Monroe turned out good. Maggie took a first place in Open and a 3rd place in Excellent A.
Last year at Monroe, people asked me to take her away from the ring as she was snapping at their dogs and barking. This year, not one person asked me to do that.
Last year, she stuck her head in a hole in the hall and bellowed. This year she stayed with me. Also the hole had an access panel covering it.
She’s been a bit of a wonder beagle for me. I really think I brought her out a season too early. Maggie is a rescue. She was “free to a good home”, found on a chain with no house. She’s had 8 puppies, beagles, thankfully, and her rescue family has all the puppies now. Of course, they are all adult dogs.
Her head is deformed, we think congential, as her puppies came out fine, she is both wry and has an overbite. She has very silky hair, not correct in a beagle which means she gets old very easy. We call her the sport beagle as she is built like a sports car, very long leggy and very skinny. She runs FAST. She yells a lot. A full bodied beagle bellow that pushes her backwards.
Marcie on the other hand was a lead balloon both days.
Got to see my niece and her fiancee on Saturday. Saw my mom and sister today.
The trip was worth while. I only forgot socks and a contact lens case. Both were easily obtainable. However, I ended up changing sites three times, but that is normal for dog agility.
So Maggie is now Maggie, OA, OAJ and has caught up with Marcie on Excellent A JWW legs.
Oh, and my husband the mailman had a cookie in the mailslot for her.
There are pictures of previous trials at http://www.kweaver.org/photos