The Days of Johann - an agility dog! |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2009 03:11 AM PDT  Gracie, Mum and I had a fantastic day yesterday...We got to do agility!We met up with our bud Cash (that's his photo below) and his Mom who invited us to come out to their house and play agility. When we got there we were amazed at their place. I think it may have been about 5 acres of fields with an agility course set up in the corner. Can you say buggy eyes? That's us in the car waiting for Mum to stop talking and start the party! I have to tell ya that I think it's been November since we've been on somewhat of a full course, and Mum wasn't exactly sure what to expect from either of us, or her. But she was super proud of us.  I got to run first, and Mum of course couldn't wait to see now I handled a full lowered dogwalk. It wasn't perfect, but not too bad. I bailed a couple of times, but mostly I made it into the yellow, maybe a bit further back than Mum would have liked, but I had a few nice ones right smack in the middle. So Mum was pleased. It wasn't until she got out the cheddar cheese that I really started to bail. She wanted to see how I would react more in a trial environment, which cheese will do for me. We still have a lot of work to do, and we know we have to work more on turning after the dogwalk. So back to practice we go. We worked some on distance, some on tight turns, and the like. Mum was super pleased with everything I did, especially my frame and tight turns. I was as fast in the first run as I was in the last one four hours later. Guess all that backyard work, body work and conditioning is really paying off. Then it was Gracie's turn. You'll see in the vid, after a bit of a ruff start when she lost her brain just a little, she really got into it. She bailed her first dogwalk, so Mum helped her the rest of the day by throwing a treat bag. She missed some weave entrances, but made most of them. And her speed through them wasn't too bad. Mum loved many of her frames, total running with no bailing. Loved her tight turns. And she got more and more focused as the hours went by. Mum couldn't have asked for more from the Grace-ster. Good job, girly! It's been a while since Mum has run that much in one day, so we expect her to be sore, today; especially since she had to mow the lawn when we got home! We want to thank our bud Cash and his Mom for letting us come out to play. Not doing a full type of course for that long had really worn on us. We were getting manic and cranky. And spending a day doing agility with a good friend was just what we needed. We are grateful!!!!! Enjoy the videos! (Here's mine)  |
| European Open 2009 info and updates! Edit: Final Results! Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:17 PM PDT  Eric at AgiltiyVision.com has a few videos up of the winners of the individual agility event yesterday:Small - Nicola Giraudi with Twister a Parson Russell from Switzerland. Medium - Jari Suomalainen and Frodo a Small Dutch Waterfowl Dog from Finland. Large - Krisztina Kabai and Chilli a BC from Germany. We also hear that Nancy Gyes came in third place in the finals with Ace, congrats! They're using electronic contacts over there this weekend. So cool! You can see some practice work on them thanks to some USA practice video from Friday. EDIT 7-26-2009: Final results! Large Dogs: Standard Jumpers Qualified for Finals Finals Medium Dogs: Standard Jumping Qualified for Finals Finals Small Dogs : Standard Jumping Qualified for Finals Finals Results by Country: Large Dogs Medium Dogs Small Dogs Recap: Nancy Gyes and Ace received third place in the finals for Large Dog. Krisztina Kabai and Chilli a BC from Germany took 1st and Niina-Liina Linna & Rhett, BC, from Finland took 2nd. Mindy Lytle & Switch from the US took 31st. Top US finish in Small Dogs goes to our friend Katie Trachte and Jeep in 28th place. Nicola Giraudi & Twister, a Parson Russell, from Switzerland took 1st, Susanne Prier & Unique, a sheltie, from Denmark took 2nd and Elena Kapustina & Party, a Parson Russell Terrier, from Russia took 3rd. In the Medium Dog category Jari Suomalainen and Frodo a Small Dutch Waterfowl Dog from Finland came in first place, Silas Boogk and Caja in 2nd and Silvia Trkman and La in 3rd place. Sarah Dow & Siryn from the US took 11th place. And our friends Hugo Santos & Kissy from Portugal took 22nd. Congratulations to everyone!!!!  |
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