Nadac Oct-Nov 2015

Calliesmom

Calliesmom

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Fri- Dixie was in open jumpers and Jocu was in novice jumpers. I had to call Jo off a jump and then he didn't take the next jump and as he ran around it, I eventually got him to jump it but we lost a lot of time there and went over course time. Dixie was also in touch n go and fell to the Aframe/tunnel trap.
Sat- Dixie was in open jumpers and Jocu was in novice jumpers. Jocu got his novice jumpers title. Cranberry was in open weavers and while it wasn't his prettiest run, he got the job done under time and got his open weavers title.
Then I lost my mind and ran all 4 in tunnelers and amazingly all 4 Qd. I even got Destin on his leash within a reasonable amount of time- he was the last dog though and that's why. Someone told me the judge said that Destin did better than a lot of the other dogs- running the course wasn't my big concern with him. catching him and putting him on leash at the end of the run- that was my huge concern and we did ok.
Cran elite tunnelers
Dix elite tunnelers
Jocu open tunnelers
Destin novice tunnelers

then I lost it even more as I was talked into running all 4 in tunnelers again on Sunday. while we were walking the tunnelers course, I wasn't sure that we could repeat the 4 Qs. the brown dogs did ok with the course and both Qd but the bi boys did extra credit tunnels so no Qs for them. I managed again to get Destin on leash within a reasonable time so we'll see if we can get better there.
Cran elite tunnelers
Dix elite tunnelers
Jocu open tunnelers
Destin novice tunnelers
then Cran ran his first elite weavers and had a little weave bobble which isn't really apparent in the video. I started Jocu in novice weavers and he had a few weave issues so I made him do the last set until he got them. I had expected Dixie to Q in open jumpers by now and to move up to elite but she knocked the first bar all three days so she was still in open with Cranberry. we were a little rushed for Cran's run and it shows as his focus was not what it should have been. at that point, I was glad that I hadn't entered Jocu in jumpers for Sunday. I was pretty wiped out by then.

I seem to have lost Jocu' Sat jumpers run..... will see if I can find it tonight to upload....
 
My favorite part...the lady who called Destin "possum"--SO CUTE! He's so speedy! You better work on decelerating sooner at those tunnels with him...he's off like a shot!:biggrin2:

Your dogs read your rear crosses into tunnels so well. I don't think any of them misread them. That's awesome!
 
corbinam said:
My favorite part...the lady who called Destin "possum"--SO CUTE! He's so speedy! You better work on decelerating sooner at those tunnels with him...he's off like a shot!

Your dogs read your rear crosses into tunnels so well. I don't think any of them misread them. That's awesome!
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I am the queen of rear crosses:winkgrin:
it's only been within the last year or so that I have planned and done front crosses in trials. If you look at the recent AKC thread and Dixie's first jww video- I had two places on the way to the far jump to the weaves that I was trying to be in front of Dixie to blind cross but I just couldn't get in front of her (the yellow jump or the wing yellow jump) so yet another rear cross got us through....

Jocu does better with front crosses but if I do the rear in the right spot then it works well for him too.

the Possum- he is fast and he really does well when I remember what to do in time to cue him. he got that nickname the day after I got him- his nose was much pinker then but I'm sure he'll always be the Possum.

and the trade secret- the thing with tunnelers that you can't hear in any of the videos is me yelling "here" to get the turns that I need. I am amused at the new people that yell tunnel all the time:razz:
what I really need to do is teach them the colors and then I can just yell blue, yellow, green, orange, white etc:fl
I actually said "here" to Destin after he finished the last tunnel on the Sunday tunnelers. he came close and then with the fake cookies in the pocket, I was able to leash him up and leave the ring to get real cookies.:pop
 
SheepOfBlue said:
I like how you just launch the possum toward a tunnel and he is off :lol:
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yeah- that's how I run him. aim and release:fl
he actually does really well and we are working on a start line stay but we're not there yet so running with him is the current method.....:winkgrin:
 
Calliesmom said:
I am the queen of rear crosses:winkgrin:
it's only been within the last year or so that I have planned and done front crosses in trials. If you look at the recent AKC thread and Dixie's first jww video- I had two places on the way to the far jump to the weaves that I was trying to be in front of Dixie to blind cross but I just couldn't get in front of her (the yellow jump or the wing yellow jump) so yet another rear cross got us through....

Jocu does better with front crosses but if I do the rear in the right spot then it works well for him
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I wasn't going to mention it...but since you did...omg you can totally squeeze some fronts in there! Anytime you're waiting for your dog to get in front of you so you can do a rear, that tells you that you have time for a front :). I know speed isn't your top concern but I know you could shave off lots of time by doing some fronts instead of waiting for the rears :yes:
 
corbinam said:
I wasn't going to mention it...but since you did...omg you can totally squeeze some fronts in there! Anytime you're waiting for your dog to get in front of you so you can do a rear, that tells you that you have time for a front :). I know speed isn't your top concern but I know you could shave off lots of time by doing some fronts instead of waiting for the rears :yes:
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I'm not usually waiting for them to get in front- they are in front.........
there are some places that I know I can get there first and do the front cross but other times...... yay that my dogs know the rear cross.
my friend was trying to teach her young dog and I was like- just do it but that didn't work for her dog. she actually had to work to teach the rear cross to her dog.
 
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