1st trial of the year
we played agility at sotc this weekend. it was our first trial since last fall, and i was wondering how things would go. chase has been awesome at the teeter at home and in class and i was hoping it would transfer to competition. is it realy too much to as for a Q in novice standard? apparently, it is. and there were only 2 obstacles after the teeter - i thought we had it. but no. he got all 4 feet on the teeter, looked around, hopped off and jumped up on the table to sniff. back to the drawing board...or teeter board. but he did awesome in open jumpers. he Q'd and got first place - putting us up into excellent. and i had fun. i do like competing. and it's nice to do well. but i also like getting out there, seeing everyone and watching other people run. i'm finally at that point where i can walk a course and figure out the best way to run it for us - no more second guessing after seeing how other people are walking it. they're dogs have other strengths and weakness and i need to concentrate on what chase can do. now, if i can just get him to do the teeter in competition...!