me. :)

[collieinthekeys]

Not unless they've changed it back. They threw out the challenge thing the year Maggie started. I haven't checked in awhile. But yes, she measured just over twice.

Ironically, my young border collie is right at the 18" mark! Must be my destiny. He'll jump 20 anyway though - he's flat at 16. Would be nice to be able to jump 16 in his senior years though and still be in his height group.

[pamelamarxsen]

Congratulations! What a beautiful touching video! I cried! It is so awesome to see what a great team you and your dog are! It shows how much you love your dogs! Totally COOL!!!

[collieinthekeys]

Thank you so very much. That really means alot to me. Maggie and I are on quite a journey together and it all started really by accident. I'll comment on your videos soon - I love them!

[Austrocedrus]

good dog

[kikopup]

Wow! That was awesome! Well done Maggie!!!!!

[deborahjoslin]

You've come a long way girl!

[collieinthekeys]

Thank you, Deborah :)

[huskycolliesheltie]

Hello !

Nice video and pictures and a wonderful collie.

Fine to see your improvements and the fun Maggy has.

regards

Margit

[collieinthekeys]

Thank you very much :)

[charcoytrasto]

hey, absolutly beautiful video!!! Maggie is so so cute!!! by the way, beautiful music!!!! hahaha

best wishes and thanks for your comments

[collieinthekeys]

Thank you! LOL, on the music! No, seriously, thank you for letting me know about it. I just love the piece.

[GeorgiaIrish]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hey a lady from Key West moved up here near us and is doing Canine Massages etc and I think she did agility down there her name is Tammie Gerhkin I believe

[collieinthekeys]

Thanks! Well, I don't know her by name anyway. There aren't many agility people down here in the Keys. We have to travel a very long way just to get to training, let alone trials.