AgileDobe

So it is finally starting to sink in, tomorrow Delta and I leave to head to the Agility Invitational at Eukanuba!!!!! Delta finished the year as the #2 Doberman in agility at the age of 9 years old! I am so excited to go, it has been a dream of mine for a long time and it is finally a reality. I am thankful that at over 9 years old Delta is still with me and able to compete at the top of her game. It will be a long drive, but it will be worth it

Here are several (a bunch) pictures of her from this fall! Enjoy!








































Two of my favorites, that just so happen to be of the two of us together...

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MACH7 Delta Duchess of Davenport CD RN MXC2 MJB3 MXF T2B TQX CGC - Delta
CH MACH3 Mandre's Grace Under Fire MXC MJB2 XF T2B - Grace
LH's Heart of a Dragon MX MXJ MJB - Draco
Dancing Star's Born To Prevail NAJ (major pointed) - Reva
U-CH Tri-Star's Avalon Sunset MX MXB MXJ MJB OF WAC ATT CGC VCX - Ava

Juneau Duchess of Davenport OA AXJ MXP3 MXPB MJP5 MJPS PAX - Juneau
11.22.1999 - 10.6.2009 - DCM/CHF

VZ-Doberman

THAT'S an agility dog. Heartfelt congrats to you and your partner.

WorkingDobie

Awesome! Good luck to both of you!

vivienne00

That is awesome - 9 yrs old and #2 in the country!! Good luck and do well!

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HarvestMoon

Fabulous pictures!! And huge congratulations on all you have accomplished together! Best of luck to you and Delta at the Invitational!!

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Jenny

Fantastic pictures! Good luck & Congrats on #2 and 9+ years ~ that's wonderful! She looks like she is smiling when she goes over the jumps

Safe travels!

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Jenny & Vader

Shelly

How Fantastic! Good Luck & have FUN!!!

Tollers-n-Dobes

That's awesome! Great pictures, too. And good luck!

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Cathy43

Congrats and good luck down there!

brw1982

She's headed to the Agility Invitational at 9 years old - there is no stopping her!!

Congratulations and good luck!!

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Old Drum's Crimson Crisp, "Fiona"
Old Drum's Fiery Rumors of Taliesin, "Tali"

dapple

Amazing! Congrats and good luck!

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dapple

ps. Curious where you got Delta from?

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LONGATE'S Tiger Lily. Call name Lily
BRUDA Catch A Rising Star. Call name Rudy
CARA'S Ranger of the North. Call Name Strider - March 6, 2005 - October 28, 2011 RIP

maggiemay

Congratulations on your accomplishments with Delta.
Great action shots.
I LOVE the last picture of the two of you.

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the_discowhore

Goooo Delta! What a great team you guys are!

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ellenm

Congrats and safe travels! Keep DT in the loop!

alwayshadpets

Yea! Looking forward to seeing you in Fl

eegreen

Fantastic photos and huge congrats!


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Jonesy'sMom

Amazing!
9 years old and loving Agility still!

Wishing you good luck!


Wishing all the dobes competing a great finish!
I think it would be awesome if Dobes sweep the 24" class

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Jynx

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rocketdoc

Beautiful girl...and 9...holy cow. Good luck. Cheering for all the dobies.

JariaPippin

What a beautiful and special girl you have! 9 years and still going strong, what an accomplishment. You should be so very proud. Best of luck to Delta!

dobe-girl

Great shots!

OldDrumDobes

Awesome!! That's so great to hear of such a successful older dog! Best of luck!


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Old Drum Dobermans

tomcat

Good luck to both of you!

AgileDobe

Thanks everyone for the well wishes!!!!

We got to Florida today, it was 1,600 mile trip from Minnesota to Orlando. We left MN at 3:30 in the morning on Wednesday. We drove 950 miles and ended up staying in Murfesburo (sp), TN. We left Tennessee at 8:00 this morning and drove the remainder of the way to Orlando. Delta was so excited to get to the hotel. Se emailed ran up to the door and tried to paw it open. When that didn't work she tried to get the bell-hop to open it for her

It was pretty funny, before I even got into the hotel to check in I had run into at least 3 close friends, and a whole bunch more once we were inside. We drive all the way across the country and end up seeing the same people!

Delta has also decided (and apparently several other dogs from MN) that the grass here is weird. It apparently feels funny to them, although I would think it would be better than the 16" of snow we have in MN.

Delta came from a well intention-ed, but not a very great breeder. Her breeder has a heart of gold, but is better off just keeping dogs as pets, which is what she is doing now- she has a couple rescues/rehomes. She has some show line dogs close up, but it's nothing spectacular.

I would love if all the Dobes could make the finals, but we can't. The invitational is unique in the fact that when it comes down to the final round only one dog of each breed is accepted. The top dozen or so in each height advance to the finals, but there can't be multiples of the same breed, if that makes sense.

Tomorrow is the warm-up day. We run Time 2 Beat in the afternoon, it will give me an idea of how she handles the footing, plus she will still be sleeping off the trip. She didn't sleep one bit of the way down. I will try and keep everyone updated as the weekend goes on.

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MACH7 Delta Duchess of Davenport CD RN MXC2 MJB3 MXF T2B TQX CGC - Delta
CH MACH3 Mandre's Grace Under Fire MXC MJB2 XF T2B - Grace
LH's Heart of a Dragon MX MXJ MJB - Draco
Dancing Star's Born To Prevail NAJ (major pointed) - Reva
U-CH Tri-Star's Avalon Sunset MX MXB MXJ MJB OF WAC ATT CGC VCX - Ava

Juneau Duchess of Davenport OA AXJ MXP3 MXPB MJP5 MJPS PAX - Juneau
11.22.1999 - 10.6.2009 - DCM/CHF

adhahn

Good luck! Thanks for sharing. Nice to see an active "senior" Dobermann.

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