2002 Specialty - Monterey, CA
13 October 1997 - 21 October 2013
One more lesson she taught me out of so, so many: some decisions just have to be made. And so it was, that on a beautiful, autumn day, we said goodbye to our beloved girl, Kailey. As the sedative took effect, she looked into my eyes and I stroked her aged head and told her what a good, good girl she is and how I loved her so much. I watched as her back legs relaxed and realized how much tension and pain she had been feeling. She quietly slipped away. My first puppy born in our house. My first agility dog. My first champion that I finished in bred-by. My first hospital therapy dog. My student writing assistant in my 3rd grade classroom. But most of all, my heart dog. Thanks so much to the beardie list people as they helped me through her last year or so. And most of all, huge thanks to Laura Tappero, her co-breeder, who was there at her birth and throughout her life.
6/17/00 Novice A 20"-Leg 1 90 2nd/4 48.22'/60' 6/18/00 Novice A 20"-Leg 2 90 3rd/4 48.75'/63' 3/10/01 Novice A 20"-Leg 3 85 2nd/3 47.53'/67' NA
4/29/01 Open 20" -Leg 1 100 64.03'/67' 8/04/01 Open 20" -Leg 2 100 4th/17 58.09'/69' 4/28/02 Open 20" -Leg 3 95 59.41'/71' OA
4/19/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 100 3rd/19 52.96'/64' 6/14/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 2nd/21 55.03'/66' 8/02/02 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 53.19'/62' AX 8/03/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 4 100 2nd/24 56.12'/64'
4/14/01 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 93 2nd/3 41.53'/34' 4/29/01 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/9 30.90'/49' 9/23/01 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 100 3rd/6 27.90'/33' NAJ
2/16/02 Open 20" -Leg 1 100 2nd/11 30.26'/35' 2/17/02 Open 20" -Leg 2 95 35.41'/39' 2/18/02 Open 20" -Leg 3 95 1st/9 33.33'/37' OAJ
10/26/02 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 100 2nd/12 36.05'/45' 1/26/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 3rd/17 33.57'/41' 8/02/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 2nd/24 36.99'/46' AXJ 9/13/03 Excellent A 20"-Leg 4 100 3rd/10 33.15'/41'
1/13/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 66 25.64'/32' 1/14/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 57 36.68'/32' 3/10/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 62 22.50'/32' 61.7 NF
2/15/08 Open 20"-Leg 1 67 3rd/16 29.78'/32' 2/16/08 Open 20"-Leg 2 60 38.39'/32' 10/27/08 Open 20"-Leg 3 71 1st/8 36.36'/32' 66.0 OF
2/16/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 1 100 47.81'/58' QQ CPs-10 4/24/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 2 100 53.63'/58' QQ CPs- 4 4/30/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 3 100 51.97'/66' QQ CPs-14 8/06/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 4 100 51.64'/66' CPs-14 8/07/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 5 100 49.10'/68' CPs-18 10/21/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 6 100 46.18'/61' QQ CPs-14 4/15/06 Excellent B 20" Leg 7 100 50.13'/63' QQ CPs-12 4/16/06 Excellent B 20" Leg 8 100 51.40'/68' CPs-16 1/14/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 9 100 48.88'/60' CPs-11 3.85 10/12/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 10 100 51.59'/64' QQ CPs-12 3.95 MX
11/10/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 11 100 43.73'/60' CPs-16 4.39 10/11/08 Excellent B 20" Leg 12 100 58.35'/62' CPs- 3 3.30
1/24/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 1 100 38.69'/41' CPs- 2 2/15/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 2 100 32.60'/39' CPs- 6 2/16/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 3 100 34.50'/42' QQ CPs- 7 3/13/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 4 100 32.52'/37' CPs- 4 4/16/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 5 100 37.38'/44' CPs- 6 4/24/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 6 100 4th/26 32.16'/38' QQ CPs- 5 11/27/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 7 100 34.42'/43' CPs- 8 12/04/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 8 100 34.86'/43' CPs- 8 12/05/04 Excellent B 20" Leg 9 100 30.73'/39' CPs- 8 2/21/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 10 100 34.33'/42' CPs- 7 MXJ
3/11/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 11 100 29.45'/37' CPs- 7 4/17/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 12 100 32.92'/42' CPs- 9 4/30/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 13 100 35.63'/42' QQ CPs- 6 10/08/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 14 100 32.35'/45' CPs-12 10/21/05 Excellent B 20" Leg 15 100 33.32'/39' QQ CPs- 5 4/15/06 Excellent B 20" Leg 16 100 30.81'/40' QQ CPs- 9 11/12/06 Excellent B 20" Leg 17 100 3rd/51 29.65'/40' CPs-10 2/18/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 18 100 38.12'/47' CPs- 8 4.67 2/19/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 19 100 36.04'/43' CPs- 6 4.52 3/10/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 20 100 32.76'/41' CPs- 8 4.67
6/08/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 21 100 31.83'/40' CPs- 8 4.68 6/10/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 22 100 34.35'/42' CPs- 7 4.57 9/29/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 23 100 33.91'/39' CPs- 5 4.36 10/12/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 24 100 33.60'/44' QQ CPs-10 4.88 10/13/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 25 100 31.04'/41' CPs- 9 4.93 MJB 10/14/07 Excellent B 20" Leg 26 100 34.45'/46' CPs-11 5.02 2/17/08 Excellent B 20" Leg 27 100 35.81'/43' CPs- 7 4.50 2/18/08 Excellent B 20" Leg 28 100 36.23'/41' CPs- 4 4.22 9/27/08 Excellent B 20" Leg 29 100 37.48'/39' CPs- 1 3.87
1/24/04 CPs- 2 2/15/04 CPs- 6 2/16/04 CPs- 17 QQ 3/13/04 CPs- 4 4/16/04 CPs- 6 4/24/04 CPs- 9 QQ 11/27/04 CPs- 8 12/04/04 CPs- 8 12/05/04 CPs- 8 2/21/05 CPs- 7 3/11/05 CPs- 7 4/17/05 CPs- 9 4/30/05 CPs- 20 QQ 8/06/05 CPs- 14 8/07/05 CPs- 18 10/08/05 CPs- 12 10/21/05 CPs- 19 QQ 4/15/06 CPs- 21 QQ 4/16/06 CPs- 16 11/12/06 CPs- 10 1/14/07 CPs- 11 2/18/07 CPs- 8 2/19/07 CPs- 6 3/10/07 CPs- 8 6/08/07 CPs- 8 6/10/07 CPs- 7 9/29/07 CPs- 5 10/12/07 CPs- 22 QQ 10/13/07 CPs- 9 10/14/07 CPs- 11 11/10/07 CPs- 16 2/17/08 CPs- 7 2/18/08 CPs- 4 9/27/08 CPs- 1 10/11/08 CPs- 3
Total CPs-348 QQs-6
6/13/09 Novice P 16"-leg 1 100 1st/3 45.88'/68' 3.18
6/14/09 Novice P 16"-leg 1 95 1st/3 28.83'/41' 3.71 7/18/09 Novice P 16"-leg 2 100 2nd/8 25.58'/41' 4.18 7/19/09 Novice P 16"-leg 3 100 3rd/5 25.10'/38' 3.98 NJP
6/13/09 Novice P 16"-leg 1 67 4th/5 31.40'/35' 6/14/09 Novice P 16"-leg 2 70 1st/4 32.18'/35'
8/21/04 Novice Regular 20+ -10 2nd/11 34.12'/_ 8/22/04 Novice Regular 20+ -10 2nd/10 36.13'/54.18' 8/22/04 Novice Regular 20+ -10 1st/11 34.93'/56.81' NAC Front Range Agility Team
12/03/05 Open Regular 20+ -05 12/04/05 Open Regular 20+ -10 5/07/06 Open Regular 20+ -10 5/07/06 Open Regular 20+ -10 OAC Front Range Agility Team
12/02/07 Elite Regular 20+ -10 77.83
5/09/04 Novice Jumpers 20+ Leg 1 5/23/04 Novice Jumpers 20+ Leg 2 1st/? 22.37'/33.30' NJC AC of Central Wyoming 8/22/04 Novice Jumpers 20+ Leg 3 1st/15 18.80'/_ 8/02/05 Novice Jumpers 20+ Leg 4 - Adjustment
12/03/05 Open Jumpers 20+ Leg 1 5/07/06 Open Jumpers 20+ Leg 2 10/20/07 Open Jumpers 20+ Leg 3 OJC Mountain Dog Sports 10/21/07 Open Jumpers 20+ Leg 4
12/01/07 Elite Jumpers 20+ Leg 1 80.73
5/08/04 Novice Gamblers 20+ Leg 1 5/23/04 Novice Gamblers 20+ Leg 2 2nd/? 50 points NCC AC of Central Wyoming 8/02/05 Novice Gamblers 20+ Leg 3 - Adjustment
12/04/05 Open Chances 20+ Leg 1
5/08/04 Novice Tunnelers 20+ Leg 1 5/09/04 Novice Tunnelers 20+ Leg 2 5/22/04 Novice Tunnelers 20+ Leg 3 3rd/? 21.78'/27.50' TN-N AC of Central Wyoming
8/21/04 Open Tunnelers 20+ Leg 1 2nd/7 30.50'/_ 12/03/05 Open Tunnelers 20+ Leg 2 5/06/06 Open Tunnelers 20+ Leg 3 TN-O Front Range Agility Team 5/06/06 Open Tunnelers 20+ Leg 4
12/02/06 Elite Tunnelers 20+ Leg 1 75.68 10/21/07 Elite Tunnelers 20+ Leg 2-S 79.93
5/08/04 Novice Touch N Go 20+ Leg 1 5/09/04 Novice Touch N Go 20+ Leg 2 10/20/07 Novice Touch N Go 20+ Leg 3 TG-N Mountain Dog Sports/Novice Versatility
12/04/05 Novice Weavers 20+ Leg 1 5/07/06 Novice Weavers 20+ Leg 2 5/07/06 Novice Weavers 20+ Leg 3 WV-N Front Range Agility Team
5/05/07 Open Weavers 20+ Leg 1 5/05/07 Open Weavers 20+ Leg 2 12/01/07 Open Weavers 20+ Leg 3 WV-O Front Range Agility Club Dec-07
10/21/07 Novice Hoopers 20+ Leg 1
8/22/04 70th NAC 5/23/04 72nd NJC 5/23/04 46th NGC 5/22/04 18th TN-N 5/07/06 17th WV-N 10/20/07 27th TG-N Novice Versatility Award
5/07/06 47th OAC 10/20/07 63rd OJC 5/06/06 22nd TN-O 12/01/07 13th WV-O
4/09/05 Performance I Standard 22"-Leg 1 1st/
In a message dated 7/18/04 7:36:43 AM, beardie123@aol.com writes: She ran her first ever AGI courses last Saturday and her times were: 7/17/04 Q score=186, time 39.56 7/17/04 Q score=200, time 32.16 1st place She is a fast learner.
<< I loved the posts from Sarah and Maggie about their 'experiences.' Of course I forgot to write down all of our times, etc., but I will never forget our first UKC trial and the fun we had. Kailey and Mindy both did amazingly well on equipment they had never seen before - until their crazy human took them to a UKC trial yesterday. I said "tunnel - IN!" for that hoop tunnel, and they both went through! I said "tunnel - IN!" for the crawl tunnel, and Kailey said OK, Mom and went right under and through. Mindy looked in and decided it was way too scary. Maybe next time. The sway bridge and planks were strange, but they did them for me. The sit-jump-sit thingee was on again off again - no pun intended. (Did I mention we ran in both AGI and AGII? On equipment never seen by me or the dogs? I do like a challenge.) I was sitting outside eating lunch, when a nice couple came up and said they had tears in their eyes while they were watching Mindy, my brown girl, run. They thought it was the most beautiful thing they had seen. OK, I thought. She's so fast and adorable, who cares if she still believes that yellow is poison AND burning hot at all trials and must be avoided at all costs? Then we had our Kailey moment. My dependable girl who did everything I asked for had a qualifying run going in the intermediate course with three obstacles left: the sway plank and 2 jumps. She had run across the sway plank perfectly on all her other runs, but this time decided she'd had enough of these things that move under her feet! She jumped clear over it. I said whoa, took her back and she cleared it again. Back she went, but stopped just on the other side. I was trying to urge her further back so she had a better line of entrance, when she turned her back to me, deftly walked across the plank and sped to the other two jumps with me 'directing' from behind. The crowd went wild!! We may not always be perfect, but we are definitely crowd pleasers. And what fun we had!
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