Saturday, April 9, 2011

Today was Sky's best ever agility day!

Stephen & Sky had 3 runs starting with ExcA FAST.  Here the SEND was very hard, only 3 dogs made it and only 1 dog that made it actually Q'ed, so Stephen didn't feel tool bad that Sky couldn't quite pull it off.  Here's a link to his run:  http://www.youtube.com/user/ghostyboyster#p/u/3/iwRqWMBYueo  He ran the course Stephen wanted him to run, but he popped out of the weaves, not really sure why.

Next was Open JWW.  Sky did very well here, he had a clean run in 23 seconds (18 seconds under the course time) - he won his class and averaged 5.76 yards per second.  Sky was the third quickest dog in the competition beaten by two Border Collies.  Here's a link to his run: http://www.youtube.com/user/ghostyboyster#p/u/0/l2P_FkkwCzM

Finally, they ran Novice STD.  At last he had a clean run in 42 seconds - a full 25 seconds under the course time!  He won his class and was also the quickest dog in the competition, he averaged 3.4 yards per second.  Here is a link to his run: http://www.youtube.com/user/ghostyboyster#p/u/1/0GpNmN35aco  Watch him look for the rest of the poles when he completes the weaves (he's used to 12 not 6!).  Stephen doesn't think it was a great run, Sky's contacts left a lot to be desired -  but at least he made them.

Overall they did really well and I'm very proud of them both - extra rations for Sky and Kohl tonight!