1st place in freestyle - the beastie boy

[DJEtzel]

Wanted to share some photos that the owner of Patton's sire took of us this weekend! We competed in UpDog Freestyle at the UKC premier - all one division, against two men (with 5 different dogs, total). One regularly competes in pro division freestyle with his crew, and the other has been doing halftime shows for the colts and cowboys for years with Zeke the wonder dog. I was pretty amazed and excited that Patton and I took first place, and that I was the only female contender with the biggest dog.

In no particular order

A little control entering the field?

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

We do start all of our rounds with a sit pretty

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Low back over

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Flip

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Shuffle?

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Leg vault (ick)

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Through to left backhand

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

 

[DJEtzel]

Tracking the disc and collecting

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Spin

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Mr. Intensity

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Big hops

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Always with his hackles up...

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Retrieving our new disc

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

And a nice back vault to round it out!

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Attempting to schmooze the judges...

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

 

[DJEtzel]

My perfect boy

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Family photo (Patton, Nikon (sire), Legend (brother))

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

And of course he had to cool off after!

Patton UpDog Freestyle by DJetzel, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

 

[release the hounds]

I thought those with smaller dogs were crazy, no way i'm having my dog use me as a launching pad. You're nuts

 

[Southpaw]

Love these! Nice job on 1st place

 

[Jadex]

Stunning action shots! He is absolutely gorgeous! His structure is beautiful (I don't know anything about GSD structure though)

 

[DJEtzel]

Thanks guys. Haha and yes, I know... I am indeed insane.

 

[meepitsmeagan]

Such handsome. His coloring is really coming out and looking similar to Nikon now!

 

[DJEtzel]

Yeah he seems to be getting deeper color- super cool! He might end up like dad after all.

 

[amberdyan]

Congrats, Patton! That's awesome!

 

[Tortilla]

That is awesome! Congrats on first place. We have UpDog tomorrow but are not attempting freestyle, haha.

 

[Torch]

Awesome!!

He is truly striking. Exactly what I imagine when I think of a GSD.