We were back in La Crosse last weekend for another agility trial (and some Halloween celebrating)! Gracie and I had 3 runs again: T2B, STD, and JWW.
T2B was up first. We had to restart the weaves and Gracie had a moment of zoomies, but we were able to Q with that and earn 5 points! I love Gracie's energy at the beginning of a trial day!
STD was second. It was such a pretty run and the second half had some really nice speed. Unfortunately Gracie had to stop and sniff the table before she could get all 4 feet on. But so pretty!
JWW was last. Gracie seems to be a bit tired by her third run, nothing horrible she's just noticeably slower. I think I changed what I had walked a couple of times in an effort to speed her up. She was also slow enough in the weaves to notice some tape and pop out to investigate, so we redid that and finished 10 sec over time.
So it was a one-little-thing kind of day for us. That just means we're one little thing away from qualifying every time! One more trial in La Crosse in a couple weeks.
Gidget
Gidget was in a CDSP obedience trial a couple of weeks ago. It was a new location for us. It had a turf-like covering instead of the mats we're used too. That didn't seem to be too big of an issue though. Our heeling was messy, Gidget was distracted and I was a bit nervous. She missed the first sit and I forgot I could have said sit as we were halting. Gidget finally tuned in for the second half of our figure 8, she looks so happy and pretty when she's on! She didn't want to start heeling with me and I had to repeat the cue for both the figure 8 and the moving stand and exam. No big issues on the recall, probably a crooked front, I know we lost a point or two for something on it. The honor stay was no big deal. It was messy and not as happy as our last attempt, but we managed to qualify in third place! It seems there's not another CDSP trial until Feb, so that is when we will attempt to get Gidget's CD-C!
