Well it has been a while since I posted – I’ve been busy doing lots of stuff. For the last two weekends we’ve been working well together as a team (Raven and myself and Cypher and myself). Raven has gone clear twice in Masters Agility, last Saturday for a 2nd place after a run off …
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Raven and Cyphers October Weekend
Well it’s been a couple of good weekends actually, especially for the Cypher. As I wrote last time he gained his ADX last weekend (21/10), and he had his first venture into Masters Agility yesterday. He did very well with only one knocked bar more than likely due to a poorly timed rear cross movement …
Cypher gains his ADX!
Cypher's dogwalk - Contact!Cypher on the seesaw(official name now; Nahrof Quick Change ADX JDX JDO SPD GD)Yeah! Cypher did it today - we ran clear on the Excellent Agility course for our 5th and final leg that gets us into Masters. Of his 5 legs he gained 3 x 1sts and 2 x 2nds, not …
Satanic Border Collie?
This picture was taken today. When I cropped it down and resized it I was a little shocked to see what resembles two small horns protruding from Cypher's head - yes indeed he does have a certain 'devil inside' aura around him at times. Mostly when we're running a course....sometimes seemingly very different courses.
Some more letters…
Sunday was a very successful day for Raven and a good day for Cypher (not quite as great as Raven's day!). My agility club held their 2nd and final trial for the year and we had agility and jumping in the morning and games in the afternoon. My brain and my body was not engaged …
Nikon digital…way cool!
Today we tested out the new camera for it's frame per second capacity... and it was really quite neat to capture Cypher's jump style from a sit start to a toy (just off the frame in the last picture below). This is a great way to look at jumping style (there are other ways as …
Spryte All Dressed Up
The Inaugural BathThis shot took less than 0.08 of a secondIf I stare long enough I'm sure I'll get what I want!
A Champ Relation?
I just found out that Spryte has the same Great Grandfather as the current Gold medal winner of the 2006 FCI World Championships - Simic along with her handler Sarah Lorentzen have won the Large dog class combining a 1st place in Jumping and a 2nd place in Agility to take the overall Gold! Check …
FCI World Champs 2006
FCI World Championships in Agility is on right now in Basel, Switzerland. My friend Megan is over there watching the whole thing (lucky girl!) and I am sitting here watching my computer for updated results every 60 seconds. I won’t see the runs till the DVD comes out but just looking at those courses it’s …
Sprytelee Agility Training 