We enjoyed a relaxing agility weekend at "Camp Stargazer" with Sandy and Jim. Arrived on Thursday afternoon after a long slow drive up from Beaverton in the rain and traffic to enjoy way too much of a tasty turkey dinner with all the trimmings. We all kept our eyes open just long enough to watch a movie that Sandy's niece Cari and her fiancee had brought with them and then fell into bed for the night.
Jan and I ran agility with the dogs on Friday and Saturday.
Jan had two really nice runs with Stoker on Friday for their first time out together. They missed a Q in Novice Jumpers with one knocked bar and a Q in Open standard when Stoker fell off the dog walk. Their runs were really nice, so it was a little disappointing that they didn't Q in either. Stoker likes running with Jan.
Chili spent the entire weekend looking for Jan on the course while I was running her. She still had a good Exc Standard run, with an off-course due to my handling. Grrr! Bad handler! Her Jumpers run was a complete and total train wreck and I am not sure there was room on the scribe sheet for all the faults. She even ran up to the judge to ask him if he knew where her "daddy" was. On Saturday, we tried having Jan stand at ringside near the start line so Chili would know where he was. That seemed to work a little better. She had a decent Standard run again but NQd with an off-course early in the run. We kept things together with a nice run in Jumpers in the afternoon for our only Q of the weekend and finished her AXJ title.
Jan and Decker are running better together with every trial. No Qs this weekend, but two nice Excellent runs on Saturday. Decker bailed off the up side of the A-frame and knocked a bar on his standard run and had a refusal in his Jumpers run. They got good weaves in both classes, which has been an issue for them. Learning Decker's signs that he is committed to an obstacle (and/or teaching him to send better) might be this team's next step. Think smoothness and flow....
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