Happiness!!

Went back to the trial on Sunday.  When I walked the dogs at 4am it was still really windy but by 7am, the wind was gone.  Miley chased Guiness on the beach for about 30 minutes before we left.  She thinks Guiness is playing but he is just acting like a maniac about the waves  and the birds.

"Hey, Im not a manic!"

After that, I left for the trial.  It was a beautiful morning. I decided I wasnt going to work as hard as yesterday. I dont know how all these people do it.  I only worked two classes.   Anyway first up was Adv Jumpers.

The beginning was very tight and I was worried about sending her off course.

I added this picture so you could see how close everything was. I walked it several different ways

  and decide on a slight lead out between #1 and #2, with my dog on my left.  I then FC at #3- #4. I thought if I post turn and Im late, she will go off course to #2.  It worked great and then I RC #5.  Whoohoo, we made it through.  I RC #8,#10, and #15.  My RC at #10 was to tight and she pulled in  after taking the jump and went to the tunnel. So we missed  jump #11.  Crap. I should have RC on the flat after  #10.  Still a great run.  Someone came up to me and said it looked so good, he stopped talking to watch me run.  LOL , that was nice.

Next up was gamblers.  I figured out if I got this run, it would be our title.  They had some cool  title ribbons and I  wanted one. LOL

This was my plan. The only thing I changed was  after #10 weaves, I put her over the teeter again. And she fell off.  Crap!  Im not sure why.  Was it my entry, Im not sure.  But the buzzer rang just then. I decided not to panic like yesterday. Miley is fast and I knew I had more than enough time. So I sent her on over the jump and thur the tunnel and then out over the gamble jump. She went over the a-frame and held her 2o/2o until I released her. Whoohooo, we did it.  And she held her start line without scooting.
I dont know if I told you this but Ann B. told me she felt her startline and her table were related. Fix her startline and will have fix her table.   Its hard to get her to the excited level of when you put her at the start of a trial. But I had been practicing with her at the trial with her ball.  She gets pretty excited about that and had a couple of failures. So maybe thats why she was doing better or if running her on the beach helped.

Not a very good picture of Miley but you can see the title ribbon.

Last up was novice standard.  I told the judge I was going to leave if she got on the table.  It was a short course to the table.  Jump, DW, tunnel ,teeter jump table.  But what about that teeter she just fell off of. I dont know. I brushed it off with a broom before the class. Im not sure if that was the problem or not. Then in class before mine, a dog fell off the dogwalk.  Ugh!  I tried to handle very carefully . I really expected Miley to pass the teeter. But she didnt.  And she got right on the table. WhooHoo!!!  After the count, we ran out of the ring and she got her special treat. Canned dog food. She thinks thats the greatest. LOL

I was sooooo happy. It felt great. And she held her start line too!!!

"Im the happiest dog in the world!"