Little Jojo the poodle cross placed second at a national championship, despite injuring himself a day before the three-day competition.
Elizabeth Dung’s 10-year-old cockerpoo competed at the Agility Association of Canada’s national competition, held at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium last weekend, where participants ran through a series of different obstacles in a timed event involving jumping through tires, and running through tunnels, on planks and across see-saws.
“I was very, very surprised,” Dung said about the win. “When Jojo injured himself, I was like, ‘oh crap,’ he was doing so well.”
Jojo injured himself after landing funny from jumping off a log, during a walk in Burnaby’s Central Park.
“But on Friday (one day after Jojo’s minor injury), he seemed much better and kept going. He’ll stop if he doesn’t want to do something, so I decided to stay,” said Dung.
On Friday and Saturday, Jojo placed in the bottom top 10, causing Dung to think Jojo, who has won three BC/Yukon Dog Agility Regional Championships, would probably place eighth in the veteran, six-inch category. But after three days of competition, Jojo’s final score took him almost to the top.
More than 500 dogs competed at the competition in Burnaby, attracting participants from throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.
