leopuppy04 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Cogratulationn.............I truly respect the Agility people so much fun and control, Wow............. LOL - the fun part is when there is control. Sometimes the dog is still having fun, but the control has long since gone out the window!! ;) hear hear! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Cogratulationn.............I truly respect the Agility people so much fun and control, Wow............. LOL - the fun part is when there is control. Sometimes the dog is still having fun, but the control has long since gone out the window!! ;) Ain't that the truth At that point, when the run is obviously going to hell in a handbasket, we just say thank you to the judge and head for the hills (I mean the exit) as fast as we can . And newfsie, the good (or bad depending on your point of view) news is that even Masters dogs will occasionally totally lose the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO NEWFSIE SHE AND OF COURSE THE BEAUTIFUL ANNABELLE PASSED THEIR CCD ON SUNDAY :D :D ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfsie Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Awwwwww thankyou mercedes. Did you see all the off lead we did on Tuesday. I laughed when Keith said "put your lead in your left hand only". I thought Oops :D been off lead since the circle work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Now THAT was a long, wet, miserable day of obedience trialling But here I am at home, nice and warm with cold beer and hot pizza so can now happily reflect on a terrific day Today Ziggy put in a lovely round at the Melbourne Royal to score 188/200 and 2nd place in Novice It was such a challenging environment and he was quite distracted and thus his heel work was not up to his usual standard. However, I couldn't fault his effort! At one point he was distracted by a loud noise, looked away and then looked back to find that I had halted and he was one step ahead. He reversed so quickly to get into sitting at heel position which was very impressive and rather funny The judge only gave us the opportunity to do a short recall but Zig managed to bolt in at 100 km/h and skid to a screaming halt in front of me. I think he got full marks for stand for exam and change of position. To top it all off, the graphic design/advertising company that my brother works for was handling the account for photography/publicity at the Show. They got us to go to the "studio" and we spent half an hour taking lots of artistic shots of Zig so I can't wait to see how they turn out Roll on Saturday and our first jumping trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Way to go TSD and Ziggy - fantastic stuff and what a place to do well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Congrats!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 HUGE Congratulations TSD a tough environment to get a pass in - a second place is the icing on the cake. Good luck in your jumping trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Thank you! One of the rides close by had a huge "BANG" sound that seriously sounded like a cross between a gun shot and an explosion. Ziggy couldn't even look at me when we were warming up and it caused one of the UD dogs (first in the ring at the time) to become quite petrified during the down stays and ended up cowering with the stewards :D I ended up just giving Ziggy a piece of chicken every time it went off, which did seem to help quite a bit although it wasn't long to work up a cue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 WELL DONE TSD! for those who DON'T live in Melbourne - you couldn't ask for worse conditions to trial in - constant drizzle ALL day yesterday, so for the dogs to even perform 1/2 as well is just ideal!!! ;) I didn't enter today but got to watch my friends compete See you tomorrow TSD for some fun burning up the agility courses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I want to post a brag for Kenzie . We just went to the park to catch up with a friend to do some agility practice. Only jumps and weavers as that is all the gear I have. Any way she was doing some lovely driven weavers and some nice jump grids and then a Japanese guy stops his car and gets out and asks if he can take photos while we train the dogs. Well he asks my friend. I had Kenzie sitting at the start of a sequence of jumps and she didn't even give him a sideaways second glance. He proceeded to sit down within maybe 2 m of where I had one of her jumps and it had absolutely zero impact on her. She was making a few silly green dog errors and I made a few very stupid front cross's before the weaving which caused her to pull in late but considering she is timid of strangers I was extremely surprised that she didn't show even the slightest concern. She was tugging and chasing after her ball as though the stranger wasn't there . She was nailing 2 bar lead outs too with me leading out towards where the guy was sitting. Sooo pleased with her :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 That is fantastic to hear that about Kenzie!! What a little champ!! She really sounds like she is improving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 That's great ness I had a blast today with Ziggy at the Melbourne Royal's novice jumping, but certainly nothing to brag about I just was NOT prepared for how bloody fast he would come out of the starting blocks! Lovely lead out but he was so excited and thus he over ran a couple of jumps because I was simply not quick enough or experienced enough to drive him forward. However, he had the best time and was so keen to work that I was absolutely thrilled. He's got heaps of potential and the run has really inspired me to do some serious training with him. When the course spread out a bit he absolutely flew and we got some nice rhythm going. Couldn't wipe the smile off my face - it's very addictive isn't it!!! It's been many years since I've run agility! A few others on here did well though so hurry up you lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfsie Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Congratulations again everyone........everyone is doing so well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Well done TSD - he had a great run and was having SO much fun!!!! I am buggered! We also had some nice runs. First time ever at the Royal - dogs behaved really well and not distracted at all by the sights and sounds around them . Usually just one or two faults so I'm pretty happy with their runs Kinta walked away with a 2nd place Q in Excellent Jumping so I was rapt with that . Not the fastest run she's ever done, but hey - at the Royal - it's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yay Kinta She had such a big day so I think she did brilliantly! Congratulations LP!!! Didn't she have a lovely play with Zig too Thanks for the encouragement too - really wish I'd taped his run as a learning experience. He did have fun though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 She was SO good all day I was very proud of them both! She Luuuuurves her Ziggy . I think she wants Spotted Aussies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J... Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Well done LP and TSD!! Especially in such a challenging environment!! ;) I was shocked at how many bars fell yesterday - must've been nerves/distractions/light bars in the wind but they certainly didn't need any encouragement. We thought we had an ADO pass and maybe even a placing, unfortunately when I checked my results a few hours later I had "NQ" against my number. Turns out that we'd dropped a bar in the back corner that the judge missed (and I didn't realise either) so I was given a clear round and then changed to one fault after I'd left the ring and I didn't realise. We did get a 3rd in JDO, dropped one bar (my fault again!) but Darcy did a wonderful job of the exclusion which many found tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Oh Jess! I'm sure I saw your ADO round - I remember the judge signalling a clear round but saw the bar drop. What a shame!!! Yes, there were bars dropping everywhere. The dogs were all so excited! Well done on your 3rd place! I'm still thinking through Zig's round and I'm getting some good thoughts of what I need to learn/train. Unfortunately I can't fit in a training session between now and our next trial ;) Ooops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 We did get a 3rd in JDO, dropped one bar (my fault again!) but Darcy did a wonderful job of the exclusion ;) which many found tough. Well done with getting that discrimination!!! WE were doing so well until stupid handler came to a blinding halt not realising she was ontop of the line! Try telling your dog to go into the right entrance of the tunnel from there Well done Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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