So last weekend (Friday night and Saturday) was the CAWA State Agility titles. For such a small state we had a good entry of over 500 runs across the two trials. Friday evening went well for me. I had Cypher in Open Jumping first up and he did a nice run for a 9th place …
Month: April 2007
CAWA State Agility Titles 2007
Here are some photos of the dogs....update later, too busy recovering from my 25 odd runs...we did have a win though!Cypher seesaw - his last run of 8.Cypher weave polesAll Cypher Jump shotsRaven actually stopping on dogwalk contact - not feeling too well!Raven A FrameRaven last jump of the weekend after 8 runsCypher tyreCypher happy …
Cypher’s Dogwalk…4 on the Floor
Ok had a few queries about Cypher's dogwalk contact - here is a video of it.http://www.yourdogphotos.com/cy4onfloor.wmvAs you can see when he is going at full speed he ends up with his front legs tucked right under him. This is the only drawback to this behaviour and why eventually I will transfer it to a running …
Ok…time to bite the bullet.
I'm going to be brave and finally post a video or two. These two runs are of Cypher from last night and of Raven from last November (we missed getting her Masters Agility run from last night).Cypher is doing his Masters Jumping run (4th place) and Raven is doing a Masters Agility run (1st place) …
Raven has a win :-)
Tonight was Perth Training’s Agility and Jumping Trial. We definitely fared a bit better this Saturday than last! Raven was a star again and took 1st place in Masters Agility. It wasn’t smooth sailing in a number of places but her speed compensated for that. We had a brilliant run in Open Jumping apart from …
Elephants: 1 Tourists: 0
Yet again I am reminded of the human races' capacity for stupidity.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=57b_1176192902&c=1When a 7 tonne Bull Elephant *pretends* to charge at you; one would think that would be a rather large clue as to the perilous situation which you currently find yourself in and a very strong hint that perhaps you should extract yourself ASAP?!?!
Dogs I’ve had a go with…
I was just thinking tonight about the different breeds I have tried Agility with...either in a very informal way at training or just mucking around or that I have run in trials with..let's see;Sheltie - Rumour, who I am currently trialling with, who has moments of such drivey brilliance I can see why they are …
The WA Team for 2007
Inspired by the NZ blog about their team The Pawblacks I have decided to do a little post about the 2007 WA Team representing our State at the ANKC Agility Nationals in Adelaide in around 3 to 4 weeks time. They are called Western Power. Made up of the following members; Gina and Indie, a …
First Day Trial 2007
Cloverdale Canine Companions held the first day trial for the year today and I think my brain overheated with the hot weather and the humidity! Sadly we only had one Q out of 10 runs and I managed one other Q with one of the other dog’s I ran. I also learnt a lesson about …
Training
Here's a couple of courses I've come up with in the last week or so.With the one above I was aiming for challenges in obstacle discrimination (Tunnel/Dogwalk), difficult angle broad jump, and also wanting to work Raven's weakness in collecting, rounding over a jump whilst I'm doing a front cross very close to an upright …
Sprytelee Agility Training 