Sunday was just a little bit cooler, and was a great
day to run!  I still wasn't sure whether Saturday
had been a fluke or not, so I was prepared for
things to go either way for us.  Dillon went out and
proved to me that he could do it consistently once
again!  In the first trial, he scored a 200 & First
Place in AGII, but NQ'd his first AGI run.  In the
second trial, once again he scored 200 & First
Place in AGII, and a 197 & Third Place in AGI.

With it all said and done, Dillon is now the proud
owner of his very own AGI & AGII UKC titles.  All
this was done in one weekend!  I am so very
proud of the boy!!!
All photos on this page are used with
permission and are owned by Nan Henderson.
October 2005
Even though Dillon & I have been training for well over a year, I really
wasn't sure that we were quite ready for competition.  However, the UKC
trials only come once a year at Autumn Winds in NC, so I felt like we
needed to give it a try.  My trainer, Jan Santel, kept telling me that he was
ready.  My biggest fear was that perhaps I wasn't.  I went ahead and
entered him in all four trials in AGIA & AGIIA, for a total of 4 runs each
day on October 15 & 16, 2005.  
Our first run on Saturday was in AGII.  Not
knowing how he would react with the crowd around,
I was a little apprehensive at the start of the run.  
I shouldn't have been.  Once I asked him if he was
ready, Dillon took off like a shot.  With the
exception of popping out of the weave poles, he
nailed every obstacle.  His final score was 195
which earned him Second Place in AGII in his class.  
His AGI run was spotless with a First Place and a
score of 200!  During the afternoon trial, Dillon
NQ'd his AGII run, but scored a 200 and secured
First Place in AGI again.
Dillon's First UKC Trial