Just had to share - Fiona and I were invited to train with the advanced competition class at my club last night and we were running excellent level courses (though we're just beginning to compete for our novice titles) and Fiona rocked! The trainers encouraged us to go all out and even try the full set of 12 weaves...I am beaming that she did so well and even nailed 12 weaves repeatedly!!!
I did have to remind her half-way through though to continue weaving. Her first time through them she stopped in the middle of the weaves and looked ahead at the rest, then at me like, "This is new...Is this the never ending set?" But I said "Weave!" again and she finished them. We had to collect pretty hard and fast to make some of the turns and weave entries because it was so tight for a dog of her size but we were able to make it. And there were lots of enticing off courses for a novice dog - like tunnel openings right next to the DW and jumps lined up for the taking in spite of the course numbers telling us to turn. She's nailing her 2o2o on the DW, she's really driving the teeter (after spending the last year working on various teeter issues), we've got a pretty good running contact on the A-frame...everything has really started to fall into place the last few months in training. It's been a much needed shove forward in our training and I'm so excited to see what lies ahead for her this year.
Our first AKC trial is this coming weekend. Here's hoping our progress in training translates to the trial setting!
Nothing big to most people but we've been having a lot of those really feel good nights in training lately where every thing clicks and I had to share this particular feat (though small). I was so proud of her for running so well with some tough courses and for making me look like a decent handler in front of all those great teams...for once, at least. LOL
That's all. Thanks for letting me geek out for a bit. :thanx:
I did have to remind her half-way through though to continue weaving. Her first time through them she stopped in the middle of the weaves and looked ahead at the rest, then at me like, "This is new...Is this the never ending set?" But I said "Weave!" again and she finished them. We had to collect pretty hard and fast to make some of the turns and weave entries because it was so tight for a dog of her size but we were able to make it. And there were lots of enticing off courses for a novice dog - like tunnel openings right next to the DW and jumps lined up for the taking in spite of the course numbers telling us to turn. She's nailing her 2o2o on the DW, she's really driving the teeter (after spending the last year working on various teeter issues), we've got a pretty good running contact on the A-frame...everything has really started to fall into place the last few months in training. It's been a much needed shove forward in our training and I'm so excited to see what lies ahead for her this year.
Our first AKC trial is this coming weekend. Here's hoping our progress in training translates to the trial setting!
Nothing big to most people but we've been having a lot of those really feel good nights in training lately where every thing clicks and I had to share this particular feat (though small). I was so proud of her for running so well with some tough courses and for making me look like a decent handler in front of all those great teams...for once, at least. LOL
That's all. Thanks for letting me geek out for a bit. :thanx: