Awards

So last weekend I attended an awards banquet for the dog obedience club I'm a member of. I hadn't bothered to send in my dogs awards for the year. Partially I was too lazy, partially it was during the fog of December, partially while proud of my dogs, I'm not that into titles. The ones that meant the most to me were Zoe's flyball ones, because they were so hard to earn during the first part of her flyball career. Not because she wasn't trying but because of the team we were on. For the rest of the dogs titles came easily, almost too easily. We'll see if Nikki & Betty challenge that trend! In any case I thought I'd post all my dogs titles in a fit of vanity.

Zoe 1996 - still kicking - Retired
CGC
HTD-1sg, RTD-c
FD, FDX, FDCH, FDCH-S, FDCH-G, FM, FMX, FMCH, ONYX, FGDCH, FGDCH-4oK
TF, TFI, TFII
NAC, OAC, NCC, NJC, OJC, TN-N, TG-N, TG-O, WV-N, Novice Versatility Award

Ruby 1998 - 2009
FD, FDX, FDCH, FDCH-S, FDCH-G, FM, FMX, FMCH, ONYX, FGDCH, FGDCH-40K, FGDCH-50K
TF, TFI, TFII, TFIII
NAC

Jester 2001 - kicking
FD, FDX, FDCH, FDCH-S, FDCH-G, FM, FMX, FMCH, ONYX, FGDCH, FGDCH-40K, FGDCH-50K, FGDCH-60K
TF, TFI, TFII, TFIII, TFE, TFEI, TFEII, TFEIII
NAC, OAC, EAC, NCC, NJC, OJC, EJC, TN-N, TN-O, TN-E, O-TN-E, TG-N, TG-O, TG-E, WV-N, WV-O, HP-N

Bridget 2003 - kicking
FD, FDX, FDCH, FDCH-S, FDCH-G, FM, FMX, FMCH, ONYX
TF, TFI, TFII, TFIII, TFE, TFEI
NAC, OAC, NCC, NJC, OJC, EJC, TN-N, TN-O, TN-E, O-TN-E, TG-N, WV-N, WV-O, WV-E

Nikki 2009 - in training
Betty 2009 - in training

And so there they are, all the titles my dogs & I have earned. It represents a lot of time, training, sweat & frustration. It represents friendships, partnerships, and a whole lot of money spent on classes and trials. It's also a bit of a misrepresentation, since typically in flyball you only list the last title earned. But there they are in all their glory. Maybe next year I'll send them in and get them listed in a little booklet for the banquet. But I guess I don't see them as milestones, but as mile markers along the dogs too short journeys with me.

BTW, Jacci if you want me to post more you could at least sign up as a follower so I feel like someone's reading my blog :)