The Pood Tackles Singapore Agility

The Pood is already eyeing her first USDAA trial in Singapore, coming up in just two weeks on September 12. It will be held at West Coast Park and is the 6th USDAA trial in the country. In preparation, we attended a practice match at Ethans Pet Resort in Pasir Ris, where the PUPS Agility group meets.

We were made to feel very welcomed there. One of the members, Anderson, drove us to the practice location and we got in one warmup run before Carbon succumbed to the heat and humidity, the long winding car ride, and the excitement of being out of quarantine (I'm FRRREEEEEEE!), by repeatedly getting sick to her stomach. We tried two more runs but both times she left the course to pee/poo and then returned to her little corner to barf. Poor thing!! I had wondered why she seemed to be behaving VERY well (not really being too obnoxious to the other dogs, etc.) and sure enough, it was because she didn't feel good.

So my new agility buddies think I have a much friendlier and less capable dog than I actually have.

The fun thing is that if Carbon gets even one "Q" at the upcoming trial, she will be the top-rated USDAA poodle in Asia. That's because she appears to be the only poodle competing in Asia.

Here is her practice run. You can see that it is a very small course, and she found the distraction of the dogs tied to the fence irresistable!!