take4roll10
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We received our first AKC agility title yesterday. We Q'd in Novice A Jumpers. 
It took 4 attempts... not too bad for both our first time. The first two Q's were clean, score of 100 and first place (although there was only 1 other Novice A dog
).
Our third attempt, I took my eyes off Bailey and thought she missed a jump. I stopped and was about to bring her around to do the jump and then changed my mind because I couldn't remember if she took the jump or not. This confused Bailey and she took the jump backwards. Turns out she did take the jump correctly, which I would've known if I watched or trusted her and continued. So due to handler error... NQ
Yesterday, Bailey was great. Nice, smooth course. She had one refusal. I FC in between two jumps because in the direction of one jump was a tunnel. I thought that if I didn't get there in time or was late on my signals, Bailey would take the tunnel. The FC prevented her from doing that, but made her land awkwardly and she started to go around the next jump. I managed to get back to me and take the jump correctly. Yay! So score of 95, first place and our first title.
We don't have any Q's in novice standard yet. We did run twice at a trial. It was drizzling at our first trial. Bailey slipped on the teeter and jumped off before it hit the ground. Other than that she was good. The second trial, she took the dogwalk instead of the tunnel underneath it.
We still have a trial next weekend and another one in November and then we are probably done with trialing until the spring
.
I only enter one day at trials and won't travel more than an hour, so we're going to be slow at getting titles, but that's okay. I would love to have one Q in Nov standard by the end of the year. Open Jumpers is going to be a little tough for us. I'll definitely find out what we need to work on. Full set of weaves now, scary!
Sorry, I didn't get a video, but here's a picture of her with her ribbons:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/NAJTitle.jpg
And here's videos of our first two Q's:
http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/?action=view¤t=VID00030.mp4 (it was our first run ever and she was a little slow. She has definitely picked up speed since then, especially with weaves)
http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/?action=view¤t=novjww61512lowres.mp4
Question for AKC competitors, do I have to move up to Standard Nov B or do I still stay in Standard Nov A? Also, do I immediately move up to Open in my next trial (in 2 weeks) or do I have to wait for something official from AKC before up? Thanks!
It took 4 attempts... not too bad for both our first time. The first two Q's were clean, score of 100 and first place (although there was only 1 other Novice A dog
).Our third attempt, I took my eyes off Bailey and thought she missed a jump. I stopped and was about to bring her around to do the jump and then changed my mind because I couldn't remember if she took the jump or not. This confused Bailey and she took the jump backwards. Turns out she did take the jump correctly, which I would've known if I watched or trusted her and continued. So due to handler error... NQ
Yesterday, Bailey was great. Nice, smooth course. She had one refusal. I FC in between two jumps because in the direction of one jump was a tunnel. I thought that if I didn't get there in time or was late on my signals, Bailey would take the tunnel. The FC prevented her from doing that, but made her land awkwardly and she started to go around the next jump. I managed to get back to me and take the jump correctly. Yay! So score of 95, first place and our first title.
We don't have any Q's in novice standard yet. We did run twice at a trial. It was drizzling at our first trial. Bailey slipped on the teeter and jumped off before it hit the ground. Other than that she was good. The second trial, she took the dogwalk instead of the tunnel underneath it.
We still have a trial next weekend and another one in November and then we are probably done with trialing until the spring
. I only enter one day at trials and won't travel more than an hour, so we're going to be slow at getting titles, but that's okay. I would love to have one Q in Nov standard by the end of the year. Open Jumpers is going to be a little tough for us. I'll definitely find out what we need to work on. Full set of weaves now, scary!
Sorry, I didn't get a video, but here's a picture of her with her ribbons:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/NAJTitle.jpg
And here's videos of our first two Q's:
http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/?action=view¤t=VID00030.mp4 (it was our first run ever and she was a little slow. She has definitely picked up speed since then, especially with weaves)
http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/take4roll10/?action=view¤t=novjww61512lowres.mp4
Question for AKC competitors, do I have to move up to Standard Nov B or do I still stay in Standard Nov A? Also, do I immediately move up to Open in my next trial (in 2 weeks) or do I have to wait for something official from AKC before up? Thanks!
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