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The world's most ridiculous agility dog!

Posted : 7/12/2012 12:33:52 PM

Dahlia and I went to a CPE trial last weekend and had a BLAST. She got two Q's (one in Jackpot and one in Standard) and ended up getting a mini-title because of the Standard Q. We're just Level 1 and so we're just sort of figuring this stuff out.

Here's my ridiculously happy monster and her ribbons.

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Anyway, that's not the ridiculous part. The VIDEO is. My instructor videotaped our Jackpot run. Here's the fun thing about it: (1) I started in a place I totally didn't start in because everyone else did. Oops! (2) So I had NO PLAN on where to go after the first few obstacles. (3) Which meant I had NO IDEA where I needed to throw in a front cross (as we're not up on rears yet).

Dahlia had fun even though I looked like a moron! One of these days I swear I'll get a video of a GOOD run!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09CG7hVWbEI

sharismom

Posted : 7/12/2012 12:55:32 PM

Congratulations! Dahlia, that shade of blue is heavenly on you!

JackieG

Posted : 7/12/2012 2:02:53 PM

Great job on the two Q's! Dahlia looked like she was saying "mom, you're making me a little dizzy". Believe me, I'm not making fun as having done a little agility I know just how ridiculous I looked at times. lol You only made a few extra circles and moves and looked great most of the time. You make a wonderful team and I agree that blue looks great on Dahlia. :)

crysania

Posted : 7/12/2012 2:08:38 PM

Ha thanks. The problem was I went out with a plan and then did something totally different. Oops! I had planned to start elsewhere in the course (this was a game without a set course) and EVERYONE started where I ended up starting and so I went there without thinking, released her and then realized I had no idea where to go after the first little sequence.

I ended up attempting rear crosses and we can't really do those yet (she's so slow I can do fronts most of the time, as you can imagine from watching her!).

shadowsgin

Posted : 7/12/2012 4:13:45 PM

Aww Dahlia that is definately your color :) Congrats to you both, I think you guys look awesome I wouldnt even begin to know what to do although I think Rocky would love to have Dahlia come to Arkansas to show him the ropes :)

Freedom

Posted : 7/12/2012 6:55:34 PM

Hooray Dahlia, you got blue ribbons! You got Q's! You got -- a crazy handler!~ Ha ha haaaa

Well done, both of you, she follows your lead well! That's what matters when you have to figure it out on the run, that the pup follows. Love the vid! Enjoy your ribbons!

Jewlieee

Posted : 7/12/2012 8:14:46 PM

That is the cutest picture ever! What a face. Congrats!

griffinej5

Posted : 7/12/2012 10:23:34 PM

Good job Dahlia!

Agility intimidates me. Remembering those sequences is way too confusing for me.

crysania

Posted : 7/13/2012 3:08:06 PM

You eventually get to remembering them if you do them enough! But it can be difficult at first. We've worked our way up SLOWLY to being able to do it. We started training about two years ago! Obviously we still have a long way to go.

nymaureen

Posted : 7/13/2012 9:41:32 PM

Congrats on the Q's. I didn't think that video looked bad at all. The games where you have to figure out your own course are harder to do and you really did quite well, especially since you started where you hadn't planned. I'm sure most are guilty of that. I know I am. Like you said, then all of a sudden it's oh,oh and where to now? Hard to have to change things when you are running.

crysania

Posted : 7/14/2012 9:47:28 PM

Thanks! I wish I hadn't done that so the video would have looked smoother and I wouldn't have gotten so darned turned around! But I just couldn't see the course in my head since my plan differed so drastically from where I was. I might have managed the darned cross and gotten her over those two jumps if I had known what I was doing!

I like the make up your own course but next time I'm sticking with my plan!

crysania

Posted : 7/17/2012 2:59:51 PM

And you can watch the world's most ridiculous agility dog doing 12 poles for the first time EVER. Watch it with the sound off unless you want to hear me screech at the end. lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crysania4/7576696782/

shadowsgin

Posted : 7/17/2012 4:01:16 PM

WTG Dahlia you are just so smart!

crysania

Posted : 8/20/2012 7:58:44 AM

Dahlia and I went to our first AKC trial this past weekend. And while we didn't get any qualifying scores things went really well. Had I stuck to my plan on one of them we totally would have Q'ed. We had enough points. We had the "send bonus" (distance handling! Which has not been our strong suit!). But I screwed up.

Anyway...video! Of Dahlia actually looking like a real agility dog, despite blowing past a couple jumps (both my fault).

You can watch the video on youtube here.

nymaureen

Posted : 8/20/2012 12:49:58 PM

Looks good,. Great job Dahlia. Hey do realize you were at the training center I go to? Looks like Over Rover to me. We had a USDAA trial there last weekend.