Round 3 and Round 4

Today team Sky ran the Hybrid round (consisting of two contacts),  unfortunately an off course jump resulted in a score of 95 and Stephen thought that they were out of the running.  He packed up and headed back to the hotel for a soak in the tub and to plan to explore Route 66.  However, he never did get to make that road trip!  Team Sky was called back for Round 4, the Challengers Class:

ROUND 4 – CHALLENGERS CLASS This class is open to the top 4 dogs within each jump height from Rounds 1, 2 and 3 that have not already gained placement into the finals, providing they scored 100 in that round AND have two clean rounds out of the three rounds. Each of the three rounds is reviewed independently. The dog that wins the Challengers Class (in each jump height) will gain entry into the Finals, provided their score in the Challengers class is a 100. Example: If dogs 1–4 from Round 1 are in the Finals, then the next 4 dogs in that Round are eligible for the Challengers Class (provided they had scores of 100 in Round 1 and two clean rounds within Round 1, 2 and 3). 

Stephen dashed back to the venue while I tried to figure out when he was likely to run again ... all very exciting!

Stephen and Sky were the penultimate dogs to run the Challengers Round but unfortunately dropped a bar in their haste to get as fast a time as they could.

What a wonderful time Team Sky had at NAC this year! Here is their Challengers Round ...

2 Clean Runs today

Team Sky excelled themselves today, having two clean runs!

20th place after JWW Round 1

Watch Team Sky's JWW run





7th place after STD Round 2

Watch Team Sky's STD Run




There will be an early start tomorrow morning for the Hybrid Round (like a really hard Time to Beat Course), Stephen and Sky will be the 28th team to run in Ring #3.  Start time is 7.30am CDT so estimated run time is between 8.10am - 8.20am CDT. 

Here are all the important links again ...

Live Streaming http://4leggedflix.com/live-stream/

Ring Schedules, Run Orders, Course Maps and Results (Sky jumps 24 inches)
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/results/

Electronic Run Order http://www.akcagilityresults.com/runorder/

Ringside Results http://akcagilityresults.com/ringside/tweets_menu.php

Another interesting web site is Dog Agility NOW http://dogagilitynow.com/

Sky Wins 2016 NAC ISC Sweepstakes 24"

Today (Friday 18th) was a warm-up for the NAC taking place over the weekend.  This morning Sky and Stephen 'Team Sky' had a practice run where handlers were allowed to make up their own course and train in the ring. Sky was able to get a feel for the surface and equipment and let off some steam!

This afternoon Team Sky competed in the ISC Sweepstakes ...

Note: there were 5 entries and Sky won $8 (see interesting article AKC Payouts Highlight Competitors' Goals).

Tomorrow (Saturday 20th) is the official start of 
the NAC.  Team Sky will compete in two events:

JWW 24" in ring #2 - they are one of the last teams to run and expect to be on the line at around 10:30am CDT

STD 24" in ring #4 - they are in group 2 and expect to run around 3pm CDT

Here are all the important links again ...

Live Streaming http://4leggedflix.com/live-stream/

Ring Schedules, Run Orders, Course Maps and Results (Sky jumps 24 inches)
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/results/

Electronic Run Order http://www.akcagilityresults.com/runorder/

Ringside Results http://akcagilityresults.com/ringside/tweets_menu.php

Another interesting web site is Dog Agility NOW http://dogagilitynow.com/

AKC 2016 National Agility Championship

Stephen and Sky are in Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete in the AKC 2016 National Agility Championship. 

The event is being held over 3 days ... Friday 18th - Sunday 20th March and there will be live streaming video!  However, it's going to be difficult to figure out when to 'tune in' to catch a glimpse of 'team Sky', especially as their fan base covers many time zones ;-)

Stephen has given me some estimates, please note that all days/times are CDT (Central Daylight Time) UTC/GMT -5 hours.

Friday 18th
ISC Warm Up Ring #3, Walk thru 11.40am, Run Time around 12.30pm
ISC                  Ring #3, Walk thru 2pm, Run Time around 4pm 

Here is a link to the live streaming ...http://4leggedflix.com/live-stream/

Ring Schedules, Run Orders, Course Maps and Results (Sky jumps 24 inches)
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/
http://www.akcagilityresults.com/results/

Electronic Run Order http://www.akcagilityresults.com/runorder/

Ringside Results http://akcagilityresults.com/ringside/tweets_menu.php

Another interesting web site is Dog Agility NOW http://dogagilitynow.com/

Ice teeth issues

Ice has retained both of his upper deciduous canines ... http://www.animaldental.com.au/deciduous.html

We have been keeping a close eye on Ice's teeth as we almost missed the window to successfully get one of Sky's retained deciduous teeth removed.  I managed to get a same day appointment at Eastside Veterinary Dentistry yesterday afternoon, http://www.eastsideveterinarydentistry.com. My diagnosis was confirmed by Dr Matson who recommended extraction of the teeth ASAP.  Luckily there was a cancellation so Ice will be going back tomorrow (Thursday).

Trick 3: In my lap

I started training in my lap this morning.  We've been working really hard to ensure that Ice keeps all four feet on the ground and doesn't get into the habit of jumping up so it's taking some time to shape the behavior I'm looking for in this trick but we'll get there.

Trick 2: Walk with me

Over the weekend I've worked with Ice on the basic version of the trick called walk with me.  It didn't take Ice long to get the hang of passing through my legs and standing with his front feet on my feet as I walk along, just a couple of sessions :-)

I spent Monday reinforcing both the suitcase trick and walk with me.

Watch this space for a video of  walk with me ...