GOOD Things That Take You By Surprise

SUMMARY: USDAA Top Ten browsing

So I was looking for some old info on Jake. Couldn't find it but did start browsing through last year's and this year's USDAA top ten standings looking for names in my agility club (of which there are many). I understand that this year is only posted through mid-February so far, and things can and will change dramatically, but my jaw just about dropped through my keyboard when I saw this:

Points	Owner	Dog	Breed
19	Chandler, Carlene	Brenn	Border Collie
15	Pinder, Jennifer	Soda	Border Collie
14	Mah, Stuart	Qwik	Border Collie
13	Eizember, Joleen A.	Scorch	Border Collie
11	Chadwick, Tania	Kidd	Border Collie
10	Hofner, Gina	Riley	Belgian Tervuren
9	Brown, Gerry	Sterling	Border Collie
9	Armstrong, Elizabeth	Riggs	Border Collie
9	Finch, Ellen Levy	Tika	All-Breed
8	Garrett, Susan	Encore	Border Collie
8	Mayo, Martin	Fletch	Border Collie
7	Stover, Derrell	Envy	Border Collie
7	Topham, Kathy	Catcher	Border Collie
7	Hynes, Ken	Django	Border Collie
7	Elkins, Laura	Keegan	Border Collie
7	Yang, Frank	The Flash	Border Collie
7	Croft, Ann	Trigger	Border Collie
7	Lytle, Mindy	Switch	Border Collie
6	Whittenberg, Cherie	Detour	Border Collie
5	Richards, Pamela	Cappuccino	Australian Shepherd
5	Marshall, Kathy	Rylie	Border Collie
5	Cone, Tina	Toby	Border Collie
5	Gersman, Alan	Mr. Wriggles	Border Collie
5	Faulkner, Jody	Twist	Australian Shepherd
5	Michalski, Robert	Hobbes	Border Collie

Tika's tied for 7th place! OMG! I am saving this page for sure, as we'll never see this again! But this sure gave me a much-needed boost. Well, we got lucky on some gambles recently. And I don't think I'll be competing in enough competitions to catch up to 1st place, currently held by...ta da...our partner from Scottsdale last year and again for Team this year, Carlene and Brenn. At least we know that our team should have Gamblers wrapped up. :-)

Other club members are Tania and Kidd, Pam and Cap, Rob and Hobbes; others whom we often see competing locally are Ken Hynes and Ann Croft.

But, you know, in some ways I wish I hadn't seen this--just think about how my brain has left me completely time after time when I was trying to get that much-needed Super-Q. Now if I start thinking "I could be in the top ten!", I'm doomed! I need some antimemory drugs now--

But meanwhile, what fun!

(Oh, yeah, and look at that "all-breed" amongst all those BCs! Yeah!)

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OK, I looked it up in my database--those 9 points are all from ONE gamblers run, the one where we took 1st place last month. So, yeah, our standings can change dramatically as other dogs start warming up in competition this year. Last year's #1 26" dog had 101 points!