USDAA
Well it's CAT USDAA weekend. In honor of which, when the orange pet dye I bought arrived yesterday, I took the time to dye Tess last night. Just her chest, and a splash to the toes on her white front foot. The idea was to have her be orange & black for Halloween. I thought of putting dye on her greying muzzle so it would be frosted in orange, which would be cute, but the dye says to keep it away from their mouth, so I did not risk it. I also didn't fully do the foot, or bother with the back feet, because she tends to lose her balance if I pick up a foot while she's in the tub, and it wasn't worth it. I didn't want to make it miserable for her. Pirate & Mercy seemed quite jealous, though. Pirate actually jumped into the tub too, which he has not done before.
So today, with my kinda orange dog (she could be oranger, I didn't leave it on as long as you're supposed to), and the other 2, we went up and ran USDAA. Poor Pi, I couldn't decide what to enter, so I entered him in everything. Girls each got one run per day.
Tess got the very first run of the day (8" veteran, and the only veteran), in Standard, and kind of did whatever she wanted, but I think she had fun. I'd actually like to run her at 8" more, I think she likes that height now. Also, I bought her a sequined body shirt, because I have no restraint.
I liked the one I had for Tully, I feel like it's a nice garment to keep the older dogs more comfortable while still allowing full movement. Mine feel cold more as they age, and I like keeping muscles & joints warm.
I was pretty happy with Pirate in his 6 runs, I thought he did as well as he could. My handling wasn't great for him. He was a little crazy starting out, and between that and my handling errors, our runs in Standard & Fancy Standard were rough, but he was happy. Several bars down, but I felt they were handling related, his jumping looked good on video. Gamblers, his first time in Masters Gamblers, he ACED! A really nice run, solid gamble, Q and 1st place. (only 16" dog to get the gamble). It helped that part of it was an A-frame/tunnel discrimination, where they needed to take the AF, and Pi will always choose a contact over a tunnel if he has to guess. Steeple & Snooker came up pretty close to each other, and I didn't handle remembering both courses well, so we E'd early in Steeple, and I left. With so many runs, and not a lot of time before Snooker, I didn't see a need to stay. Also screwed up Snooker. Not his fault, but it did nicely reduce the amount of running he had to do. Finally, Pairs, which we ran with Anne & Wyatt. I knew the WyPi pair wasn't going to struggle for time, and they did not. It was a nice solid run for both dogs, so a Pairs Q. If I had to pick 2 Q's, Gamblers & Pairs are the ones I would want, so that was a great outcome. 4 more, and I can stop entering those.
Finally, Mercy had a run in PI Snooker. Let's just say it was entertaining. And I'll buy the video tomorrow. She did do a few more jumps than in the AKC run a couple weeks ago, and actually got a score of 8 points. 3 reds, a 2, and a 3. After the 3rd red, I had her backjump it because it was decidedly time to go.
However, since she got a score, she got a placement- 3rd. And I picked up the ribbon, which I wouldn't usually do with a non-qualifying placement, but it's her first agility ribbon. And getting a ribbon for that run is really, really funny.
So today, with my kinda orange dog (she could be oranger, I didn't leave it on as long as you're supposed to), and the other 2, we went up and ran USDAA. Poor Pi, I couldn't decide what to enter, so I entered him in everything. Girls each got one run per day.
Tess got the very first run of the day (8" veteran, and the only veteran), in Standard, and kind of did whatever she wanted, but I think she had fun. I'd actually like to run her at 8" more, I think she likes that height now. Also, I bought her a sequined body shirt, because I have no restraint.
Click to viewI liked the one I had for Tully, I feel like it's a nice garment to keep the older dogs more comfortable while still allowing full movement. Mine feel cold more as they age, and I like keeping muscles & joints warm.
I was pretty happy with Pirate in his 6 runs, I thought he did as well as he could. My handling wasn't great for him. He was a little crazy starting out, and between that and my handling errors, our runs in Standard & Fancy Standard were rough, but he was happy. Several bars down, but I felt they were handling related, his jumping looked good on video. Gamblers, his first time in Masters Gamblers, he ACED! A really nice run, solid gamble, Q and 1st place. (only 16" dog to get the gamble). It helped that part of it was an A-frame/tunnel discrimination, where they needed to take the AF, and Pi will always choose a contact over a tunnel if he has to guess. Steeple & Snooker came up pretty close to each other, and I didn't handle remembering both courses well, so we E'd early in Steeple, and I left. With so many runs, and not a lot of time before Snooker, I didn't see a need to stay. Also screwed up Snooker. Not his fault, but it did nicely reduce the amount of running he had to do. Finally, Pairs, which we ran with Anne & Wyatt. I knew the WyPi pair wasn't going to struggle for time, and they did not. It was a nice solid run for both dogs, so a Pairs Q. If I had to pick 2 Q's, Gamblers & Pairs are the ones I would want, so that was a great outcome. 4 more, and I can stop entering those.
Finally, Mercy had a run in PI Snooker. Let's just say it was entertaining. And I'll buy the video tomorrow. She did do a few more jumps than in the AKC run a couple weeks ago, and actually got a score of 8 points. 3 reds, a 2, and a 3. After the 3rd red, I had her backjump it because it was decidedly time to go.
However, since she got a score, she got a placement- 3rd. And I picked up the ribbon, which I wouldn't usually do with a non-qualifying placement, but it's her first agility ribbon. And getting a ribbon for that run is really, really funny.