Merry Christmas to everyone! Have a Safe and Happy Holiday season!
Monday 23 December 2013
Merry Christmas
the craziness of December grooming is over and I am enjoying time off with my 6 girls.
Sunday 15 December 2013
2 X 4 trial
It has been a crazy work week and I finally have a few moments to sit down and write about last weekend.
Lexi and Ava
This was my first weekend not running Ava so she was a little worried heading out with Lexi every course without me. They did a lot of good things.
In Lexi's Advance Jumpers run they executed a flawless blind cross. I was a pretty proud Mom. The judge came off the course after Lexi ran to compliment her on a beautiful blind cross. I was excited to see her pick up things from the seminar a few weeks ago.
In Standard they had a few bobbles here and there, but they did get a Q in one of the runs. They are now one away from Lexi's Advance Jr Handler title. I think once they get that Ava will play a bit in snooker and jumpers but will be pretty much retired.
Blossom
Oh my little rat!!!! She no longer wants to play agility with me :o( She kept running off the course to find Lexi, so I let Lexi run her as a regular handler and she stayed on course and ran fantastic for Lexi. So Lexi has a new dog. I won't force Blossom to play with me and she is so happy and has fun with Lexi, and they will do well together.
Storm
OMG!!!! The switch has been flipped!!! What a dog! The seminar with Stephan changed our relationship so much. I wasn't nervous I wasn't frantic and she was a rockstar!
Jumpers- I wanted this one for her games title. But I messed her up, I front crossed where I should have blind crossed and sent her to wide for a jump. Oh well, it was a nice run, no barking, fast and flowed well.
Gamble- what a good girl! nailed her dog walk contact at a distance (I forgot to release her from it and took off to the other side of the arena and noticed I was missing a dog still waiting like a good girl on her contact) then she went out to the weaves at 15ft in the gamble, she missed her entrance, but she went out, I was so proud of her!
Standard- SHE GOT HER ADC!!! Three clean standard runs in a row!!! All beautiful, fast, quiet runs! Nailed her contacts, nailed her weaves, was just an awesome dog. I wanted to cry. It felt so good to run her for the first time. I am so proud of this little girl, she is just so much fun! Then we ran one more standard as starters because we couldn't move up yet. WHAT A GOOF!!! There was a snow pile in the back of the barn and she decided she could go play in it :0) She gave everyone a good giggle.
Snooker- OI!!!! Let me tell you that dog made me work! I set her up a beautiful path with 2 aframes because it is her favorite, well nope she kept changing my course making me replan everything! Then on a straight away to go finish the little bugger took me out at the knees!!! I was face first in the dirt, everyone had a great laugh. But we finished the course and Q'd!!!
I am pretty excited to just have Storm to run and put my time into her. We have a great bond and she has a lot of potential to be a pretty amazing dog. It was nice to get so many compliments on her over the weekend, we have worked hard and it finally feels so good!
It was a great weekend. I love the 2 by 4 trial. It is a nice weekend away in December to break up my crazy work schedule.
Lexi and Ava
This was my first weekend not running Ava so she was a little worried heading out with Lexi every course without me. They did a lot of good things.
In Lexi's Advance Jumpers run they executed a flawless blind cross. I was a pretty proud Mom. The judge came off the course after Lexi ran to compliment her on a beautiful blind cross. I was excited to see her pick up things from the seminar a few weeks ago.
In Standard they had a few bobbles here and there, but they did get a Q in one of the runs. They are now one away from Lexi's Advance Jr Handler title. I think once they get that Ava will play a bit in snooker and jumpers but will be pretty much retired.
Blossom
Oh my little rat!!!! She no longer wants to play agility with me :o( She kept running off the course to find Lexi, so I let Lexi run her as a regular handler and she stayed on course and ran fantastic for Lexi. So Lexi has a new dog. I won't force Blossom to play with me and she is so happy and has fun with Lexi, and they will do well together.
Storm
OMG!!!! The switch has been flipped!!! What a dog! The seminar with Stephan changed our relationship so much. I wasn't nervous I wasn't frantic and she was a rockstar!
Jumpers- I wanted this one for her games title. But I messed her up, I front crossed where I should have blind crossed and sent her to wide for a jump. Oh well, it was a nice run, no barking, fast and flowed well.
Gamble- what a good girl! nailed her dog walk contact at a distance (I forgot to release her from it and took off to the other side of the arena and noticed I was missing a dog still waiting like a good girl on her contact) then she went out to the weaves at 15ft in the gamble, she missed her entrance, but she went out, I was so proud of her!
Standard- SHE GOT HER ADC!!! Three clean standard runs in a row!!! All beautiful, fast, quiet runs! Nailed her contacts, nailed her weaves, was just an awesome dog. I wanted to cry. It felt so good to run her for the first time. I am so proud of this little girl, she is just so much fun! Then we ran one more standard as starters because we couldn't move up yet. WHAT A GOOF!!! There was a snow pile in the back of the barn and she decided she could go play in it :0) She gave everyone a good giggle.
Snooker- OI!!!! Let me tell you that dog made me work! I set her up a beautiful path with 2 aframes because it is her favorite, well nope she kept changing my course making me replan everything! Then on a straight away to go finish the little bugger took me out at the knees!!! I was face first in the dirt, everyone had a great laugh. But we finished the course and Q'd!!!
I am pretty excited to just have Storm to run and put my time into her. We have a great bond and she has a lot of potential to be a pretty amazing dog. It was nice to get so many compliments on her over the weekend, we have worked hard and it finally feels so good!
It was a great weekend. I love the 2 by 4 trial. It is a nice weekend away in December to break up my crazy work schedule.
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