Fenwick Update Archive 2007

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=138 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="181e008b2egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="E.F.F.D. 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I think he'd like that.  And so many more small dogs!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAstp10-13.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>2nd Place Steeplechase Round 1</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAstp10-14-07.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>2nd Place Steeplechase Round 2</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAstd10-13.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Masters Standard</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwicksnooker.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Masters Snooker with Suki</I></A></div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <div> 2nd PLACE REGIONAL GRAND PRIX!</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="175c39a00.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="416" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>USDAA NW Regionals - Canby, OR</I></div> <div> <I>June 1st - July 2nd, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> The NW Regional was bigger than ever this year, around 400 dogs and 1200 runs a day - it was crazy!  So I was really proud of Fenwick for doing so well in the chaotic environment for three long days.  He was just exhausted by the third day, poor little guy.  Fenwick came in second in both the first and second rounds of the Grand Prix - and the first round he had to run TWICE since the timer malfunctioned!  We also made it to round two of steeplechase with our strangely consistant bobbles ... where, once again, we bobbled and didn't make it into the money again!  Steeplechase - bah!</div> <bR> <div> Fenwick's team (Earth, Wind and Fire with Windy and Bungee) managed to qualify despite the fact that Fenwick was just exhausted by Monday and our runs were all over the place.  I should have known better than try to run all three days, that was an insane amount of runs and the days went really long.  We won't do that again, but we had some amazing runs that were so effortless - Fenwick is the best agility partner a girl could have! I feel incredibly lucky to have him in my life and still playing agility at 7 even with all the physical issues he's gone through.  I love my Fenwick!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAgp6-30.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Fenwick 2nd Place Grand Prix Round 1</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://agilityvideoservice.com/play_blipvideo.php?dog=fenwick&video=07-07-01-fenwick-gpf.mp4blip" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://agilityvideoservice.com/play_blip"><I>Fenwick 2nd Place Grand Prix Round 2</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://agilityvideoservice.com/play_agility_video.php?dog=fenwick&video=07-06-30-fenwick-stp.flvblip" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://agilityvideoservice.com/play_agil"><I>Fenwick Steeplechase Round 1</I></A></div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <div> TMAG FENWICK!</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="16912a940.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="404" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Teacup Agility Trial - Turner, OR</I></div> <div> <I>June 23-24th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> Fenwick finished the first half of the TDAA championship title this weekend, earning his TMAG title.  He still needs 6 more standard legs, and with about one to two TDAA trials held locally every year, it could be a slow process!  We always get a kick out of the tiny equipment and itty bitty courses.  Some of the courses are a little unfair for a 'big' dog like Fenwick, but TDAA is an interesting challenge!</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <div> HIGH SNOOKER SCORE IN TRIAL!</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="13e8b0320.jpg" border=0 width="432" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Fleet Feet Tournament USDAA Trial - Turner, OR</I></div> <div> <I>May 19-20th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> What a fun weekend for Fenwick!  We headed down to the Fleet Feet tournament trial, and with only DAM team classes and Grand Prix we had a fun, but not overtiring, weekend.  Fenwick was his normal happy self, he won Team Standard as well as Team Snooker - with the highest score in the trial too!  Fenwick has a snooker advantage, it's pretty easy to get him to bypass obstacles by encouraging him to jump up and bite me.  Fenwick's team 'Beg, Borrow or Steal' with Kells and Mozart ended up qualifying, which finally gives Fenwick his Tournament Master title, as well as qualifying him for nationals.  Fenwick's still going strong these days!</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <div> FENWICK WINS THE GRAND PRIX!</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="f0022b00.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>RAT USDAA Trial - Elma, WA</I></div> <div> <I>April 14-15th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> Fenwick had a fabulous weekend up in Washington, staying focused and driven through both days, even with an overnight stay in a hotel.  We managed to flub both standard runs (usually our best class!), but Fenwick pulled off a win in Grand Prix, fastest time in the first round of Steeplechase (damn that broad jump!), and finished his Jumpers Masters title winning jumpers as well.  We won't talk about Gamblers.  Again.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAgp4-15.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Grand Prix</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAstp4-14.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Steeplechase</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAsnookerdaisy4-15.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Three 7 opening Snooker run by Daisy Peel</I></A></div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <div> TSAD FENWICK!</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="e6b15840.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>TDAA Trial - Sherwood,  OR</I></div> <div> <I>April 7-8th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> It's been a slow process, but Fenwick finally finished his Teacup Superior Agility Dog title this weekend.  What with there being at least THREE teacup agility trials this year, maybe there's a chance Fenwick will get his TACh someday after all!  As usual, the equipment was adorable, the courses fun and Fenwick and I enjoyed this very cute version of agility.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/movie3.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/mo"><I>Wild West Rabbit</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/movie4.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/mo"><I>Standard</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/movie5.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/mo"><I>Standard</I></A></div> <div> _________________________________________________________________</div> <div> 1st PLACE MASTERS JUMPERS</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="d549b390.jpg" border=0 width="411" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>WAG USDAA Trial - Corvallis, OR</I></div> <div> <I>March 24th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> Fenwick did just one day of the USDAA trial, and had a great standard run ... but missed his aframe contact - how often does that happen?  We added another NQ to his pile of gamblers runs (no surprise there), and a nice jumpers run to his collection.  Any weekend spent with Fenwick is a good one, and the shortened trial was really good for the both us.  We have another full USDAA trial in April that will keep us plenty busy!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAstd3-24.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Masters Standard</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAjumpers3-24.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Masters Jumpers</I></A></div> <div> _________________________________________________________________</div> <div> 12 INCH FENWICK RIDES AGAIN</div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="a6d85130.jpg" border=0 width="389" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Fleet Feet CPE Trial - Turner, OR</I></div> <div> <I>February 17-18th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> Fenwick still gets a little crazy with the 12 inch jumps in CPE, attempting to launch himself from spectacular distances as he doesn't seem to think they're REAL jumps at all.  Still, he definitely enjoys himself and Fenwick had a great weekend in typical Fenwick-style, qualifying in 7 out of 8 runs.  He finished off everything he needed for Level 4 except a single jumpers run, so it's off to level 5 for Fenwick from here on out.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickCPEstd2-17.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Standard 1</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickCPEstd2-18.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Standard 2</I></A></div> <div> <I>________________________________________________________</I></div> <div> "TEACUP" SIZED FENWICK</div> <div> <I>"Big Dog" in a Little Dog World</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8a7b83a0.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>TDAA Trial - Sherwood, OR</I></div> <div> <I>January 13-14th, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> Teacup Agility trials are few and far between in our area, so it's always fun to play in the venue, even  if it's only one trial a year.  This was a two day trial, the largest TDAA trial in our area yet.  Fenwick was the token 16" dog, though, not many 'big' dogs on the scene.  Fenwick actually did quite well for not seeing the equipment in a year.  We had the most problems with the variable positions on the table (stand, sit or down), sort of unfair for me to change the rules of the table only for these trials!  The close spacing caused a couple knocked bars in his standard runs on Saturday, but Fenwick still added 3 more games Qs and another standard Q to his TDAA collection.  With talk of the possibility of three more TDAA trials this year, maybe we'll actually get that TACh someday after all ...</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickTDAAstdtwo1-14.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>TDAA Superior Standard 1</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickTDAAstd1-13.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>TDAA Superior Standard 2</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickTDAAblackhole1-13.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>"Blackhole"</I></A></div> <div> _______________________________________________________________</div> <div> FENWICK RELAY & SNOOKER MASTER!</div> <div> <I>Qualifies for 2007 Grand Prix and Steeplechase</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8a936c70.jpg" border=0 width="310" height="455" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>CAT USDAA NW Cup - Ridgefield, WA</I></div> <div> <I>January 6-7th, 2006</I></div> <bR> <div> Another year, another narrowly missed NW Cup for Fenwick.  Once again Fenwick had a phenomenal standard run on Saturday, his time beating all but a couple of the fastest 22 inch dogs.  Then on Sunday he had another great run with ONE KNOCKED BAR.  Heh.  Oh well, there's always next year ....</div> <bR> <div> Fenwick also had a fantastic Grand Prix run, but a bad cue caused a refusal at the end of the course.  Still, he's now qualified for nationals.  Also in Steeplechase, where our first run was pretty sketchy, and our finals run was going great ... until another poor cue by his handler caused an off course.  We DID manage to pull it together for Fenwick's last Super Q, so Fenwick got his Relay Master title, and the wonder stafford Idgie held the team up for Fenwick's last Relay Q.  Still no Gamblers Qs ...</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fenwickUSDAAgp1-6.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/fe"><I>Fenwick Grand Prix</I></A></div> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fenwicks 2005 Update Archive">2005</A> Updates</div> <div> <A HREF="fenwicks_2006_update_archive.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fenwicks 2006 Update Archive">2006</A> Updates</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>