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Looking Forward
Jan. 13th, 2013 11:08 amI've said this before, but I'm so grateful to be able to go away to school while still pursuing agility to some extent. I know that we are not the best that we could be with me not being around very often, but I couldn't ask for anything more than Panic is giving me. He's brilliant, forgiving, probably psychic, and just all around perfect for me.
I've long ago given up any long-term agility goals, but although I believed 2012 to essentially be our last year of competing, Panic had different ideas. And perhaps in my heart I never believed this would be "it" for us anyway. Somehow our consistency skyrocketed sometime over the summer. I can't say that I started doing anything differently other than I had more confidence. More confidence in myself as a person and an agility handler, and more confidence in my dog. Ah, that confidence. It does wonders. I'm so glad I discovered it after all these years.
In any case, that consistency spike resulting in us qualifying for Nationals. Nationals just happen to fall during my spring break. Then we got hit with this news. So wait...we can go to tryouts again?? And we can actually compete? I would absolutely love to make the EO this year, but just the fact that we are getting the opportunity to compete at World Team Tryouts is just amazing. I never would have imagined we would get that chance (how could I have predicted that anyway? ;)
So Nationals, Tryouts, and hopefully Cynosport in the fall--its already shaping up to be a really awesome agility year regardless of whatever the results are. Panic gives me his all every time we run. I certainly try to do the same for him.
I've long ago given up any long-term agility goals, but although I believed 2012 to essentially be our last year of competing, Panic had different ideas. And perhaps in my heart I never believed this would be "it" for us anyway. Somehow our consistency skyrocketed sometime over the summer. I can't say that I started doing anything differently other than I had more confidence. More confidence in myself as a person and an agility handler, and more confidence in my dog. Ah, that confidence. It does wonders. I'm so glad I discovered it after all these years.
In any case, that consistency spike resulting in us qualifying for Nationals. Nationals just happen to fall during my spring break. Then we got hit with this news. So wait...we can go to tryouts again?? And we can actually compete? I would absolutely love to make the EO this year, but just the fact that we are getting the opportunity to compete at World Team Tryouts is just amazing. I never would have imagined we would get that chance (how could I have predicted that anyway? ;)
So Nationals, Tryouts, and hopefully Cynosport in the fall--its already shaping up to be a really awesome agility year regardless of whatever the results are. Panic gives me his all every time we run. I certainly try to do the same for him.