Well, Kili held off just long enough to sneak this trial in. I'm really glad I decided to go.
We had 4 runs. Saturday was Starters Standard and Steeplechase. Sunday was Starters Standard and Jumpers.
I only have the Steeplechase and Jumpers on video. I am SO mad that I don't have Sunday's Standard run because she was AMAZING. She was focused, fast and didn't make a single mistake. She even got the 12 weave poles which was a bonus because she's never seen more than 6 before this trial. That was the only run where she didn't get distracted at all or do any zooming. However, that said, I was still absolutely thrilled as this was a really tough environment. It had 3 strikes against it: completely novel, trial atmosphere/other dogs/people in the ring, and it was an equestrian facility (yay fun smells!). I expected a lot more distraction and running away than I got. Honestly, the only times she started sniffing or zooming was when we made a mistake. Generally, as long as the flow wasn't disrupted she was right there with me (except at the end of that Jumpers... but come on, that jump was RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PERSON! Clearly that means that person needs to be visited. lol). And most of the errors were obviously handling errors or poor choices (note to self: cannot beat the dog out of the tunnel with a blind cross... just plan to do a rear cross).
I mean seriously... she is FLYING in that last section of the Jumpers course. She only takes one step between the second to last and last jumps. And I'm tickled pink with all the lovely comments I got about her. She really is going to be a great agility dog once we finish training those last few obstacles and work out the kinks.
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We had 4 runs. Saturday was Starters Standard and Steeplechase. Sunday was Starters Standard and Jumpers.
I only have the Steeplechase and Jumpers on video. I am SO mad that I don't have Sunday's Standard run because she was AMAZING. She was focused, fast and didn't make a single mistake. She even got the 12 weave poles which was a bonus because she's never seen more than 6 before this trial. That was the only run where she didn't get distracted at all or do any zooming. However, that said, I was still absolutely thrilled as this was a really tough environment. It had 3 strikes against it: completely novel, trial atmosphere/other dogs/people in the ring, and it was an equestrian facility (yay fun smells!). I expected a lot more distraction and running away than I got. Honestly, the only times she started sniffing or zooming was when we made a mistake. Generally, as long as the flow wasn't disrupted she was right there with me (except at the end of that Jumpers... but come on, that jump was RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PERSON! Clearly that means that person needs to be visited. lol). And most of the errors were obviously handling errors or poor choices (note to self: cannot beat the dog out of the tunnel with a blind cross... just plan to do a rear cross).
I mean seriously... she is FLYING in that last section of the Jumpers course. She only takes one step between the second to last and last jumps. And I'm tickled pink with all the lovely comments I got about her. She really is going to be a great agility dog once we finish training those last few obstacles and work out the kinks.
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