Here is Percy as one year old lad. He has been training agility with his family. From the nice photos they took , I made an animation. Notice the smile Percy has on his face, he sure has FUN!
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The agility equipments are made
by Rick, Percy´s "dad".
Looks like a professional job!
Time has passed and Percy and his family has continued their agility fun!
Not only is Percy accurate on the obstacles, but he is FAST! At the Novice and Open levels he is/was usually the fastest dog at ANY jump height. He would routinely beat the Border Collies by three seconds. At the Excellent level of competion Percy is still faster than some of the Border Collies.
Other than playing, Percy's second love is cuddling with his human units -- preferably after eating and in front of the TV!
Percy has earned his "Elite Versatility" title in NADAC agility!
NADAC stands for the North American Dog Agility Council. They sponsor agility trials, much like the AKC, but some of the rules are different.
For example, AKC has only two types of courses: Standard and Jumpers. NADAC, on the other hand, has four other kinds of courses in addition to those two: Tunnels (all tunnels -- really FAST), Weave Poles (all weave poles), Contact Equipment (elevated dog walk, teeter, A-Frame), and Gamblers (various equipment, but the dog must be handled from 10, 15, or 20 feet away, depending on the level of competition).
In addition to earning this title, Percy and Rick have also earned enough "points" so that they qualified to compete in the NADAC National Championships 2005, which was held in St. Louis October 2005.
Rick and Indigo will probably start competing during the summer sometime. Dogs are not allowed to compete in NADAC until they are at least 18 months old. Indigo is getting pretty good. He loves agility as much as Percy, although his attitude is more that of yahoo-ing instead of Percy's attitude of doing a job.
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Percy has decided that his job is agility -- which really translates to PLAYING. This year Percy earned ten first place finishes and one second place finish in AKC agility trials! He's earned three agility titles and now competes at the Excellent level in the "standard" course and at the Open level in the "jumps-with-weaves" course.
Elite is the highest of the three levels of competition in NADAC. So a NADAC "Elite Versatility" title means that Percy has achieved excellence in all six of these NADAC courses at the highest level of competition. We are very proud of them!
