Director Judy Varner and the entire crew of volunteers put on a great trial this past weekend. Skies were overcast (with a few sprinkles) and the temperature was in the mid 60's. The dogs were loving it! Our judge Don Cuda had courses that challenged the handlers to think and he was his usual delightful self.
I totally took leave of my senses and entered all 12 classes over the two day trial. It proved to be a good choice as Cash won 6 of his classes and completed his Novice Jumpers and Touch N Go titles. His start line stays and contacts were rock solid. We do have some work to do on "Out!" and his tunnel sucking reared its ugly head when asked to discriminate between the dog walk and that enticing tunnel. Oh well, it's just information. He had never seen a hoop before but there was one in the practice area we tried a couple of times before ring time. No problem at all for him, although he probably wants a better handler as I got lost on course in two classes and he saved my butt both times. I wonder when he learned to read numbers?
Tunnelers was the last class on Sunday and those fast BC's kept dropping the time for the round with each run. A fellow GoDogs member, Mike Battaglia's Jo was last to run and smoked the course with a 16.44. She was flying! All in all a great weekend with fun competitors.
I'm looking forward to next weekend when Cash and I will compete in the Jumpers with Weaves (JWW) class at the AKC trial
put on by the Bellevue Dog Obedience Club at the same location. It will be Cash's first AKC trial and first step into the "big time."
I totally took leave of my senses and entered all 12 classes over the two day trial. It proved to be a good choice as Cash won 6 of his classes and completed his Novice Jumpers and Touch N Go titles. His start line stays and contacts were rock solid. We do have some work to do on "Out!" and his tunnel sucking reared its ugly head when asked to discriminate between the dog walk and that enticing tunnel. Oh well, it's just information. He had never seen a hoop before but there was one in the practice area we tried a couple of times before ring time. No problem at all for him, although he probably wants a better handler as I got lost on course in two classes and he saved my butt both times. I wonder when he learned to read numbers?
Tunnelers was the last class on Sunday and those fast BC's kept dropping the time for the round with each run. A fellow GoDogs member, Mike Battaglia's Jo was last to run and smoked the course with a 16.44. She was flying! All in all a great weekend with fun competitors.
I'm looking forward to next weekend when Cash and I will compete in the Jumpers with Weaves (JWW) class at the AKC trial
put on by the Bellevue Dog Obedience Club at the same location. It will be Cash's first AKC trial and first step into the "big time."
2 comments:
Love, love, love the pictures! it sounds like Cash did great, and his ears coming out of the tunnel gave me a good laugh! He looks like he's taking off.
He is so much fun to run. He acts all "ho-hum" outside the ring and when the gate steward says, "Cash to the line," just DRAGS me to the start line and plunks his little butt down.
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