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  • Good conformation weekend

    I got what I wanted this weekend – some time in the ring to figure things out.  And that happened this weekend.  We were the only ones in 12-18 months both days, so that put it back in the ring a second time each time, and gave me a chance to figure the whole thing out.  Every other time, we’ve come in second in the class and we were done.

    I think we are both moving well in the ring, but we still have some work to do on the stacking thing.  Especially on the table.  I did a lot of my less is more, and that helped the stress level.  

    I’m entered next week in Jackson, and I’m going to enter Glen Rose.  Right now, the plan is to enter any show that we can go to without getting a hotel room (though I’m thinking about staying in Glen Rose) and which doesn’t conflict with agility.  There is one weekend where we do have that problem, and we’ll just have to see.

    Breeder got what she wanted – her beagle finished her championship today.  So all is good.

  • Dulce took Winner’s Bitch

    I have been wanting an opportunity to just showy dog and not have to compete and I got that today

    It was good because we got to show in our class and then we got to compete (yeah right) with the Specials.

    The next three opportunities all majors. Tomorrow will be good practice again because we are "competing" with our breeder who has a bitch who just needs 2 points and the major.

    Next weekend we are in Jackson and it has two majors. Since the breeder isn't coming and she likes the judges i feel that not only do we have a chance but that we will know what we are doing.

    Lately no one has noticed we were in the ring so I must be doing okay. Today the judge said she moved well but was being silly on the table and we are working in that. Tomorrow I plan to put her on the table, walk her to the edge and then pose her.

    Mildred doesn't think that will work but we'll see.

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  • Darn – No Christmas Qs

    We had nice runs all weekend – see yesterdays posts.

    JWWs – missed by one second. @alfredtwo will appreciate my off by one whine. Also had a refusal at the weaves.

    Standard – probably took off to early and landed in the middle of the jump. I was really worried she was hurt. Ran up the plank of the teeter and found she couldn't do it .

    Boy is it cold!

    Sorry to see the agility year is over but we play again in January.

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  • Heading to McKinney for last agility trial of the year

    Still need dogs and shoes.

    Four layers of clothing – check
    Dog treats – check (forgot yesterday)
    Blood sugar meter – check (forgot yesterday )

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  • This does not make for fun agility.

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  • Standard was better

    No q. But she did everything-refusal on the teeter. Way slow though.

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  • JWW – not so good

    Weird as she stopped and peed before we ran but she wasn’t moving at all and a dump about 2/3rds through. A real hard solid one.

  • Novice FAST–December 3

    I really focused on keeping Macy’s attention and as a result, we had a beautiful run from the 9 point tunnel, 3 point jump, 7 point Teeter to the wrong end of the tunnel.  At that point she got stressed because

    a) I kept trying to get her to the right end of the tunnel

    b) I couldn’t move forward because of the line

    BUT until then she was fabulous!  And was just going too fast to her me call her off the tunnel.  Fast is good.

  • Thoughts on my second conformation shoe

    I had a good time and enjoyed being with the group. Everyone was nice to me but then I start every conversation with a positive comment (clicker training) so could people be mean to me?

    I held onto the leash of a very cute girl dog while her handler showed a boy dog. Dulce really liked them and played with them the whole time.

    Saturdays’ Judge taught me how to get Dulce not to lean so much but then on Sunday I let her free stack on the table which worked even better. I also used the judge’s trick of putting her on the far edge then stood at the front of the table to hold her still. I think we’ll do better at Market Hall.

    All in all. I enjoyed myself but I am not up to driving around the world chasing points.

  • 2nd Novice FAST Q

    While I lost her between the first jump and the second she got her act together and did everything else.

    We earned 52 points lost 2 on time and ended up with 50 points for the Q.

    Good girl!


    2nd Novice FAST Q