Wicca and I had a great weekend. She was SUCH a good girl.
She did however manage to knock a bar each round except for two. BUT- she got every weave entrance, and didn't have one off course, or one awful run. She was perfect every single time.
Std 1- ONE knocked bar
Std 2- knocked first bar
JWW 1- knocked last bar
JWW 2- clean
Std 3- two knocked bars
Std 4- clean
INT. JWW- one knocked bar
INT. JWW- two? knocked bars
We struggle sometimes on the teamwork aspect of trialing, and this past weekend was great for us. She had awesome contacts- only came off the teeter once, and otherwise stuck them good. Her bar knocking wasn't bad really. The courses are really open, flowy and fast. Like 18 seconds. When she is running flat out like that well, she jumps flat. Also, she was jumping two inches higher than her normal height. She tried very hard to keep them up though, and compared to the mass destruction that we can get I am pretty thrilled with her. She didn't have one melt down, and I handled her really well.
She did manage to move up to Intermediate Jumpers w/ Weaves for Sunday- so it was nice to do a course or two that actually required some thinking...the courses were very easy, and simple. Sunday's were more challenging and there were some pretty interesting weave entries.
The trip was well worth it- I think it was good for Wicca to be able to open up and have a chance to really go. We had lots of fun, and it was neat to see some different dogs than usual.
Kim had a fabulous weekend with her Berners. That Bosley is such a great dog- he worked hard all weekend, and Maggie had some nice runs too. The weather was perfect for them, cool/windy/rainy off and on.
Kim was bit twice by wasps on Sunday just as we were packing up to leave. She was rushed by ambulance to the hospital as she is allergic to bees, and started swelling up. It was pretty scary for her. But- she is okay, and after sitting in the hallway of a hospital for 45 minutes she was feeling much better and we headed home. Thanks to everyone who helped out, and a really big thanks to Julia and Pat!!! Not sure what we would have done without you!
We got home super late, and I am very tired still. Thankfully today is a holiday and I was able to sleep in!
3 comments:
congrats on a good weekend - it's fun to run easy courses for the dogs AND us!!! it was fun when K and I did too, i agree nice for them to open up and feel the wind in their ears :) too bad you can't q with a knocked bar - seems silly you can Q with an off course, that is oohhh so wrong.
glad that there were no meltdowns :)
and bos and Magg were awesome - Kim emailed me, WOW!!!!! Glad she is OK :)
Im glad you had a good weekend. Congrats! Diana
Sounds like a very fun last hurrah of summer sort of weekend.
Post a Comment