Agility Trial Results

Today we were at our first agility trial in 2011. We only did one run, jumps with weaves. This was also Tilda and Gracie's first time running in Open. The results are as follows:

Tilda didn't qualify due to a knocked jump bar. We had a little problem with the weave poles, but the second try she did them fine.

Gracie also didn't qualify. It might have been due to two refusals. She was also touched by the handler by mistake, but by that time, she had NQ'd.

Buddy Qualified and got First! It wasn't a 100 % clean run, but he Q'd and took first, so it doesn't really matter. This was his first Q in Open JWW!

Now we'll have about a month off from trails. I guess I should really work more with Tilda on the jumping. We would have Q'd in a lot more trials if it wasn't for her knocking bars :)

Off Her Bed

When we eat lunch or supper we usually put Tilda on her bed. Lately, I can't remember how long this has been going on for, but she has been going off her bed and going down the stairs into the basement. Now, when we eat lunch we eat in the kitchen for the most part and that's when she gets off her bed. Supper time, she's fine with staying on her bed. So, my thoughts are that something scared her when we were eating lunch in the kitchen. And the fact that we were in the kitchen is a big part of this. I have noticed, that if we eat lunch in the dining room she is fine with staying on her bed like at supper time. I don't think it's just lunch time that scares her, but where we eat has something to do with it too. Maybe this all started when the garbage truck came down the road while we were eating. Or maybe the mail truck. Yes, Tilda has been know to be scared of the mail truck. Not sure if she still is. 

Maybe she will get over this eventually. We sometimes do close the gate to the basement. Last time it was closed she got off her bed and didn't know where to go. Another time, she came into my room and just sat down or laid down next to the bed.

Rollin' Around

Dogs are funny, and Tilda isn't a rule breaker :) She likes to roll in things. Now, when I say roll in things, I don't mean the average. I know dogs will roll in poop and whatever else outside to make themselves "smell good." She did once try rolling in bird poop outside, but we caught her and no harm was done. But this is different, some of the things she has been known to roll on is leather, wool, new socks, and even wrapping paper! Why would she do that? Does it feel good to Tilda? Does it have a smell that we can't smell, but Tilda can and she thinks it smells good? Can dogs put there scent on stuff like cats do? So, why does she do this? It doesn't bother me, it's just interesting. I found this website when I was looking around for some answers: Dogs_Roll It was kind of interesting. And like I said, we don't have a problem with Tilda rolling in stuff outside. 

Now for a video. She is rolling her head in leather ski/snowboard glove guards.

She seemed like she was having fun with it the way she was flipping it around :) It's kind of funny though, isn't it? If anyone has any other ideas why this is, feel free to leave a comment.

Tilda After Being In The Snow

Tilda's art work :)

Is This Tilda Proof? - The Moose

Tilda got this moose as a Christmas present.

Before pics

After pics. He lost his cute hat and. . .

Tilda went for the neck. 

Is this toy Tilda proof? No, he is not Tilda proof. You maybe already figured that out though :)

Bath

Today I did a little grooming on Tilda. Then this afternoon I gave her a bath.

In the sink

Tilda after the bath

After Tilda has a bath she gets a little wound up :) 

 

Is This Tilda Proof? - The Mouse

Here is the mouse toy Tilda got as another Christmas present.

Before pic (she started destroying before I got any pics)

And. . . here are the after pics.

Pretty bad, isn't it?

Is this toy Tilda proof? I think we should all know this is not Tilda proof! :)

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!

Is This Tilda Proof? - Super Chicken

Before:

After:

Is this toy Tilda proof? No, she got this toy on the 20th, and now look at it.

Is This Tilda Proof? - Snowy

This is a toy I got for Tilda the day after Thanksgiving.

Here he is in great shape :)

And now what he looks like. . .

Scarf came off too. 

Is this toy Tilda proof? No- poor guy, so innocently sitting in the store and now look at him :(

Another Christmas Gift

This is another Christmas gift Tilda got.

It's a little mouse/rat toy :)
I really have to do some Is This Tilda Proof posts. I have some toys to put on here, just haven't done it yet.

Christmas

These are Tilda's Christmas gifts:

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! 

Merry Christmas from myself and Tilda!

Friday's videos

This is the video for the standard course on Friday.

And this one is the Jumps With Weaves course.

Just a neat course picture

Thursday's video

Here is Tilda's Jumps W/ Weaves run for Thursday.

Trial Results #2

Today was our second and final day at the agility trial. In Novice Standard. Tilda qualified and took first! This was Tilda's third Q in Novice Standard. So Tilda now has her Novice Standard Title! She did have 95 points, we didn't get 100 because she jumped off the table.

However Gracie did not Q in Novice Standard and neither did Buddy. 

In Novice Jumps With Weaves Tilda Q'd and took first with 100 points! This was also Tilda's third Q in Novice Jumps With Weaves. So she now also has her Novice Jumps With Weaves Title! 
It was a great day for Tilda, of course since she qualified she didn't knock any bars! We will be off to Open now! 

In Gracie's Novice Jumps With Weaves run she also Q'd and took first! That was also Gracie's third Q in Novice Jumps With Weaves, so that gave her, her Novice Jumps With Weaves Title! 

Sadly, I don't get to cap and bold anything for Buddy, meaning, he did not Q in his Open Jumps With Weaves run :( There's always next time. 
  

Trial Results

We were at an agility trial today and the results are as follows:
Tilda didn't Q in jumps with weaves or standard. Jumps with weaves she knocked a bar, but otherwise the run was great! In standard she knocked a bar again. She also took a wrong jump, but that might have been my fault. But, like the JWW run, it was great besides the knocked bar and the wrong jump.

Gracie also did not Q in both jump w/ weaves and standard also.

Buddy did not Q in Open Jumps W/ Weaves. We left before Buddy did his standard run and I haven't heard anything yet. I'm thinking Buddy didn't Q in Standard either, but you never know. Sorry for not a lot of details about Buddy and Gracie's runs.

Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Here are some things Tilda is thankful for :)

Tennis Balls

Food

Treats

Toys

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Are These Tilda Proof?

These toys have already been on here and are we already know they are not Tilda proof. But, a couple nights ago I was playing with Tilda and this is what happened:

Bunny Rabbit's head came off. 

Purple Doggie came apart. 

 

It happened all in the same night too! :)

Are these toys Tilda proof? Well, we already had these and they were not Tilda proof. So, I don't have a reason to change it, because they're even worse off now.

Update

Sorry I haven't posted lately, it's almost been two weeks. Not really a whole lot of new dog stuff going on around here. We spent some time at Buddy and Gracie's house. Of course the dogs had a great time :)

I have been practicing on Tilda's jumping. Practice, practice, practice is the only way she is going to get better. She has been doing pretty good. But she still needs more practice. Our next trial is the second week in December. We're signed up for two days, and so is Buddy and Gracie.

Number of Qs for each dog:
Buddy: 0 Qs in Open Standard, 0 Qs in Open Jumps W/ Weaves
Tilda: 2 Qs in Novice Standard, 2 Qs in Novice Jumps W/ Weaves
Gracie: 1 Q in Novice Standard, 2 Qs in Novice Jumps W/ Weaves

Should be interesting to see what happens. Hopefully Tilda won't knock any bars :)