A quick recap from the weekend - 6 decent runs, 5 silly mistakes. Teller ran well, got all of his contacts - but we just didn't hold it all together for a bag full of Q's this weekend. All is well, the courses as a whole were quite nice to run, Teller feels good physically (he got a massage on Friday and she said everything felt really good), he's running well...
In unrelated news Kipling is solidly in 'Nothing in Life is Free" mode for the next week or so...he's turned into an adolescent turd-head this week...manners? What manners? Oh yes Kippie, your world is about to change.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
From the Barn - February 9th 2012
No fancy sequences tonight - just some contact work for both boys and some weave work for Teller....Murphy (not to be left out) benefited from a solo walk tonight after my treadmill session (3.5 miles plus .75 miles).
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Tartan Gordon Setter Club - February 4-5, 2012
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| It's 4:50am and the yellows do not look particularly inspired to get out of bed to start the day...ah, boys? Boys? Ready? |
This afternoon, we came back with a smokin' JWW run to end the weekend! We'll take the QQ and 42 MACH points for the weekend and keep jiggin' on. We're now only 1 QQ and 89 points from qualifying for the 2013 AKC Nationals in Tulsa!
Oh and a P.S. - A friend of mine (who runs a black standard poodle) finished her MACH a couple of weeks ago - Ann and I (with the help of others too) arranged for a special celebratory cake. Here's the finished creation from Mama Cakes in Westfield, MA - How awesome is this cake???? Oh and it tasted JUST as good as it looked!
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| Pink poodle skirt cake for Debby and Ch MACH Lincoln! Cake Creation by Mama Cakes |
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Videos from the Barn - January 28th, 2012
With the busy day yesterday it took me a bit to get videos processed and uploaded.
Here's Teller working on his obedience:
And Kipling working on Figure-8's and speed circles:
Here's Teller working on his obedience:
And Kipling working on Figure-8's and speed circles:
Monday, January 16, 2012
Southern Adirondack Agility Club - January 14-16th, 2012
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| Kippie modeling his Baker Blanket |
We had to hit WalMart for long underwear, a hat and some new mittens. The result was that Saturday was pretty miserable, but Sunday and Monday weren't so bad! I generally work out of the van whenever possible and with a couple of strategic starts (and leaving the car running for a while), coats on the dogs and the sunshine, my boys were comfortable all weekend - I think my van was warmer than the trial building. All three days the dogs got out for some really nice long walks - a half an hour at a time a couple times a day - everyone got to stretch their legs, keep their muscles warm under their coats and they all got some extra cookies and work the crowds.
It ended up being a fantastic weekend for Teller. In short Teller was 5 for 6 for the weekend - three standard legs plus two JWW legs = 2 QQ's and 72 MACH points!
In long we had a bobble in our Saturday JWW runs - I drove too deep to a tunnel and ended up too far behind him to get an 'out' jump down another line. I hadn't intended to go that deep to the tunnel and I hadn't intended to be on that 'off' side after it. Oh well!
In related news, while Kipling was in the building - between classes - I took the opportunity to work him a little over the practice jump. Wait, recall over jump, rear cross left, rear cross right - distractions all around focus on the task, get chicken and lots of squeaky 'yays'!!! You can do a lot with one jump!
In related news I got to watch Kipling's mother and grandmother run this weekend - both Chyna and Carlie had great runs and a couple of Q's: Carlie finishing her OA and picking up her first AXJ leg. YAY mommy!
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Agility Club of New Hampshire - January 7-8, 2012
Happily we saw the shorter chute in JWW this morning and by the time we saw it again in standard we'd worked it out :-) We ended the weekend with a double Q and 36 points. Chip, chip chipping away at that MACH2 :-)
Friday, December 30, 2011
Kipling's barn session
Finally had another set of hands to tape Kippie's work tonight...People AND dog distractions in the arena tonight!
Weird iPhone resolution this afternoon (yes, it was light outside still), we really weren't training in the dark, but this video came out like we were training in a closet....note to self, don't use the iphone camera at the barn.
Weird iPhone resolution this afternoon (yes, it was light outside still), we really weren't training in the dark, but this video came out like we were training in a closet....note to self, don't use the iphone camera at the barn.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Agility Club of New Hampshire - December 17-18, 2011
Our last trial of the year, so we'd better make it worth our while eh?
Saturday we started with JWW - a clean run, not great speed in the poles, but that's OK - clean is clean and plus 12 points for that run. Standard was another clean run with nice contacts and fast weaves (for another QQ) and 20 points there.
Sunday JWW we had the #2 bar - a double - so I went into experimentation mode - pushed and didn't support a jump on a partial pinwheel - Teller came with me, I haven't reinforced push and gos enough obviously, Teller clearly thought he was supposed to move with me. It's all good - we were 18 seconds under standard course time which would have translated to 18 MACH points if we'd been clean. Sunday standard we redeemed ourselves with fast weaves, a great dogwalk contact (an a-frame contact that I wasn't so thrilled with - but he was in) and another 22 points.
So Teller finished the weekend with three for four: plus one QQ and plus 54 MACH points. Not bad for a weekend's work eh?
So we finished the year 2011 with a grand total of 22 double Q's and 827 MACH points (1047 points for breed standings = 10*QQ + MACH points) . I won't know for sure until all the year-end results are in, but I believe we'll absolutely finish in the top 50 for the breed for the calendar year (we were #40 back at the beginning of November and we've added 4 QQs and 300 points since then). Not too shabby for a couple of New England Hillbillies eh?
Saturday we started with JWW - a clean run, not great speed in the poles, but that's OK - clean is clean and plus 12 points for that run. Standard was another clean run with nice contacts and fast weaves (for another QQ) and 20 points there.
Sunday JWW we had the #2 bar - a double - so I went into experimentation mode - pushed and didn't support a jump on a partial pinwheel - Teller came with me, I haven't reinforced push and gos enough obviously, Teller clearly thought he was supposed to move with me. It's all good - we were 18 seconds under standard course time which would have translated to 18 MACH points if we'd been clean. Sunday standard we redeemed ourselves with fast weaves, a great dogwalk contact (an a-frame contact that I wasn't so thrilled with - but he was in) and another 22 points.
So Teller finished the weekend with three for four: plus one QQ and plus 54 MACH points. Not bad for a weekend's work eh?
So we finished the year 2011 with a grand total of 22 double Q's and 827 MACH points (1047 points for breed standings = 10*QQ + MACH points) . I won't know for sure until all the year-end results are in, but I believe we'll absolutely finish in the top 50 for the breed for the calendar year (we were #40 back at the beginning of November and we've added 4 QQs and 300 points since then). Not too shabby for a couple of New England Hillbillies eh?
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Yankee Golden Retriever Club - December 10-11, 2011
Teller finished his weekend one for four at the Yankee Golden Retriever Club trial - on paper maybe not so hot, but really four great runs.
Saturday we started with a bar down in JWW - From the video it looks like I put pressure on a rear-cross and down came the bar. Saturday standard I had walked the course with a layer between the chute. Teller hits the table so hard he actually got two table legs off the ground! Classic Teller - completely unphased - I'd imagine he's pretty used to tables moving under him. Coming off the table he didn't have the momentum to get the push out and he came off the #12 (also #1) jump to the chute. That put me completely out of postion when he barreled out of that chute. Once something like that happens, well runs can fall apart easily (and ours did). We got it back together, I got my rear-cross at the teeter (kinda) and we finished with a great set of weaves - going into training mode - how much can I push the weaves in trial? So I put him in the weaves and raced him down the line. He stuck with them and really did his job.
Sunday Teller had a great standard run, two 180 sequences and Teller nailed both of them - nice tight turns, no wasted time or space - just nice jump wraps. We get to the weaves, he seems to switch up his footwork, he's moving in the weaves with nice speed, but it's almost like he was trying to single-step through the poles - that's not his normal footwork. At pole 10 he pauses and looks at me and comes out of the poles. I don't think I did anything to pull him out though - clearly that's what he thinks he's supposed to do. It would have been a 24 point standard run for Teller - overall very pleased!
Sunday JWW was a tough course - lots of traps down that last line to the tunnel - four jumps, the 'wrong' end of the tunnel to a finish jump. Teller ran cleanly for a 10 point JWW run.
We'll 'get em' next time!
Saturday we started with a bar down in JWW - From the video it looks like I put pressure on a rear-cross and down came the bar. Saturday standard I had walked the course with a layer between the chute. Teller hits the table so hard he actually got two table legs off the ground! Classic Teller - completely unphased - I'd imagine he's pretty used to tables moving under him. Coming off the table he didn't have the momentum to get the push out and he came off the #12 (also #1) jump to the chute. That put me completely out of postion when he barreled out of that chute. Once something like that happens, well runs can fall apart easily (and ours did). We got it back together, I got my rear-cross at the teeter (kinda) and we finished with a great set of weaves - going into training mode - how much can I push the weaves in trial? So I put him in the weaves and raced him down the line. He stuck with them and really did his job.
Sunday Teller had a great standard run, two 180 sequences and Teller nailed both of them - nice tight turns, no wasted time or space - just nice jump wraps. We get to the weaves, he seems to switch up his footwork, he's moving in the weaves with nice speed, but it's almost like he was trying to single-step through the poles - that's not his normal footwork. At pole 10 he pauses and looks at me and comes out of the poles. I don't think I did anything to pull him out though - clearly that's what he thinks he's supposed to do. It would have been a 24 point standard run for Teller - overall very pleased!
Sunday JWW was a tough course - lots of traps down that last line to the tunnel - four jumps, the 'wrong' end of the tunnel to a finish jump. Teller ran cleanly for a 10 point JWW run.
We'll 'get em' next time!
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Jump Grids for Teller
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| Okapi, My Kapi Get off my chest! |
It's also been quite a while since Teller worked any jump grids (well over a year I'd imagine) and I'm still looking at 20" vs 24" for him, so I packed my video camera and set up some grids.
In the first series the jumps are set to 24" spaced for one-stride, bounce, one-stride. When the jumps come down to 20" however, the spacing becomes bounce, bounce, bounce as he can extend in the spacing. It takes a couple of reps for him to bounce the grid, but once he does - HOLY ATHLETE Batman! It's a thing of beauty. He's a nice jumper at 24", he certainly does not look like he's struggling at 24", but those 20" jumps look so effortless for him!
Monday, November 28, 2011
The Thanksgiving Cluster - November 25-28th, 2011
We're home from the cluster - this will be a two-part post, too much to cover in one post!
The runs - Teller was amp'ed. The boy loves his dirt and the only time we get to trial on dirt all year (sod doesn't count)! The weather was perfect - PERFECT! The boys were comfy in the car with windows and doors opened and the building (not insulated and largely unheated) was nice and cool all four days.
The cluster is HUGE! 1500 agility runs each day in four rings with six judges. ISC classes, FAST, T2B. The Excellent 20" class was nine pages of dogs (150 dogs) and ran nearly all day! Our 24" class was well over 85 dogs. BIG BIG classes!!! This is the largest agility trial in the country.
In the other two show buildings (something like six acres of indoor dog shows and vendors), they had 20 rings of conformation, four obedience rings and two (I think) rally rings. We did a little shopping (part of this will be in part TWO of the cluster recap) and had a few good runs.
The net result for Teller was about 60 points and one more QQ (we're calling that a 'bumper' leg) as we likely won't pursue a MACH2 {we'd need 19 more QQ's and 500 points}. We're definitely going to put some more time into contacts this week - particularly that DOGWALK contact! We did get some training in the ring - pushing a bit here and there to see what I had - net win all around.
Here are the runs - Part TWO tomorrow:
The runs - Teller was amp'ed. The boy loves his dirt and the only time we get to trial on dirt all year (sod doesn't count)! The weather was perfect - PERFECT! The boys were comfy in the car with windows and doors opened and the building (not insulated and largely unheated) was nice and cool all four days.
The cluster is HUGE! 1500 agility runs each day in four rings with six judges. ISC classes, FAST, T2B. The Excellent 20" class was nine pages of dogs (150 dogs) and ran nearly all day! Our 24" class was well over 85 dogs. BIG BIG classes!!! This is the largest agility trial in the country.
In the other two show buildings (something like six acres of indoor dog shows and vendors), they had 20 rings of conformation, four obedience rings and two (I think) rally rings. We did a little shopping (part of this will be in part TWO of the cluster recap) and had a few good runs.
The net result for Teller was about 60 points and one more QQ (we're calling that a 'bumper' leg) as we likely won't pursue a MACH2 {we'd need 19 more QQ's and 500 points}. We're definitely going to put some more time into contacts this week - particularly that DOGWALK contact! We did get some training in the ring - pushing a bit here and there to see what I had - net win all around.
Here are the runs - Part TWO tomorrow:
Sunday, November 20, 2011
MACh Teller - At Middlesex County Kennel Club - November 19-20, 2011
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| MACh Teller-Woo Middlesex County Kennel Club November 19th, 2011 |
MACh Can Ch Teller CD RN NAP NJP CGC CGN CCA!
There's a certain ring to that eh?
We finished our awesome weekend with two 4th place placements, about 45 MACh points and overall 3 for 4 for the weekend.
I also have to thank all of my truly awesome agility peeps who cheered me on not only yesterday and today - but every run we've ever had over the last year and a half on this journey from Novice, struggling through Open Standard with dogwalk and a-frame contacts. That teeter issue that cropped up last November, the run of one mistake standard runs in Excellent B, Mr. JWW consistently throwing down Excellent B JWW legs with a jumpers Q-rate approaching 90%. A full half of our (now) 950 points coming from JWW - points harder to come by for us in JWW. It takes a village and it's a journey to get there!
Our runs from the weekend:
Oh and those of you following this blog know that Teller gets a cheeseburger for every Double-Q. Here's MACh Teller the cheeseburger remix - all twenty cheeseburgers :-)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
American Bullmastiff Association - November 12-13th, 2011
Off to New Hampshire for a weekend of agility - This weekend was the American Bullmastiff Association's November trial with one of my all-time favorite judges Lavonda Herring (we always do well on Lavonda's courses - plus Lavonda is a funny lady with a great sense of humor).
Saturday we were 0 for 2. In standard we had a close tunnel call-off which put me out of where I had intended to be, then I mis-placed a front-crossed in front of the A-Frame - coming out of the rotation at the base of the a-frame pulling Teller off the a-frame entirely. Oh well!!! It's all good.
Saturday JWW I decided to try something I wouldn't have the guts to do if we were working on a double Q - the opening sequence is on the left (red handler path. A running start with a push out to the tunnel while I moved ahead for a front-cross after the triple. We ALMOST pulled it off - I should have pushed a bit harder at the tunnel as Teller went to the tunnel but pulled off the tunnel at the very last second. Definitely something I'll be setting up at the barn in the near-future. Fair-warning gang.
Sunday Standard and Sunday JWW we pulled it together for a nice QQ and about 30 more MACH points. Good boy Woo!
From the weekend:
Saturday we were 0 for 2. In standard we had a close tunnel call-off which put me out of where I had intended to be, then I mis-placed a front-crossed in front of the A-Frame - coming out of the rotation at the base of the a-frame pulling Teller off the a-frame entirely. Oh well!!! It's all good.
Saturday JWW I decided to try something I wouldn't have the guts to do if we were working on a double Q - the opening sequence is on the left (red handler path. A running start with a push out to the tunnel while I moved ahead for a front-cross after the triple. We ALMOST pulled it off - I should have pushed a bit harder at the tunnel as Teller went to the tunnel but pulled off the tunnel at the very last second. Definitely something I'll be setting up at the barn in the near-future. Fair-warning gang.
Sunday Standard and Sunday JWW we pulled it together for a nice QQ and about 30 more MACH points. Good boy Woo!
From the weekend:
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Schenectady Dog Training Club - November 5-6, 2011
What a week! Montreal on Friday and down to Greenwich, New York on Saturday! I felt like I spent all day Friday in the car. Kipling had an awesome day in Canada, but the weekend was Teller's turn.
Saturday Standard: Super fun course, Teller had some good speed, nice contacts. A call-off a wrong course before the weaves threw him off a little and he ended up coming out of the weaves at pole #10. That was his only fault and really it was a fun course to run even with that fault.
Saturday JWW: We've got all of our MACH points - single Q's really don't help us very much now, so it's really easy now to go out and really push on those courses. I pushed a bit on Saturday afternoon, layered a few jumps and ended up doing a funky rear-cross into a blind cross (which I'll be the first to call a Blind-Ass cross), it's not at all how I walked it, but it totally worked for us - watch it on the video - it cracks me up! We finished with a 2nd place (in a large 24" class) on a 9 point run.
Sunday JWW: A couple of long lines with lots of off-course options. I decided to layer one of the down and backs - hoping to be in a better position for a rear cross before the weaves. In pushing for the layer, Teller landed deeper than I expected and he came around the #15 jump. Just the one bobble, great weaves and a strong finish.
Sunday Standard: Another fun course and another great run by Teller - really pleased. He had super contacts, saved the run with his weave entry (he landed deep, I was moving in for a rear-cross behind the weaves and he had to work to find the entry). I was very pleased - just out of the ribbons on this one in large part due to me holding him on the dogwalk contact.
For the weekend we were 2 for 4 - one JWW leg and one Standard leg. Too bad we didn't pull it together for the same day! It's all good, love the way he's running - he feels good, he's looking great and that's the best part of this ride!
The video from the weekend:
Saturday Standard: Super fun course, Teller had some good speed, nice contacts. A call-off a wrong course before the weaves threw him off a little and he ended up coming out of the weaves at pole #10. That was his only fault and really it was a fun course to run even with that fault.
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| Short-sleeve weather in November? Heck yeah! Perfect photography weather. |
Saturday JWW: We've got all of our MACH points - single Q's really don't help us very much now, so it's really easy now to go out and really push on those courses. I pushed a bit on Saturday afternoon, layered a few jumps and ended up doing a funky rear-cross into a blind cross (which I'll be the first to call a Blind-Ass cross), it's not at all how I walked it, but it totally worked for us - watch it on the video - it cracks me up! We finished with a 2nd place (in a large 24" class) on a 9 point run.
Sunday JWW: A couple of long lines with lots of off-course options. I decided to layer one of the down and backs - hoping to be in a better position for a rear cross before the weaves. In pushing for the layer, Teller landed deeper than I expected and he came around the #15 jump. Just the one bobble, great weaves and a strong finish.
Sunday Standard: Another fun course and another great run by Teller - really pleased. He had super contacts, saved the run with his weave entry (he landed deep, I was moving in for a rear-cross behind the weaves and he had to work to find the entry). I was very pleased - just out of the ribbons on this one in large part due to me holding him on the dogwalk contact.
For the weekend we were 2 for 4 - one JWW leg and one Standard leg. Too bad we didn't pull it together for the same day! It's all good, love the way he's running - he feels good, he's looking great and that's the best part of this ride!
The video from the weekend:
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Kipling Gets Around (A Shaping Game)
Here's a trick I usually teach a bit earlier in a puppy's learning career, but with time constraints lately, preparing for the breed ring and lack of daylight hours after work I haven't spent as much time on tricks lately as I ought to. It doesn't help that Mr. Kipling has hit what I am calling his "honey badger" stage. We're back to working LOTS of basics: settle, enough, wait, stay, come, off, etc. Adolescence always seems to come the day AFTER you're absolutely SURE that your puppy is a biddible genius! BAM! Honey Badger!
On-call work last night kept me pretty busy (and awake all night), but also gave me some flexibility to work Teller and Kipling this morning at the barn and then to work Kipling this evening before dark. So high on the list tonight was was Kipling's 'get around' work. The object of the game is pretty simple - the dog should move away from the handler, towards and around the cone (paint can, etc). The first few steps involve paying any kind of attention to the cone, then only for feet moving towards the cone. Once the dog is consistently moving towards the cone, you can strategically place the reinforcement (throwing the treat past and to the side of the cone) to encourage the dog to come around the cone.
In the initial stages of this trick, I don't really care which way the dog is turning around the cone - I pay attention to which side they favor, but I reinforce whatever go around they offer me. Once the dog is consistently moving around the cone it's pretty important to quickly move to the next step, cueing off one side or another. With Kipling I managed this by standing close to the cone and restraining him slightly by the collar, when released he'd go immediately around the cone and I'd reward him from the opposite side hand. I quickly added distance from the cone.
The video below is Kipling's 3rd session of Get Around - as you can see I've quickly increased the distance, but I'm still making the left/right distinction pretty easy for him to keep his success rate pretty high.
Stay tuned after all that getting around, for Kipling's favorite new trick - B-O-U-N-C-E!
On-call work last night kept me pretty busy (and awake all night), but also gave me some flexibility to work Teller and Kipling this morning at the barn and then to work Kipling this evening before dark. So high on the list tonight was was Kipling's 'get around' work. The object of the game is pretty simple - the dog should move away from the handler, towards and around the cone (paint can, etc). The first few steps involve paying any kind of attention to the cone, then only for feet moving towards the cone. Once the dog is consistently moving towards the cone, you can strategically place the reinforcement (throwing the treat past and to the side of the cone) to encourage the dog to come around the cone.
In the initial stages of this trick, I don't really care which way the dog is turning around the cone - I pay attention to which side they favor, but I reinforce whatever go around they offer me. Once the dog is consistently moving around the cone it's pretty important to quickly move to the next step, cueing off one side or another. With Kipling I managed this by standing close to the cone and restraining him slightly by the collar, when released he'd go immediately around the cone and I'd reward him from the opposite side hand. I quickly added distance from the cone.
The video below is Kipling's 3rd session of Get Around - as you can see I've quickly increased the distance, but I'm still making the left/right distinction pretty easy for him to keep his success rate pretty high.
Stay tuned after all that getting around, for Kipling's favorite new trick - B-O-U-N-C-E!
Monday, October 17, 2011
SOTC - October 14-16th, 2011
We're back from Syracuse - alas, no QQ's. But some really nice runs - I'm relatively pleased with even our bad ones and I had my speedy Woo this weekend - who is very clearly happy to have the 50 degree fall weather rain or no rain - it's all good as long as it's COLD.
The net result was two FAST Q's (one 80 point run and one 77 point run) and two JWW legs. Standard Q's were elusive this weekend with one mistake each run - Friday was a dogwalk contact, Saturday a wrong course/wrong end of the tunnel and Sunday's standard run went down the tubes with a wrong course jump instead of the #19 (last obstacle) tunnel.
And speedy Woo - who ran Sunday with a belly ache - not sure what disrupted his GI tract, we had to stopped twice on the way home but he didn't complain when he was served greek yogurt and rice for dinner instead of the raw mix the other boys got...He'll go on tripe for a couple of meals and I think that ought to do the trick.
The net result was two FAST Q's (one 80 point run and one 77 point run) and two JWW legs. Standard Q's were elusive this weekend with one mistake each run - Friday was a dogwalk contact, Saturday a wrong course/wrong end of the tunnel and Sunday's standard run went down the tubes with a wrong course jump instead of the #19 (last obstacle) tunnel.
And speedy Woo - who ran Sunday with a belly ache - not sure what disrupted his GI tract, we had to stopped twice on the way home but he didn't complain when he was served greek yogurt and rice for dinner instead of the raw mix the other boys got...He'll go on tripe for a couple of meals and I think that ought to do the trick.
Monday, October 03, 2011
TMAC - October 1-2, 2011
I'm finally catching up after the weekend - work waits for no one and well, blog entries and YouTube videos can theoretically wait forever.
A mixed bag from the TMAC trial this weekend - Teller ran beautifully all weekend on fun courses by Jack Caldaso and Howard Etzel, good friends - who had some AWESOME runs this weekend, including Ann and Fisher's perfect weekend. I got to play with (and like) my new camera, Kipling and Murphy got to be social butterflies and by and large we missed the truly mucky wet weather inside the giant inflatable bubble dome.
What a difference a few hours make - Teller had a nice JWW run on Saturday and a fun and fast Standard run on Sunday. It's all good - we need points still too, so we'll keep chipping away!
A mixed bag from the TMAC trial this weekend - Teller ran beautifully all weekend on fun courses by Jack Caldaso and Howard Etzel, good friends - who had some AWESOME runs this weekend, including Ann and Fisher's perfect weekend. I got to play with (and like) my new camera, Kipling and Murphy got to be social butterflies and by and large we missed the truly mucky wet weather inside the giant inflatable bubble dome.
What a difference a few hours make - Teller had a nice JWW run on Saturday and a fun and fast Standard run on Sunday. It's all good - we need points still too, so we'll keep chipping away!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Pioneer Valley Kennel Club - September 17-18th, 2011
Another outdoor trial for Teller-Woo - and we were blessed with absolutely perfect weather for Teller-Woo. Sunny with highs in the mid 60's, though Saturday morning's 38 degrees at 6am when we arrived at the show site was a little harsh!
Teller started Saturday AM with a JWW Q - good way to start the weekend. When we came back a few hours later for standard he warmed up beautifully, but got sniffy on the startline when I released him costing us a R at the first jump. Not like Teller Woo to blow me off like that, he came back and ran a good course - but he was clearly distracted. As it turned out many of the 20" and 24" intact dogs were affected - and it was pretty clear that someone brought (and ran) an in-season bitch - which sucks. Teller falls victim to stud dog brain - a first for everything eh? Signs went up about in-season bitches Sunday AM and I don't think there was a repeat today. About 15 minutes after Saturday's standard run, Teller ran Tine 2 Beat and while not the fastest, came out with a T2B Q and some T2B points. So a double Q for Teller, but not the kind I really wanted :-)
Sunday a new day, it was 48 degrees when we ran standard and Teller LOVED it. He adapts so well to footing and threw down a super standard run. Walking the JWW course I knew it'd be one of the courses that Teller would like and do well on - lots of room to extend, lots of room for me to send and cross, a 180 degree entry to the weaves (which Teller loves - don't know why) and a straight run out. Teller rocked it for a double Q (QQ #17) and a few more points finishing the weekend with 4 Qs over our 5 runs. Not too shabby!
Our runs from the weekend:
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| A Perfect Early Fall Afternoon - puffy clouds and BLUE skies! |
Teller started Saturday AM with a JWW Q - good way to start the weekend. When we came back a few hours later for standard he warmed up beautifully, but got sniffy on the startline when I released him costing us a R at the first jump. Not like Teller Woo to blow me off like that, he came back and ran a good course - but he was clearly distracted. As it turned out many of the 20" and 24" intact dogs were affected - and it was pretty clear that someone brought (and ran) an in-season bitch - which sucks. Teller falls victim to stud dog brain - a first for everything eh? Signs went up about in-season bitches Sunday AM and I don't think there was a repeat today. About 15 minutes after Saturday's standard run, Teller ran Tine 2 Beat and while not the fastest, came out with a T2B Q and some T2B points. So a double Q for Teller, but not the kind I really wanted :-)
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| QQ Cheeseburger for T-Woo! |
Sunday a new day, it was 48 degrees when we ran standard and Teller LOVED it. He adapts so well to footing and threw down a super standard run. Walking the JWW course I knew it'd be one of the courses that Teller would like and do well on - lots of room to extend, lots of room for me to send and cross, a 180 degree entry to the weaves (which Teller loves - don't know why) and a straight run out. Teller rocked it for a double Q (QQ #17) and a few more points finishing the weekend with 4 Qs over our 5 runs. Not too shabby!
Our runs from the weekend:
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Old Colony Agility Club - September 10-11, 2011
In addition to Kipling's super-fun play sessions (three on Saturday and two on Sunday), Teller and I actually had some good runs this weekend. A double NQ on Saturday (booo), but a double Q for Teller on Sunday (yay) - and about 20 MACH points for the weekend...Chip, chip, chipping away...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
How Kipling spends his days at the dog show.....
Good friends, good romps and cookies, rough life for the little tike eh? You'll recognize Murphy, the others: the Portie puppy is Ann's 9 month old Foxxy (Foxxy Cleopatra), the other two goldens are Aero and Lexy who are two weeks older than Kipling....
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