Weanchee Trial Report

6 runs but only 1 Q :-(
 
Sky came very close to Q'ing in 4 of the others runs - today's FAST course was very hard and only a handful of dog's Q'ed.
 
Sat
FAST - Sky did the send nicely and then I lost track of the course I wanted to run and we ended up 9 seconds over time and no Q.  I was very annoyed with myself over this run - the Q was there for the taking and I screwed up.   Video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CGA6M5NGd0
JWW - Clean up to 3 jumps from the end.  If you watch closely you can see I cued the rear cross too soon.  Again another basic handler error cost Sky a Q and first place (he was still the quickest dog even after the refusal).  Video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KFIgnlmV9w
STD - only Q of the weekend and on the hardest course too.  Sky also won the class.  Video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-winPyob_to
 
Sun
JWW - Another handler error and this time Sky did an off course jump.  Not  exactly sure what went wrong.  Again this cost Sky 1st place, he was 2.5 seconds quicker than the next 24" dog.  Video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3lXBbUQhc
STD - I'm really annoyed with myself for not supporting the weaves more, I moved away laterally to setup the next jump and Sky followed me and popped out on pole 10.  Otherwise another good and quick run, video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-winPyob_to 
FAST - very hard send that Sky couldn't quite do.  He blew the contact on the teeter too.  Video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eour2BP77k
 
Sky had lots of admirers in Wenachee - I lost count of the number of people who wanted to know where I got him from.

Cascade Dachshund Club - Monroe

Sunday
STD:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6M_bPfTD0 - 42 seconds, third place and 28 MACH pts.  I still think we running a little slow this weekend.

JWW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpA77qk72P4 - A disaster and no Q :-(


Saturday
3 runs today and 2 Q's.  We came very close to qualifying in STD too - but had a single bar down.  Sky got his FAST Excl A title today, we are now at Exc B in everything.

Thanks to Pat and Neil for recording the videos:

FAST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVwho3CGug - 68 pts, first place, new title

STD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgwEehEL9pY - 44 seconds - we were slow - bar down no Q

JWW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKkMxQ6Fxp4 - 25.95 seconds - we were slow - 15 MACH pts, second place, lost by .4 seconds.

Bell Vernon Kennel Assn. - Oak Harbor

Here are videos from Sky's runs this weekend.

Fri JWW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRCZAmRa_rY - NQ, bar down, my fault 6.1yps
Fri STD  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAWoh-D7wZc - 1st place and new title >4.5 yps
Fri T2B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoeeiOqdepA - 2nd quickest dog, 9 points.

Sat STD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9CTZpMUrlE  - too many errors to mention!
Sat JWW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-jQNPAv38 - off course, my fault 5.5 yps

Sun STD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMZZG49KdGg - I wanted to run slowly, Sky didn't - no Q, Sky's fault.
Sun JWW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3V2wcHTgc - 1st place and 17 MACH points.  8 seconds quicker than the next dog! 5.9 yps.

Saturday's STD run looked easy when I walked it, but was actually really hard - lots of handlers struggled with off course errors including me!

Western Washington Hound Assn. - Marymoor

Good job you did not wait around to watch my JWW run it was a major disaster!  We did not get to run until 5:30pm - by this time Sky had been hanging around for 6 hours and he really was not focused on me at all.  That many things went wrong I can't even remember all of them.

Anyway on to FAST.  I did not attempt the Send, instead I just used this run to train the A-frame, which we have to run twice in Time 2 Beat, and getting Sky back to focusing on me an my instructions.  He actually moved pretty nicely on this run and did what I asked of him.

Finally, at 7:30pm we lined up to run Time 2 Beat.  The sun was really low in the sky and when Sky completed the A-Frame (with nice contacts) I looked up to direct him to the next jump and got completely dazzled by the sun, I could not see where I was supposed to go and ended up sending Sky to the wrong jump.  This was a shame because he ran the rest of the course pretty well with another good contact on the A-Frame.

Oh well at least I get to run a regular trial tomorrow - I should not be hanging around for ages in the heat which does not suite either of us.


See https://sites.google.com/site/livingwithpoodles/sky/agility-results-sky for Sat & Sun results.
 

Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club - Sequim

Fri 8/12
Sky ran very well - 3 runs and 3 first places!  He even beat all the Excl. B dogs.

Fri:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpxK0uHkOMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyLjq53ajY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amMPBqW9bk

Sat 8/13
Three runs today and two Q's. Sky missed his contacts on the dog walk so that was the end of the run for Sky. He got first place in Time To Beat and second place in Jumpers.

Sat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZwNJ8YLQOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_U3X0HOj8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4o2fbWAiSQ

Sunday 8/14
No Q's today :-(
Sky missed the A-frame contact and I missed a jump in JWW.

Sun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0aC3airEPg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LJxqEv38c

NW Bearded Collie Club of Puget Sound

I ran Sky today in the Beardie Agility trial at Argus - just JWW and STD.

We did jumpers first, the grass was wet but we both managed to stay upright.  Unfortunately Sky clipped one of the bars, I had my back to him and there was no video so I'm not sure why he did it.  His time was pretty decent but he there was another Standard Poodle that ran quicker - in fact this dog won the 24inch Exc B class.

Next we did Open STD.  Sky ran clean and made all his contacts!  He did them properly this time (like he does in class) - don't know why he decided to stop clowning around but I was very pleased he did.  The grass was still wet and I fell over on this run, luckily Sky was in the tunnel when this happened and I was able to get up before he emerged from the other end of the tunnel, I was not in position so I ended up "sending" him to the weaves - which he did correctly and gave me time to catch up.  Sky came first in his class and was the quickest dog in all jump heights.  This was his third Open STD Q - at last we are running Exc STD!  

PSLRA Agility Trial : Sun

Difficult jumpers course today.  Sky took a couple of off course jumps so lost the Q, otherwise it was a good run.

Sky was back to his old tricks in Standard and launched himself off the A-Frame.  So that Sky's behavior wasn't reinforced, Stephen removed Sky from the course after the misdemeanor.

No videos published although Penny was there and took them!

After the trial we picked-up 2 x 6 weave poles w/base and a 20ft tunnel from Ric Travis of Agility A Go Go. We had come prepared to put them in the RoadTrek van , the dogs traveled to and from the trial in the Highlander.

The equipment is Stephen's birthday presents, just 3 weeks early ;-)