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Sava Sara Brakada, AKA Xsara was born on 06-27-2004. She was raised in Kennel Brakada spending the first two months of her life on beautiful countryside Gorenjska (Slovenia) with her siblings and parents. As soon as she came to Ljubljana we started a puppy class, followed by an obedience class. She passed her B-bh exam with 96 points (instructor Agility EO winner Polona Bonač). We now continue with Rally-Obedience under Polona's supervision. Our biggest passion however is Agility. We started our first Agility class in October 2005 (club Agility Ilirija, instructor Silvia Trkman, two times agility world champion). When Silvia stopped teaching agility classes, we switched to Daša Zakotnik. We regularly participate in Agility trials in Slovenia and sometimes abroad. Xsara also loves to learn new dog tricks, you can see some of them in our videos. Her other passions include long walks, big meals and playing with dogs, specially her pyr shep sister Tani, her crazy agility pals and her sister Sena.

Monday, April 20, 2009

More Trials

Xsara had two trials this weekend. On Saturday we had an agility trial in Gornja Radgona. I am very happy with how we did as we had two clean runs. Her contacts have improved a lot and she seems very happy to be back to competing and training. We were 5th, running after 3 pyr sheps and a poodle. We had a lovely day there, it was a lot of fun. Even though Gornja Radgona is far away and we had to wake up very early in the morning, it's one of my favorite trials.

On Sunday we had a Rally-Obedience trial. Unfortunately I cannot brag with great results there, as Xsara was sniffing a LOT. She worked perfectly outside the ring before and after our turn, but wasn't so willing to cooperate on course. We still scored 161/170 and were placed 4th, but I know we can do a lot better than that. I hope we will do better next time.
I haven't made any new tricks videos yet, but I have some beautiful pictures to share. Big thanks to Iztok Noč who took them!

Xsara:


Tani:


I have managed to make contacts with Tani's sisters. Little black girl Rayas is in Switzerland and she has a very nice webpage. The fawn-merle girl is now known as Razz and she lives in Spain. All three sisters will be agility dogs when they grow up.
Razz:

Rayas:

9 comments:

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Furry khool!

The pikhs show how much fun they were having!

Of khourse, they also show how khute they are too!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

Chris and Ricky said...

Awesome action shots of Xsara and Tani! Glad to know you're back to competing with Xsara! Shes definitely looks happy!

The Army of Four said...

There is NOTHING better than your action shots! Xsara and Tani look like they totally enjoy life!
Play bows,
Zim

manymuddypaws said...

great photos!!!! that Tani is super CUTE!!!

Achieve1dream said...

Way to go Xsara! A true Beagle always uses their sniffer! Although I do hope she does better at her next competition. It can be frustrating sometimes dealing with the nose.

i said...

Love the pictures! They look so happy!

Amber-Mae said...

Maybe there were lots of interesting treasures on the grass eh Xsara? I love those pictures of Tani running towards the camera! She looks soo joyful! Anyway, congrats on your 4th placing Xsara.

Smoochies,
Solid Gold Dancer

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