Whew, talk about a windy weekend!!!
It was just Rumor this weekend. He had some good moments, but it was definitely noticeable that we haven't trained much lately. Ooops.
Sat: Our FAST class started with not holding an a-frame, so I did more training than anything else. Rumor got the send, but I ended up pulling (which I shouldn't have done b/c I think we Qed) because he just wasn't working with me. Rumor's Std course had some mistakes made by me and some by him... We started well, but I pulled off a panel (twice! grrr) so he pulled off it twice too... that was definitely my fault. His a-frame was gorgeous... his teeter and dogwalk... not so much. He released himself on the teeter and he just launched off the dogwalk! Naughty boy. His 1st Open JWW run was pretty respectable. We definitely worked better together as a team.
Sun: Our FAST class was so windy I didn't want to put Rumor on any contacts. It was an easy send that we got a refusal on so we just did some jumps and left. Oh well. I pulled him from Open JWW b/c it was so windy at that point it wasn't even worth running. Rumor's Std run didn't last all that long... little man got pulled again. He wasn't staying (I should have pulled him) at the start and then he launched off the dogwalk again. That was the end of his run... stinker.
I think it's time I make sure to put some effort in and actually train -- so, I will probably go to class twice this week... both boys could use it.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Dock Dog Nationals!
We had an awesome weekend in Richfield, WI at Dock Dog Nationals. The weather was amazing and we totally lucked out that it was high 70s all weekend. Whew! I was concerned Rumor wouldn't jump again once he hit cold water. I was going to pull Rumz, but then I figured since I was there with Dylan... I might as well.
Dylan had fun and played around in the water. Nothing spectacular out of him, but he doesn't know that and he just loves the game.
Rumor had a new personal best on Saturday of 19' 11"!!! I was very shocked to find out that kept him in the top 8 (7th seed) so he made it into the Senior Division Finals for Sunday. He didn't jump quite as well in the Finals, but I was still thrilled that out of 94 dogs in the Senior division, Rumor was 8th :) What a good boy.
Andy/Fergus and Kevin/Ollie both did nicely in the Masters division. Ollie was 2nd seed in the Finals and finished 2nd place in Masters. Sadly, I never got to see Kim/Murphy jump, but I did see Katie/Ryder, Katie/Fergus, Mary Beth/Frankie and Jan/Gina -- everyone did great! The Rupps (as always) had a great showing... Abby and Alex both did well in Iron Dog and Remi ripped it up with a 1st in Novice, 2nd in Junior and 2nd (I think) in Cadet EV.
Lisa flew in town for Nationals (without Tractor who has an ear infection) so it was great that she got to hang out for the weekend too!
Dylan had fun and played around in the water. Nothing spectacular out of him, but he doesn't know that and he just loves the game.
Rumor had a new personal best on Saturday of 19' 11"!!! I was very shocked to find out that kept him in the top 8 (7th seed) so he made it into the Senior Division Finals for Sunday. He didn't jump quite as well in the Finals, but I was still thrilled that out of 94 dogs in the Senior division, Rumor was 8th :) What a good boy.
Andy/Fergus and Kevin/Ollie both did nicely in the Masters division. Ollie was 2nd seed in the Finals and finished 2nd place in Masters. Sadly, I never got to see Kim/Murphy jump, but I did see Katie/Ryder, Katie/Fergus, Mary Beth/Frankie and Jan/Gina -- everyone did great! The Rupps (as always) had a great showing... Abby and Alex both did well in Iron Dog and Remi ripped it up with a 1st in Novice, 2nd in Junior and 2nd (I think) in Cadet EV.
Lisa flew in town for Nationals (without Tractor who has an ear infection) so it was great that she got to hang out for the weekend too!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Manhattan, IL - AKC Agility
It definitely felt like Fall this weekend at the Manhattan trial. Both of the boys had some nice runs and some not-so-nice runs.
Dylan: On Saturday D got the FAST send, but we weren't very efficient getting points so we didn't get a Q in FAST. His Std run was beautiful all except for that darn A-Frame... the yellow just scares him so much. He *did* get his 2nd Exc A JWW leg and I was very surprised b.c. he normally doesn't run well at all outside. But, he had a nice run and I think the cool weather helped out a lot. Sunday wasn't quite as nice. D just wasn't feeling it so we just went in and had fun... he got to do a lot of hanging out and still enjoyed himself.
Rumor: Rumz got a 2nd in Novice FAST. He was a good kid and the send was very nice for the baby dogs. His Std run was ok, but his contacts weren't as solid as I hoped. He knocked a couple bars in JWW on Saturday, which was very unlike him, but the run was fun and happy. On Sunday Rumor had a hard time with FAST. I think I got really out of sorts once he launced off the A-Frame... that is not ok! His Std run had a very marginal A-Frame, but he had a beautiful start line... his teeter was gorgeous and he didn't hold his 2o/2o for the dogwalk, but he knew it and stopped right on the ground afterwards. Rumor got a Q in JWW to finish his Novice title! He was a good kid. I think he was the first one in his litter to do that... I'm sure that will be his last "first of the litter", but I'm ok with that :)
Now we have a couple weeks off of agility...
Dylan: On Saturday D got the FAST send, but we weren't very efficient getting points so we didn't get a Q in FAST. His Std run was beautiful all except for that darn A-Frame... the yellow just scares him so much. He *did* get his 2nd Exc A JWW leg and I was very surprised b.c. he normally doesn't run well at all outside. But, he had a nice run and I think the cool weather helped out a lot. Sunday wasn't quite as nice. D just wasn't feeling it so we just went in and had fun... he got to do a lot of hanging out and still enjoyed himself.
Rumor: Rumz got a 2nd in Novice FAST. He was a good kid and the send was very nice for the baby dogs. His Std run was ok, but his contacts weren't as solid as I hoped. He knocked a couple bars in JWW on Saturday, which was very unlike him, but the run was fun and happy. On Sunday Rumor had a hard time with FAST. I think I got really out of sorts once he launced off the A-Frame... that is not ok! His Std run had a very marginal A-Frame, but he had a beautiful start line... his teeter was gorgeous and he didn't hold his 2o/2o for the dogwalk, but he knew it and stopped right on the ground afterwards. Rumor got a Q in JWW to finish his Novice title! He was a good kid. I think he was the first one in his litter to do that... I'm sure that will be his last "first of the litter", but I'm ok with that :)
Now we have a couple weeks off of agility...
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