Chudleigh had FUN

Chudleigh picked up 2 legs with placements Sunday.  He took 2nd in open jumpers for his 2nd leg.  Despite having the fastest time a slower clean run took the blue over a faster 95.

He took a 1st in novice FAST with a 68.  In fact after reviewing Lorie's on line cataloge I am amazed to report that Chudleigh's 68 was the highest score of the entire class!  Not only that, he leaped over the teeter in is joy to be out there, and I have the video of that run.  http://youtu.be/jh-K1tTJbr4   It wasn't until I saw the video did I realize tht the judge had to scuttle out of our way.

It was a fun course.  The tunnel we took first was 9 points, then the next 2 jumps taken in succession was another 10 points so that is why I started there.  Then I had to hustle across the ring to get to the A frame which was another high point obstacle and it put us in the best spot to do the send.

Next weekend we do Mensona then have a month off as all the trials are up by Sac and I don't do overnights nor do I get up before God does.

Rollo OA

I STILL can't believe it, little Rollo finished his open standard title Sunday with all 1st placements.  He was the only qualifier in his class of 4.  Zorro, bless his heart, never got ANY open legs.  Chudleigh took 15 months between getting his NA and OA, and Rollo did it in 5 months.  Considering how few trials there are in November and December, it would have been faster if the timing had been different.

Of course I got the video  http://youtu.be/ztohUteOPC0  The judge is Terry LeClair who is provisional,  He judged all the novice and open classes as well as FAST and T2B.  He had some innovative courses (polite talk for HARD) but I enjoyed the challenge.  I think the hardest part of the course was the progression from jump 2 to 3, most dogs incurred a refusal there.  Rollo was a very good boy and held his leadout so we were successful.

Rollo also had a great T2B run.  I was so pleased with his weave entry, and of course I got the video of that too.    http://youtu.be/64CeiQvtQuA   I started doing rear crosses as he tends to zip to the wrong side of me when I do a front cross and then we incur a refusal because he is in the wrong spot to safely jump.

Just for a bit of excitement Rollo was rolling on his back in a patch of clover up there Saturday.  It was a lovely sunny afternoon and Rollo was taking care of some itchy spots.  When Rollo scrambled to his feet with a self satisfied grunt we were stunned to see a big fat fuzzy bumblebee come staggering out of the Roll-oed clover!  Poor guy fell over a couple of times, then managed to get airborne and drunkenly flew away!  I wonder what he was goign to tell his bumblebee buddies?  I guess Rollo lived up to his mispronounced call name.

 

 

On February 10th, Inc, Ube and I were entered in an Odor test at the Marin Human Society. We were testing for birch and anise. First was the scent of birch. Ube was scheduled to go in first, so after an 2 hour wait, it was our turn. In 9.5 seconds we were done and passed the birch test. About 20 minutes later it was Inc's turn. We were in and out in 7.5 seconds, passing. We then waited about 1 hour for our anise test, again Ube first and then Inc, both passing and both under 10 seconds. I was grinning from ear to ear. Now we just have to find a trial to enter. Jennifer was also there with Kerry and Lea, they two also passed. It was a fun day for all!!!! Nosework is a fun sport!

Keep it up Christy, you're representing all of us. Don't know when I'll be in the ring still need to work on weave poles. Both dogs and i are doing scent work. Have a odor test next week. Wish us luck. Also doing herding with Ube, two nights a week traveling out of town, Is a lot. Wish there was ome place locally for training. Also been busy doing prep work for my mother-in-laws 80th birthday party. Jennifer is also doing scent work with Kerry and Lea. Kerry is in a odor trial at the end of the month. Christy you are doing a great job, glad Chugs is doing so well.

Border Terrier Pix

Tonight the link popped up to let me load jpeg files and it was not working when I posted my story about the Border Terrier trial.  Here is a picture of Chudleigh sporting his glorious title rosette and first place rosette for completing his open standard preferred title.

Is he looking great and feeling wonderful.  I have him on melatonin and you would be amazed to see how thick and luxuriously plush his fur is.  He even has the cutest sprinkling of fawn dapples on his coat.  He has become quite the head turner, and of course he has totally regained his svelte boyish figure, no more beached whale look for Mr Chudleigh. He has rippling muscles and not an ounce of extra fat on him anywhere.

I feel so blessed to have my beautiful dog back.

Viszla Agility 2/2/13

We entered just Saturday this time and had a really great day competing.  Both dogs entered novice FAST, both did open jumpers, and Chuds made his excellent standard debut and Rollo did open standard.

Going tall to small Chudleigh was my first dog to compete in novice preferred FAST.  He listened and worked well for me, qualifying  with a score of 62 out of the required 50 and 5 seconds under course time for a 3^rd place.  Competition was tough and I am very pleased with my boy.

Rollo tried too but was too much of a Momma’s boy to dare go into the tunnel portion of the send with me staying so far away.  I wanted him to be happy and successful so I crossed over the line and helped him be right.  He finished the rest of the course the way I planned but of course he couldn’t qualify.  He thought he did a good job and got his treats and lots of praise.

Next class was open jumpers, kind of a convoluted course with lots of potential for off courses.  Unfortunately one of those traps caused Chuds to take a sucker jump, but he aced his weaves and flew right along.  He also knocked a bar toward the end of the course.  He was happy and I was too, he was feeling good and really trying.

Then it was Rollo’s turn to run that course.  Rollo unfortunately popped out of the weaves and I had to resend him which he did successfully.  He was steaming along quite well and I thought he just might qualify until he went right past a jump that I hadn’t told him to jump as I figured it was right in front of him.  Note to self, don’t assume things with a baby dog.  Of course he did fine after I redirected him and he took the jump but that was his 2^nd whoopsie and the time penalties ate us alive.  Oh well, he had one final class in which to shine.

Chudleigh’s excellent preferred run was going great UNTIL he decided the teeter felt funny and he bailed just as it started to tip.  Aargh!!!  He did the teeter fine in his FAST class, but it was a different teeter and might have feel weird.  He aced his weaves, stuck his table landing  like he had super glue on his paws and nailed the rest of his contacts.  I screwed up as navigator and missed a jump, but that was after he had bailed on the teeter and nq’ed his run.  Oh well, he got lots of praise, hugs and treats so he was a happy boy.

After a couple hours of waiting the open standard class started.  There was a triple jump that was heading into really bright sunlight and was really close to the pipe fencing in the ring.  Easily 50% of the dogs were crashing the jump, they just did not realize how huge it was.  Not only did Rollo sail over it with room to spare, he nailed his weaves and completed the course with a perfect score and 3 seconds under course time for open standard leg #2!  What a stunning finish to a very long frustrating day.

Yup, another fun day playing with my dogs.

When am I going to see the rest of you out there competing?  I am feeling a bit lonely.

Christy