Compared to earning our RAE at the big AKC show in the Long Beach Convention Center (with a “new title” photo taken by a professional photographer and all that jazz) it was a bit anticlimactic, but I’m so very proud of our accomplishment. This was a small trial, plus we were out of town for the weekend for my husband’s birthday and looking forward to breakfast at our favorite place, so no fancy picture taking. 😉 While the average of all 20 scores for the 10 double qualifiers only went up a tiny bit from 87.95 to 88.4 compared to the first 10 legs of our RAE, our overall scores improved quite a bit: