Koji now has his AXJ title!!

YAY! Nice job!!!

It definitely looks like an Open Q to me. Way to go! I know you must have been thrilled with his dogwalk performance. That is really awesome.

I have to say, his front crosses are awesome! Every time you did one, I was like "Wow! Perfect!" and Koji responded and read them perfectly too.

That is really nice (I know I've said this before) that you can do next day move ups. That rule was JUST changed in USDAA, but I've not taken advantage of it yet.

Can't wait to hear how today goes, hope it's more of the same (Qs!!)!

Oh, and as to the heat and humidity, it sounds dumb, but drink a lot of water. Even if you aren't thirsty...drink. It makes a huge difference. You'll feel a lot more alert, not to mention you won't get sick (I've gotten sick before because of dehydration).
 
Congrates Koji, sounds like a great job in less then desirable conditions, good job guys. Heres hoping we don't have the same for our end of July trial.
 
Thanks everyone. I just picked up my Q ribbon for Standard from yesterday.

And Yup been drinking lots. My friend got mild heat stroke yesterday and threw up after her run poor thing. In her defense, she's rarely out In the sun, much less this kind of heat.

Today's JWW is crazy. I'll have to scan in the course map. Let's just say there is going to be a lot of RC's. Wish us luck. Koji seems crazier today. Maybe the 2 pieces of bread he stole yesterday made him full and tired. LOL
 
k9kreationz said:
Thanks everyone. I just picked up my Q ribbon for Standard from yesterday.

And Yup been drinking lots. My friend got mild heat stroke yesterday and threw up after her run poor thing. In her defense, she's rarely out In the sun, much less this kind of heat.

Today's JWW is crazy. I'll have to scan in the course map. Let's just say there is going to be a lot of RC's. Wish us luck. Koji seems crazier today. Maybe the 2 pieces of bread he stole yesterday made him full and tired. LOL
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Good luck today.
 
Find some air conditioning

Try to take breaks in the shade or in the air conditioning if possible. Wrap a cool rag around your neck. Have them air condition the course?
Try 105 heat index here today


Congratulations and good luck!
I find agility so interesting.
Maybe when mine is older...

Pam G
 
Koji picked up his OA title!!

Ohmigod. I am sooo amazed. Koji got his OA title. Yup, we Q'd Standard again today. Yay!!!

But first, JWW.
Sun JWW ExB
This was our first ExB JWW course. I was so excited because I got to it before my friend.....for 24 hours. Her dogs moved up today. LOL. Oh well, it's okay, it's just friendly competition. I posted the course map below. OHMIGOD!! It was crazy. The last 5 jumps were crazy. We weren't sure what to do, how to do it. We decided to RC everything!!! We saw a guy do blind crosses (I can't spell the K word), he made it look so effortless. One person did all FCs, but her dog was pretty slow. Watch the vid, I did rear's.

I was bummed about Koji's weaves. He popped out at 10, I ran back, didn't even look back at Koji, cuz he never takes them backwards, and lo and behold. He took them back, perfectly. So we did it again. Two people said I was decel at the end (probably to get ready for the jump afterwards) and if I was, that's probably what popped him out at 10. I moved on because he did them correctly once. LOL and I already lost the Q, so onto the RC. I think I handled them wonderfully. Not sure if you can hear me, but I was actually talking to Koji a lot (I don't typically) during this run. He ran it great.

Since hubby and our friend went to get drinks at this tea place, he missed my Standard run and didn't video it. Oh well. All in all, it was a crazy beginning. I knew what I wanted to do, Koji broke his stay so it threw me completely off. He refused the chute (I RC'd it and it was bad, lol). I thought he may have missed his A-frame contact, but he got it. And his DW again, it was a creep, but I made him move down into place, said yes and released. So that's progress on both our parts. He grabbed the teeter perfectly (not sure why he hopped off it at that other trial).

The ending was crazy. From the teeter, you went to the table. From the table, you take a jump, then a sharp left to another jump, than a U-turn to the right to grab the weaves. CRAZY!!! And this is Open? LOL. In the end, Koji got one refusal on the chute for 95 points and a Q. Yay!!! So thankfully, that means, NEXT WEEK, we move up to Excellent JWW AND STD. No more LONG LONG days unless I decide to stay and cheer on my friends and their dogs.

I am so proud of my little boy this weekend. He did awesome. Do I get to say he QQ'd yesterday even though he's in two diff levels? lol. He moved up out of ExA JWW And Open STD. Wow. What we've been struggling with for months, came through today. Y'know, I keep wondering if I should take off more because Koji seems to do really well when we've had a break. If you recall, we've been out of training for 6 weeks now (minus 1 drop-in).

Which reminds me. I need to email the trial secretaries for my next two trials. I may break from mid-Aug through Sept. I also have Daisy Peel for contacts coming up in Aug. So excited!!! I will get first hand knowledge of how to train contacts FOR Koji properly. Yay!
 

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PamG said:
Try to take breaks in the shade or in the air conditioning if possible. Wrap a cool rag around your neck. Have them air condition the course?
Try 105 heat index here today


Congratulations and good luck!
I find agility so interesting.
Maybe when mine is older...

Pam G
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I think they should air condition the course. I like that. Granted, most of ours are outdoors, so it probably won't work, but I can hope, right?

How old is your dog? Never too early to start training, even if you can't trial yet.
 
Cheryl,
Congrats on your day! You and Koji have earned it.

Sunny is 14 weeks and just learning the basics...house manners first. She is a bi-black. Snow is the super charged speedster who would love it. She seems to love challenges. She is a 4.5 month old colored headed white. She is my son's.

Enjoy the rest of your winning day.

PamG
 
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