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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

New Year Resolutions / Goals & AKC Rule Changes

Happy New Year!  Hope you are enjoying a great start to 2013!

So far, I bought new (healthy!) food and have my breakfast and lunch packed for work tomorrow.  The dogs have a food dehydrator in the mail (thanks, Amazon!) and will feast on homemade treats this year.  One of my resolutions goals is to eat healthier.  (Resolutions never work out, so let's call them goals instead.)

We are keeping busy with several trials in the next couple of months, so training will be at the top of our to do list as well.

As of today, there are a couple of changes to note in AKC agility.  One change is the name of the Excellent B classes - they are now known as Masters classes.   Additionally, as of today, AKC allows lateral moves from regular agility classes to preferred.  This means, if your dog is running in Masters in regular classes, you can now do a one time move to Masters preferred, without having to start over at the Novice level.  The points and Q's don't move over and moves from Preferred to Regular are not allowed.

What are your resolutions / goals for yourself and your dogs?