Ryker earns his RAE

Today Ryker earned the highest award given in AKC Rally Obedience ....... RAE (Rally Advanced Excellent)
Friday he earned 4th place in Excellent B and 1st place in Advanced B, points were 96 and 98.
Saturday was lots of fun. He tied in points and time for 3rd place with Laurie Hope's Sheltie, Dirk. We had a run-off and Dirk took 3rd and Ryker took 4th. Then in Advanced Ryker and a red Husky tied with 100 points for 1st place. The Husky's time was 2 seconds faster and Ryker got a very nice second place. I was very happy with his performance.
This was our 10th DQ. Ryker is going to be on sabbatical in Rally. Not sure when I will do Rally again. My plans are to finish Rylie in Rally Advanced and Excellent and Start Ryddick in Novice.

Chasing RAE

On Thursday I had Ryker entered in the Rally Trial in South Jordan. He did great. The PA came on full blast during both my Excellent and Advanced runs in the ring.
He did his usual bark over the jump and bouncing at me during heeling. We earned a 96 in Excellent 1st place and a 99 in Advanced 2nd place.
That is leg #4 .... 6 more to go.