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
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