Barley gets in the GRCA Agility Dog Hall of Fame ADHF (Agility Brags and Videos!!!)

Yippi, skippi, I am so excited! This weekend at our AKC Agility trial Barley finished all of the requirements to get into the GRCA Agility Dog Hall of Fame. So now he will get to add ADHF onto the end of his name. Keep an eye out for Barley in an upcoming issue of the GRNews. I am so proud of him! I listed the requirements below.

Barley ran great all weekend and the only “booboo” was when I got totally lost on course and had to stand around trying to figure out where to go. So this weekend Barley picked up his 12th Double Q and 45 MACH points. So now the next goal is finishing his MACH!!! You can see his three good runs on video below!

Mira also debuted in the Excellent A JWW (Jumps With Weaves) class and ran for the second time in Exc A Standard. While she did not get any legs, she ran well all weekend on some very technical courses. She was fast and happy and I am very proud of her. We just had one or two miscues on a run. I posted one video of her Jumpers run.

One thing I am finding challenging is running two VERY different dogs. Mira turns on a dime, where as Barley has a LONG stride with big turns. My placement on course changes a lot, which is part of the reason I got so lost :uhoh: So, I am learning a lot in the process!

Here is a video of Barley’s Three Qualifying Runs

Here is Mira’s JWW Course

GRCA Agility Dog Hall of Fame

The Agility Dog Hall of Fame (ADHF) was created to recognize those Golden Retrievers who display superior achievement in the sport of dog agility. The criteria for earning the ADHF title is as follows:

Dog has both MX and MXJ titles.
Dog has 10 Double Qs.
Dog has 375 MACH points.
Dog has earned 15 placements (a placement being any place 1st – 4th) of which at least five come from the Excellent B Standard class and five from the Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves class. In addition, six of the 15 placements must be earned on Double Q runs (dog must place in both the Excellent B Standard class and the Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves class at the same trial on the same day, three times). Placements are counted in Excellent B Standard from the time the dog has its AX, and in Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves from the time the dog has its AXJ. Double Q placements are counted from the time the dog has both its AX and AXJ titles.
ADHF certificates and acknowledgement in the GRNews will be given to GRCA members only.
http://www.grca.org/thegrca/titles.html#agility