Spirit Joy

Way to go on the CGC! Cruz sticks his nose up at that kinda stuff.. not enough movement or excitement for my wild child :lol: don't sweat it about the trial. I think we get too excited about starting when we are "supposed" to that sometimes we lose sight of all the fun there is in learning prior to that point. You have many, many years to come of playing with your little girl :)
 
cmae said:
Way to go on the CGC! Cruz sticks his nose up at that kinda stuff.. not enough movement or excitement for my wild child :lol: don't sweat it about the trial. I think we get too excited about starting when we are "supposed" to that sometimes we lose sight of all the fun there is in learning prior to that point. You have many, many years to come of playing with your little girl :)
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You're right. Thanks! She's only 14 months old. I'm taking the pressure off both of us and refocusing on just playing the game :-)
 
while I have entered Destin in three runs in two trials, I am not entering him again any time soon. he stayed with me pretty well while we were running but at the end, he did not want to be leashed to leave the ring. so he gets to practice but until his recall is way better, he won't be competing...........

but I do have three other dogs to run so I'll still be busy:winkgrin:
 
Yeah, that's one of my worries - Spirit has an AMAZING recall when she's hanging out at home doing nothing. When I'm trying to recall her off of something she enjoys (such as chasing squirrels or doing agility), not so much. I definitely don't want her getting into trouble by being out of control at the end of her run. I have a friend who has already gotten written up twice because her dog goes crazy zooming at the end of the run and refuses to get leashed back up.
 
Congratulations on the CGC! My two are no where near competent to take that.

Hugely tempting though it is to hurry and compete, it is better to wait until you feel she is more than ready. When I was doing obedience there was a principle that you needed the dog to be performing in training at a level above what it would need in competition because you lose that margin in the competition environment. I think that holds true for agility too.
 
seashel said:
Congratulations on the CGC! My two are no where near competent to take that.

Hugely tempting though it is to hurry and compete, it is better to wait until you feel she is more than ready. When I was doing obedience there was a principle that you needed the dog to be performing in training at a level above what it would need in competition because you lose that margin in the competition environment. I think that holds true for agility too.
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Thanks! I'm very proud of the little peanut for holding it together for the CGC :-)

And yes, I'm actually planning to wait until Spirit is able to run an Excellent level course before starting her in Novice - for exactly that reason. I want to have a cushion so that even if she performs nowhere near her best, she'll still get out there and do well. And we won't be stressed out and we'll be able to enjoy ourselves :-)
 
Here's a little video montage of some of Spirit's agility training sessions. For only 14 months old, I think she's doing great! And thrown in for fun are a few of her blooper moments. Have to keep in mind that she really is still a baby dog :-) And I am clearly a new handler and have a long way to go with my handling skills!!!!!

https://vimeo.com/140606300
 
So talented she is - really nice. :yes:

But really thought it was a real Sheltie moment on 1:53 - really, really wonderful and so sweeeeeet :lol::lol::lol:
 
Thank you! And she's actually finally doing independent teeters now, but we didn't have a video clip of them.

Wasn't that hilarious on the teeter? My heart just melts at her happy little face doing exactly what she thinks she's supposed to do :-)
 
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