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On December 3^rd and 4^th Gary, with Mikki, Jack, and Madison traveled to Harriman, TN for an AKC agility trial. Madison goes along to let all the new people meet her, she thinks it is all about her, her puppy training is coming along nicely but she is still a baby. Jack is doing great, his fourth trial and he came home with 1 Double Q, 3 Q’s, 2 of them First Place and one Fourth Place. Mikki, competing in Excellance B came home with 2 Q’s, 1 First place and 1 Third Place.

Beth and Gary traveled to Franklin, TN, on November 19^th & 20^th, to compete in a NADAC Agility trial. They had a good weekend coming home with 16 Qualifying runs. Kiera came home with one Q, 1 Fourth Place and 1 Fifth Place. Ky came home with 4 Q’s, 1 First place, 2 Second Place, 3 Third Place, 1 Fourth Place and 2 new Titles. This was Jackie’s third trial and he had a great weekend, He came home with 4 Q’s, 1 First Place, 2 Second Place, 3 Third Place 2 Fifth Place and 1 Title. Mikki, was our star of the weekend. The old girl came home with 7 Q’s, 6 First Place, 2 Second Place, 2 Third Place and a new title.

Gary and Beth traveled to Franklin, TN for an AKC Agility Trial on October. 8^th and 9^th. The team did not bring back a lot of ribbons this weekend, it was a tough weekend. Keira and Ky did not qualify all weekend but they had some great runs. Jack, in his second trial, and running slow, managed to qualify once, earning a 3^rd Place, and Mikki also qualified once earning a 2^nd Place.

Beth Gerbert and Gary Jones traveled to Franklin for a NADAC Agility Trial. Beth with her two Australian Shepherds, Kiera and Ky traveled down and competed on both Saturday and Sunday. Gary, with his two border collies, Mikki and Jack, traveled down to compete on Sunday after doing a flyball demonstration in Paducah, KY on Saturday.  Kiera and Ky had a fantastic weekend. Kiera completed two qualifying runs earning a Third Place and a new Title.  Ky,  was CCSA’s star of the weekend earning a total of 5 qualifying runs. 2 First Place, 6 Second Place, 1 Third Place and a new Title. Mikki had 3 qualifying runs earning 2 First Place, 2 Second Place and 1 Third Place. It was Jack’s very first agility trial and although he didn’t have a qualifying run he did come home with two third place ribbons. Gary was a very proud of his boy.

On August 6th and 7th  Gary Jones & Beth Gerbert traveled to Franklin TN for an AKC agility trial. Gary Jones led his dog Mikki to three Q’s, 3 First place ribbons and one double Qualifying run. For a K-9 close to retirement age Gary is very proud of his girl and looks forward to the day when the new puppy Madison can join in the family tradition of bringing home the gold! Beth led her younger dog Ky to a 3rd place victory in Jumpers category, but Kiera, another older girl, had to withdraw from this competition due to an injury. She is now on the road to recovery.