Don't pay too much attention to Selby's run - it wasn't very good. Watch the bottom right of the screen for the great crash tackle of the 4 yr old pitch invader! This was taken when we traveled up to Geraldton recently
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Happenings Since Nationals - and Amos' Jumping Title!
Since the Nationals we have had a few trials - both in and out of the ring! Selby continues to knock just 1 bar in most jumping courses but has really found some drive which is exciting. Her jumping at Northern Suburbs was oh so close - just went round the broad as she was travelling so fast. Sadly in her Agility runs she has decided that she doesn't like contacts and regularly jumps off of them. This doesn't happen in training so is quite hard to fix. We have been working really hard and with some extra training on Monday nights she is starting to get it again.
The ACWA trial saw her get her 2nd pass in Novice Agility and 1st place YAY - her morning run was a lot better, she just missed the contact. The pass was a bit shaky but she got it so I am stoked :) Now we just need 1 more in Jumping and Agility to get titles
Unfortunately a mishap in the newly paved and supposedly safer backyard led to a cracked claw. She spent a day at the vet sedated where they cut it off and she once again became a buckethead! Poor thing did not take kindly to the forced rest that was imposed. Sadly she has had to miss the last 2 trials but thankfully we were able to get her entries refunded which helped a lot with the vet bills. No trial this weekend so she will have to wait an extra weekend - can't wait to see how she goes at Rockingham - possibly will have to deal with a loopy excitable dog but should be fun. We go on from there to a few days in Margaret River which will be great.
Amos - Amos' owner Andrea is working offshore for a few months so he is on a little 'holiday' with friends and loving it! I get visitation rights for training and trials which is great - I miss having him around (except for the snoring)
He is such a great little dog to run but struggles with Double Header trials and tends to sleep most of the afternoon. At Northern Suburbs he took out 1st place in the morning Novice Jumping - a great trial to win as he came away with a massive bag of dog food which will keep both dogs going for quite some time. We thought he got his title when he went clear in the afternoon. Sadly (and my fault for kicking him in the head as he came through the tunnel) he missed out by 0.4 seconds.
We made up for it at Gosnells the next week with a fantastic run to get his Novice Jumping Title, backed up with another clear round in the afternoon just to prove it wasn't a fluke.
So Amos won the 'which dog will get a title first' race and will now have to start tackling the Excellent courses - not sure about him but will be interesting to see if I'm ready for that! Hopefully Selby will join him there soon.
Videos coming soon
Nationals 2010
Well it's been a while and I haven't written about the Nationals - here's the 'what I remember recount'
Selby 1st - Selby had some lovely runs and I was really happy with her overall. Sadly we did not qualify for any finals, many times by just one bar! Her best runs came in the games with qualifiers in both Novice Gamblers and Snooker. She finished midway up the field for both which is pretty goos seeing as there are many Masters level dogs still in Novice for the games. Looking at her times she was really quick, just didn't get the high scores.
Amos - Our success story of the Nationals. Day 1, 1st run and Amos goes clear in Novice jumping - what a little legend! He came away with ribbons, trophy and a brand new bed. That was to be his only pass in the heats with a few shockers over the following days including running out of the ring a couple of times and basically running around like a loon! The final was another story. Poor thing was exhausted and barely walking let alone running by the time the Novice Jumping started! He was a star though - I ran conservatively, lining him up nice and straight for the tunnels, then totally threw myself by putting in a front cross one jump too soon - woops! Amos surprised us all and went clear Yippee!! However he wasn't very fast and was beaten by 4 seconds. Oh well can't be disappointed with 2nd place in the Nationals!
Loved watching the other fantastic dogs compete - was a joy to see Epic and Diva take out the Strat Pairs and Diva's amazing run in Masters Jumping was great to watch.
This was a fantastic event to be a part of and really well run by WA, can't wait til the next one in Sydney in a couple of years when we are slightly better prepared and used to competing - Bring it on :)
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