No pictures! Bad humans.
This course was nice and flat. It started out along a residential street-- bad choice. Cricket bites tires when she's excited... my apologies to the residents of the neighborhood, as most of your tires probably had white teeth marks after Cricket went through. No tires were popped in the running of this race, however.
At the start, a few children and their teacup-sized dogs were on the start line. Cricket actually leaped over one of the dogs in an attempt to be first through the gate!
Cricket and I were first in my age group, second females, and fourth place overall. Not too bad! She won a gift basket of doggie things for having helped me place first in my age group, which included some Zuke's greenies-style bones. Cricket immediately tried to bury them.
Afterward, there was a great pet fair, with lots of different animals, demos, and activities to try with your dog. Cricket tried agility for the first time! Every time our guide told us "most dogs don't take to ____ right away," Cricket zipped through or over the obstacle! Good dog. There were also several contests afterward, which were fun to watch: best trick, best kiss, and dog/human lookalike!
One last note: Auburn, Washington has breed-specific legislation as of the writing of this post (I did not know this at the time of the race. "Dangerous dogs" are defined under the city's code, section 6.01.010). Breed specific legislation is not effective, and it is not fair to responsible owners. (Sidenote: Argus Ranch for Dogs is technically outside Auburn city limits! Hooray!) To learn more about BSL and find out what you can do to help pibbles and other breeds, please visit Understand-a-Bull.
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