It turns out that Storm received a qualifying score from last weekend’s hunt test and earned her first Master Pass.

As I explained in Monday’s post, my husband and I both worked the test.  It was super hot and we were exhausted by Sunday afternoon.  We did not stay for Master ribbons because there was no shade to park in and it was quite hot for Thunder.  Also, we needed to go home and unload the truck before picking up Freighter from his weekend with his sis.  We knew that Storm was probably on the bubble and we figured her trainer/handler could pick up the ribbon, if there was one, when he picked up the ribbons for the other dogs that he ran.

It turns out that our trainer was stuck at a lower stake until quite late and by the time he picked up ribbons, most people were already gone. He picked up the ribbons for the dogs that he ran and there wasn’t a ribbon for Storm.  OK, even though she completed the test, she did not receive a qualifying score.  No biggie.  She is capable of better work.

After the paperwork is finished, most clubs post the results (pass/fail) online.  When we checked to see how our some of our pals made out, we saw that Storm was listed as passing.  We contacted the hunt test secretary and sure enough, she passed!  Her ribbon was probably set aside in the shuffle, (not unheard of).

Hopefully we will be able to pick up her ribbon when we pick her up on Saturday and I will have a picture next week.  Thanks again to the Judges and to Darrin for not only handling her through all three series, but also to her first Master Pass.  Great job!

What a nice end of the week surprise and a memorable experience for our first time running Masters.  🙂  I appreciate all of your encouraging comments.  I am slowly feeling more peppy after last weekend.  I should finally have some free time this weekend to catch up on my blog reading and maybe reply to some comments.  That is my plan at least…