Holy crap. I can’t believe how well this little 4 month old is doing! Huge thanks to Sue! We were using bumps but she was stepping on them. Per the OneMind Dogs folks, you’re OK to use jumps below hock level, so that’s what I’m doing. She’s doing very little jumping anyway but I needed something for her to go over rather than step on.
Today we went to a Barn Hunt workshop and found some rats! Very fun to get out of my comfort zone and learn about a dog sport I know nothing about! She did great. Awesome focus and working drive on this puppy.
This is the slide they put up at the banquet where the Top Dog awards were given. Zhora was the 2016 Top MACH Vallhund. Love this girl. Fabulous picture from the old Countryside in Edinboro by Cindy Noland.
She made the most of it! Turning in a perfect weekend in her first trial since early last July (other than the Invitational, of course). She was amazing, even accounting for my stupid handler tricks that nearly cost her a Jumpers Q today. She picked up QQ’s # 55 and 56, only 4 to go for MACH3!
Nina had a lovely JWW Q yesterday but Nina’d the rest.
Zhora Saturday Jumpers (part 1 of QQ #55, 18 points, third place, 4.75 YPS):
Nina Saturday Jumpers (Q, first place, 22 points, 5.36 YPS):
Zhora Saturday Standard (part 2 of QQ #55, 26 points, third place):
Nina Saturday Standard (NQ):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (part 1 of QQ #56. 13 points thanks to my random misplaced front cross that nearly sent her to the wrong jump, I praised her for calling off it, which nearly caused a refusal…then she slowed right down because my GPS was clearly malfunctioning):
Nina Sunday Jumpers (NQ, rough angle on that first bar down, then after the third bar I say “HEY!” at which point she shouts back at me, judge Laura English said it was like she was saying “HEY YOURSELF!”, she didn’t knock any more bars though!):
Zhora Sunday Standard (part 2 of QQ #56, 26 points again, third place again, at least she’s consistent!):
Nina Sunday Standard (NQ, allergic to yellow, I caused the weave issue by praising her for making th entry):
