State Titles 2010

This weekend saw our 1st attempt at a State Agility Trial. I must admit that after the last few weeks I was REALLY nervous about running Selby.

We got there to find that Amos was only entered for Saturday - so he would be spectator for the evening.

Selby's 1st run was in Novice jumping. It looked like it was going to be a really hard course and I was worried about her taking the ring rope. Turns out she had a fantastic run and got round the really tricky bits well. Just one bar down (the only one for the whole weekend!) and that was my fault for crossing too close and making her shorten up.

Open Jumping - a bit tough for us but good for the extra run. Selby took the tunnel at distance but was surprised to find me so far away when she came out and got pretty flustered.

Last run of the night - Novice Agility. First Agility pass WooHoo!!!! What a time to do it :) Not the smoothest run but you can't argue with a pass!

After a long night it was back to the trial at 7am, this time with Amos ready to run.

Novice Jumping - A good 1st attempt for Amos, he just popped out the wrong end of the tunnel, but all else was good. Selby just got a refusal on 1 jump - soo close :(

Open Jumping - Another tricky course and not such good handling but good for the weave practice.

Novice Agility - YAY Amos! Who would have thought it! 1st trial and he weaves AND passes AND comes 4th!!! Both dogs now against each other in the finals. Selby popped out of the weaves.

Finals - WOW so nervous. They only ran 1 ring at a time so everyone was watching which was really intimidating.

Amos got to go 1st and sadly ran around jump no 2 and took it from the back. He also ran off after something at the back of the ring and missed the weaves. But overall pretty stoked at his 1st trial :)

Was SOOOO nervous running Selby. After being concerned about her going out of the ring on the 1st night, it never occurred to me she would do it on this course, but she did! just kept running and took the rope instead of the jump :( She also found the back of the ring interesting and came off the table. Best part of the whole weekend was her weaves though. It was a really hard entry off the A-Frame on an angle - and she NAILED it!!!!! was stoked with her.

Overall I was really happy with our 1st attempt at a major competition with heats and finals. A great prep and confidence boost for the Nationals coming up in a few weeks

Big thanks to Robyn Evans for the great pics :)