Agility Run Throughs

Last night we did some agility run throughs. It was a very nice night out. It was good to run Tilda on some nice courses for the training and practice. And it was also nice to get Tilda on the contact equipment, mostly the a-frame and dog walk since we only have a teeter. The jumpers course was tight and had a lot of different angles and turns. Didn't seem to be a real runners course, but still good practice. The standard course was pretty good. Although it's harder to run a course for the first time when you haven't really got it 'down' in your head :) There were some problems, but it's kind of hard to know what was Tilda and what was me. It was good to get Tilda on those contacts. And, it really isn't surprising, Tilda tried jumping up on the 24 inch table :) She didn't make it, but she tried. What I did was have her go down near the table. We had one clean run (at least as far as I know) on the jumpers course. She hit a bar, but it didn't actually fall. But throughout the night she did hit some bars and I worked a bit on her jumping.

5/18/2012 STD Run

Alright, I didn't post this video of our STD run from the trial on 5/18/2012. So here you have:

Tilda's 5/26/2012 STD and JWW Runs

Excellent A JWW

Excellent A STD

5/26/2012 Trial Results- 4 Qs out of 6!

Another day at an agility trial!!

This one wasn't so hot, in fact some of the time I was cold. There was a little rain, but not any while we were running.

Tilda:
Tilda had a very beautiful Jumpers with Weaves run in Excellent A. We had 1 fault, which was a knocked jump bar, so we NQ'd. But this run was much better than last week's run! She listened so good! I tried something different, I didn't do a start stay. I wanted to just go out and run; wanted to keep her moving. We made time on this one too, 37.42 out of 49 seconds.

Our Excellent A Standard run was a little rougher. We had 2 refusals and 3 faults (I think 1 knocked bar and 2 fly offs). We did make time on this one too 64.25 out of 73 seconds. We need to work on those contacts :)

Well, those were the two NQs, so you can probably guess who got the four Qs :)

Buddy:
In Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves he Qualified and took 1st Place!!! He was a little slow, so I think he didn't get the full 100 points.

In Excellent A Standard Buddy Qualified took 1st Place and got his Agility Excellent Title!!! 


Gracie:
In Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves she Qualified and got 11 MACH points!! Gracie has a total of 27 MACH points now! I think she came in about 7th place or so.

In Excellent A Standard Gracie Qualified and took 1st Place!!


Congrats to both Buddy and Gracie!!

Is This Tilda Proof? - The Hot Dog Sandwich

Tilda got the hot dog sandwich toy at the last trial we were at; 5/18/12 and 5/19/12 trial. It's always fun when they have toys for the dogs!


What it once looked like:

Looks like a fun toy, doesn't it? Note: It is all in one piece.  


Well, fun is what Tilda had!!!

Do I need to explain???

This toy is not Tilda proof. 

3 out of 4 of Tilda's Agility Runs

Friday Jumpers

Saturday Standard

Saturday Jumpers

5/18/12, 5/19/12, and 4/20/12 Trial Results: New, Old, and a Birthday!

Alright, we were at a trial Friday and Saturday; along with Buddy and Gracie.

What a day; both days were HOT! I was volunteering as leash walker Friday and Chute straightener Saturday. I am glad I didn't have to sit in the ring straightening the chute all through excellent! We got to the trial fairly early on Saturday; we weren't there long and it was already getting hot out!

FRIDAY: Tilda sure can be quite the character out there :) 

Tilda: 

In our Excellent A Standard run we had 3 faults, which means we didn't qualify. Tilda wasn't completely focused, but 3 knocked bars was all that NQ'd us. I guess 2 months of boot camp wasn't quite enough :) One thing that boot camp did do though, was give her a beautiful contact on the teeter. The dog walk and a-frame were close to fly offs, but the judge didn't call anything. Our time was 61.98 out of 76 seconds. 

In our Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves run we NQ'd. We had 2 refusals, 1 wrong course, and 1 fault (knocked bar). Time was 53.57 out of 47 seconds. 

Buddy: 

In Excellent A Standard I was leash walking so didn't see the whole run. I did see the video though. And. . . Buddy did Qualify and took Second Place!!!! Congrats to Buddy!

Buddy's jumpers run was a little rough. 

Gracie: 

In Excellent A Standard she NQ'd. I think the only thing that happened was a spin in front of a jump, which would be a refusal. 

In Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves Gracie Qualified!! I'm not sure what place she came in, but I know it wasn't a 1st-4th placement. She also got 7 MACH points. She now has 16 MACH points. Quite a few to go, but hey, you got to start somewhere :) 

SATURDAY 

Tilda: 

We again NQ'd in Standard. We had 1 refusal, 2 wrong courses, and 2 faults (2 knocked bars) Again, a beautiful teeter contact! Although, both days she didn't go 'down' on the table. Not that it's a rule, I just like her to do so. Time was 74.60 out of 76 seconds. 

Alright, Tilda's jumpers run also gave us an NQ. 3 refusals and 1 fault (bar). Time was 75.00 out of 50 seconds; over time again in jumpers. Oh well, what can I say? You win some, you lose some and there's always next time! :)

Buddy:

He had some trouble in the jumpers course, so he NQ'd. 

In Buddy's Standard he did Qualify and get First Place with 94 points!! (The 94 points was because he was slow.)

Gracie: 

She NQ'd in Standard. 

In Jumpers she also NQ'd. 

AND. . . Yesterday (May 19th) was also Gracie's birthday! Happy 3rd Birthday to Gracie!!!

Now, I know this is getting long, but there is something I need to post. I am behind and didn't post results from a trial Buddy and Gracie did back in April. So here ya are, I'm keeping them short:

Buddy: 

In Standard he NQ'd. 

In Jumpers he NQ'd

Gracie: 

In Standard she Qualified and took First Place!!!

In Jumpers Gracie NQ'd. 

So there you have it; the latest results.