We'll start with baby P:
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His Open Jumpers run looks more like the Payton I am used to hahaha. THAT is my baby dog. The dog who's running around in all these other runs, I dunno who that is. Poor guy got popped in the face by a weave pole in jumpers and was quite startled, but I was very proud that I just pulled him back and he got it done instead of staying offended.
Overall very pleased with Payton. He needs more control, but that is something I've been noticing as we practice - as he's gotten more and more confident in various obstacles and sequences he's gotten faster and the control is slipping a bit. I have a whole host of things to work on with him this fall and winter, and hopefully he will be a really great dog come spring (and hopefully I'll suddenly come into money so I can trial him more often.) After Saturday he was getting a fan club. My heart was glowing with how many people thought he looked good and was coming along really great. One person even told me he looked every bit as good of a dog as the world team person's future world team dog. We are all very proud of him and excited for his future.
Even MORE exciting however is that on Saturday, Auggie's brother/Georgie's dad got his MACH2 and I was there to see this one! He had some really beautiful runs. I haven't seen him for a while since I haven't been trialing but I'm told he has been running really nicely lately, and he sure looked like it to me.
Suffice it to say I maybe overdid it a bit Saturday night when we all went out to celebrate Quigley's MACH2 and Payton's NAJ/first "double Q." My mom asked me Sunday morning as I downed some pepto bismol "Did you eat something you weren't supposed to?" Look, it was called "Chocolate Beyond All Reason," how was I supposed to NOT eat it? And that was after the two margaritas. And along with my glass of Rumchata on the rocks. And between cheesecakes... (In my defense I didn't eat anything else that entire day!!)
Next up BABY GEORGIE:
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My mom admitted to me she was disappointed Georgie didn't get any Qs but I don't see anything in her runs to be disappointed with. I am very proud and pleased with Georgie. She did a lot of things I knew were potential trouble spots for her debut... she did the tire instead of trying to go around/under it. She got on the rubberized contacts and stayed on them instead of being disturbed by the texture and bailing. She got her weaves. She didn't drop any bars. She did tunnels splendidly! And she even did the chute despite not wanting to go through it the first time. So many good things she did, I just can't find it in myself to be at all upset or disappointed in what she DIDN'T do. Even though she didn't ride the teeter all the way down and got an E for that. For a baby dog who has been mostly trained by somebody who has never actually done agility before, and who ONE WEEK ago didn't want to even go halfway up a teeter set all the way to the ground, I think she's a rock star.
So after the weekend, Payton brought home three blue ribbons, a new title, and has two standard legs. My mom has a host of stuff to work on with Georgie as well. Next trial is indoors in two weekends, then we get a break and then trial outdoors on dirt the next weekend. After that Georgie will be done, but I'm entering Payton one more time in November indoors before breaking for winter.