Tamarack Lake AKC Agility Trial
Some really tough courses this weekend from judge Carla Boudrot. Not Nina’s best weekend, with just a Time 2 Beat Q (and win), but Zhora was the star of the weekend, earning her first two Open Standard legs AND her first Excellent Jumpers leg! It is tricky running a green dog, since you are still building what I call the “mojo”, which is your communication with each other, where you learn to predict what your dog will do and what your dog will need from you in order to succeed. With an inexperience (“green”) dog, this is challenging, because what the dog will do and what the dog needs from you changes all the time, as they develop more confidence and gain experience. I am trying to be less cautious with Zhora and let her run and trust she is learning her job.
Zhora Saturday Open Standard (Q and OA leg #1):
Zhora Sunday Excellent Jumpers (Q and AXJ leg #1):
Nina Sunday Master Jumpers (NQ because of LAST BAR down, nice run though):
Nina Sunday Time 2 Beat (Q and first place for 10 points):
Zhora Sunday Open Standard (Q and OA leg #2), she actually looks like she would have got her weaves on the first try, but I assumed she was going to pop out when she looked at me, but then she headed back in: