Admiral Perry Obedience Training Club AKC Agility Trial
Extremely tricky courses from judge Howard Etzel. A super nice guy in person, but his courses were rough. Very hard to find good handling lines, not intuitive for dogs, low Q rates. Nina did well, although the double Q’s are eluding us still. Zhora put up her best weekend to date, going THREE FOR THREE today! She needs one more Excellent Standard leg for her AX title, and then she can start earning double Q’s. I carried her off the course yesterday after she went to visit her friends in the spectator seats three times in the weave poles (the poles were along the fence where the people sit). I am usually very reluctant to take a dog off the course, I only ever do it with Nina if she bails off the teeter dangerously, because it’s a safety issue. I am never sure if a dog understands what is going on, and I would certainly never do it with a dog who didn’t really want to continue. However, I decided to take a chance and try to make the point to Zhora that while agility is fun, there are rules, and one of the rules is that you have to at least try to weave. Well, I don’t know that I can attribute it to taking her off, but she got every set of weaves in every run after that one, so…who knows!
Nina Friday Time 2 Beat (Q and first place for 10 points):
Nina Friday Jumpers (Q and first place, 18 points):
Nina Saturday Standard (Q and first place, 29 points):
Zhora Saturday Time 2 Beat (Q and 9 points):
Nina Saturday Time 2 Beat (Q and first place for 10 points):
Zhora Sunday Jumpers (Q and 7 points):
Zhora Sunday Time 2 Beat (Q and first place for 10 points):
Zhora Sunday Standard (Q and first place, second AX leg):
Nina Sunday Standard (Q and first place, 27 points):