My car was worse, mud all splattered up the sides. I had already washed it when I took this picture)
So the new, to me , dogwalk is fiberglass and aluminum. It seems slippery but maybe that's because we are use to rubber. It flexes more than she is use to. So I put wooden supports under the ramps. Anyway, she is having trouble hitting the contact. Ack!!! Maybe that's why she is missing on dogwalks at different places. Depending on how they feel to her?? Im ready to give up on the running dogwalk.
The video is of her yesterday on the field dogwalk and then next clip of her on the new dogwalk at home.
I set this course up yesterday.
We didn't get the beginning on the first try but the second. And she did get some tight turns in there. We didn't make it to the end but some how got the crazy #14 to #15.
Life is crazy. My husband broke his foot last weekend running a trial race. Its really swollen so they couldn't cast it. He is not allowed to put weight on it. I rented him a knee scooter and that's been very helpful. I highly recommend that if you should find yourself in need of it.
Then my son fell down the stairs yesterday and Im pretty sure he broke his toe. Its bruised and swollen and his foot is swollen too. And Miley was limping when we got to the field. I think there is something stuck between her toes. I tried to get it out but couldn't. I couldn't get an appointment for today. I have to wait until Monday to get someone to look at it.
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Shelties are so sensitive to anything different. AT our agility class, Chewy will refuse to do the weave poles if ANYTHING is on the base. Which means my teacher spends a good two minutes brushing all the dirt off it for him. SO embarrassing. If Java is anything like Chewy, I bet it is the different dogwalks that are messing her up.
Love your new DW! Running contacts are tough but Java will get it!
What about trying to soak Miley's paw in Epsom salts?
are the dogwalks the same length?
Yea the dogwalks are the same length. The akc dogwalks have a bigger contact zone, 42 inches. The USDAA contact is 36 inches. . The dogwalk at the field is AKC contact zone, so I think that's why her hits are high on USDAA zones. I should have been marking deeper hits.
humm, odd about the dog walk......so sorry about your husband and the foot, but I see on FB today he is in a boot, hope it heals soon.
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