Agility trial without contacts :-(
7/25/2010 8:40:38 PM
We have just got back from competing at the Chuckunut Dog Training Assoc (CDTA) Agility Trial at the NW Fairgrounds in Lynden and the title of this entry says it all. Needless to say, Sky didn't hit one contact over the weekend and, despite an overnight training session reminding Sky what to do, Stephen retired him in Novice Standard today as soon as he missed his first contact. No doubt, Sky will be back to basic contact training this week.
However, Stephen and Sky had nice jumpers runs on both days (although they didn't qualify on Sat it was still a good run) and managed to qualify and come first in FAST today without having to use any of the 'contact' obstacles (A-frame, dog walk or teeter). Not a bad weekend overall but more work needed on those contacts!
Kohl had fun hanging out with his new girlfriend(s), an apricot standard poodle called Cayenne and her junior handler, 8yr old, Alison. Kohl was quite happy to go off with Alison ... until he saw one of us and then he'd sit down and refuse to move ... unless it was in our direction! Lisa (Alison's Mom) and Cayenne had a truly fantastic weekend, they entered 6 classes, qualified and came first in 5 and it was only handler error (wrong course) that prevented a clean sweep of the board. They also got two new titles so congratulations to them both!! We'll see Lisa, Alison & Cayenne again in a few week's time when we compete on their home turf in Sequim.
