We ran STD first and Sky did everything I asked of him - his contacts were much better today (still lots of room for improvement though). We didn't Q because I ran the wrong course, after the A-Frame we were supposed to take a jump and then enter the cloth chute. I went straight to the chute - I actually walked the course this way, it wasn't until all the dogs had run that the judge came over and told me that I made an impressive turn to get the dog into the chute and that it was a pity that this wasn't the course he had set. Oh well we get another shot at STD tomorrow. Sky had a pretty good time and beat all the other dogs - I guess running a slightly shorter course helped.
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The JWW course was a lot easier today but we still didn't Q. Sky put in an extra jump two jumps from home. This was a shame because he had both his afterburners lit and was absolutely flying, he ran the course in 30s at 5.8 yards per second. Even with the extra jump he was the quickest 24 inch dog (both A and B). The quickest 20inch dog did the course in 26s - I think we lost about 2 seconds doing the off course jump so only a handful of Border Collies would have beaten him. Penny wasn't at the trial today so unfortunately I don't have any video of the run.
