C-ATCH Bravo

Last Sunday, Bravo and I achieved the CPE Agility Title C-ATCH (CPE Agility Trial Championship). A little rundown on what it took to get here:

7 years of training

2 1/2 years of attending trials

39 trial days

4-5 classes each trial day

7 games (Standard, Colors, Wildcard, Snooker, Jackpot, FullHouse, Jumpers)

5 levels

120 qualifying scores required - 30 in Standard, 15 in each of the other 6 games

16 extra qualifying scores

I think it's interesting that we had 13 trial days in 2011, 13 in 2012, and 13 in 2013 (so far).

So what's next? Well, we continue training and attending trials. The next one is in about a month. We work on a second C-ATCH title. This means 10 more qualifying Standard runs, and 5 each of the other 6 games. The 16 extra scores will apply to that number. (You can accumulate an unlimited number of C-ATCH titles. The CPE website tells me one dog has achieved 16!) Hopefully, we will get into Nationals next June. Bravo loves competing, and we'll keep going as long as he's having fun.