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Dog Agility

Sunday, September 11, 2011

More Than Horses: Dog Agility Trials A Crowd Pleaser

Canine Companions of Hamilton held its agility trials at the Putnam Boston Equestrian Classic on Saturday to the delight of onlookers and participants.

It was a dog’s ideal late summer day at the Putnam Boston Equestrian Classic’s Jet Blue Family day for an agility competition for dogs of all ages and sizes. The competition was one of the many non-horse related activities on Saturday, during day three of the jumping event at Myopia Hunt Club's Schooling fields in Hamilton. Participants were prepped and ready to run the course including tunnels, A-frames and hoops. One entrant, in particular, did not sweat the obstacles and found even the most challenging ones a breeze even though he has been deaf since birth. Sebastian, an 8-year-old Sata rescued from Puerto Rico, was lovingly adopted by his owner Jada Veator at three-months-old. Veator, who worked at a YMCA camp for children with …

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