UKI trial - 2nd post

I cant remember what happened with Miley. LOL, I guess I should have posted on Monday when I did Java's post. Oops.



So I watched the video to try and remember.  We had some nice runs but none were perfect. Lots of dogs dropped bars the first day. I think the slant of the field took some getting use to. Because the next day, hardly any dogs dropped bars.  I know it looks flat but it was kinda high in the middle and low on both ends. 

She dropped the first bar but it was on the up hill part and I think she wasnt aware of the lift she needed to get over the bar.  Then my front cross was a little off and I presented the back side of #6 so we were off course. Other wise nice run.

Because I think I know everything, LOl, I messed up this run.  Taking Daisy Peels rear cross class, and finding out my rear cross on the flat with my inside  arm isnt correct. That I should be using my outside arm/hand to draw my dog across my body. But I thought, this works for me so whats the big deal. Well, I used a rear cross on the flat from #6 to #7 (Both tunnels because they had no chute), and  I flipped her back into the tunnel she just came out of by using my inside hand. Ack!!  So we were off course. She self released on the dogwalk and jumped the a-frame contact and I marked that.  So she stopped on the teeter.  Silly Miley.

I didnt get this on video because I was taping myself on a tripod and the person in front of me pulled their dog for dropping a bar and I wasnt ready with my ipad. But I do remember that I messed up the beginning. I think she went around 4. I think she might have missed 12 too. Ugh, I have to write this stuff down.

We did really well on this course.  I held her to long going from 16 to 17, trying to keep her out of the tunnel. I should have just said "tire" but finally she said, "screw it, she isnt telling me where to go, Im taking the tunnel".  LOL  Oh so close.

We did well on this course too but got a refusal at the tunnel under the dogwalk.

Our first UKI trial

I went to a small UKI trial up in North Carolina.  It started at 2pm on Saturday. Usually its hotter then heck this time of year but the weather was great, low 80s, no humidity and NO RAIN. Whoohoo!!!   The people who hosted the trial at their farm were great. There place is wonderful. I can't imagine getting to walk your dogs every day, through the rolling paths, and not have to deal with other peoples dogs or bikes. LoL.

The trial was small, only about 25 people. Cant get better than that.   5 runs in 4 hours , both days.  Man, I like that!!.  Plus if you want your run to be a training run, you just announce it when you step to the line. Love that!! 

Java's first run.

I felt like I was falling behind and had to push into her to get her, to get out and take 7. I guess I pushed to much and she turned left after taking 7, but then came the right way. Then, for some reason, she turned the wrong way after my rc on #10 but it was ok, we were still on course.  She ran fast and we actually Qed on this course even with my mess ups.

My next run with Java was  Novice agility.

I used this as  my training run. I worked dogwalks and teeters. She was awesome.  The field looks flat but it wasnt. It kinda peaked in the middle so you were running up hill both ways. LOL. You dont realized how lazy your legs get running on flat agility courses until you run on one like this.  After 3 running dogwalks with Java my legs were toast. Sad but true, so I moved on to the teeter.  She got on the teeter the first time. Whoohoo!! ( I didnt put this on the video tape Im going to post below).

The next day started at 10am. Some new people came and some left from Saturday so about the same amount of handlers. 
Java's Gamblers run.

Java was great.  The dogwalk and weaves were the highest point obstacles . You could do them twice for points. We did and she hit all her dogwalks. Whoohoo!!  And got the gamble. The square numbers are the harder gamble which then requires less opening points. The round numbers was the easier gamble but then required that you had more opening points to Q.  Java was awesome and Qed.

Next Novice Agility round 1

They didnt have a chute , so that obstacle is a tunnel in the video. Java was awesome. Hit her dogwalk again. Yay!!  But popped out of the 10th weave pole. So no Q but nice run anyway.

 

Novice agility round 2

 

I bit the dust on this one. I was so tired and just wanted to go home.  The opening was the same for the first 3 obstacles as the Senior course I had just finished running with Miley. Miley was the second to last dog. It didnt take long to change the course and then Java was second. I kinda got the coruses confused.  I went to front cross after 3 but that was Miley's course. Oops, so she missed the weave pole entry and then things just started to fall apart. LOl Oh well. 

 

 

I know I look like Im running weird  on that gamblers run. The grass was damp, maybe thats why. LOL.

  My dogs had a good time playing chase throught the mowed paths. Ill post Mileys stuff tomorrow.