happy hump day b4 Christmas!
We didn't go to fun night doing relays last week, 'cause she came up with a limp again... other foreleg this time. :( We did do a ring rent that Thursday and she started out fine, but started limping toward the end of the hour. I think I just didn't wait long enough. By the time of our next Fun Night, she was fit as a fiddle and ready to run.
This was our last 'fun run' for the year... next Tuesday will be Christmas and the following new year's! a few of us still have some plans to rent the ring for some extra work in the meantime...
We did a 'tunnelers' run and a 'touch and go' run last night... with a Christmas twist.
Tunnelers is just like it sounds... no jumps or contacts or weaves... just tunnels and the table.
it starts with a right 90d tunnel to 2 tunnels side by side and we have to take the right one which bends another 90d right, to a left 80d tunnel to another left 90d tunnel back to the right side of that double tunnel - this time the right side going the other way and out to the table. put the dog into a down-stay, walk to a people table loaded with Christmas presents. Pick one and unwrap it - some were wrapped with duct tape and other nasty stuff to make us slow down - I got one of those and it was a skinless tennis ball - icky! If your dog moves, you have to leave your present, reset your dog and return to unwrapping your present. Then, once unwrapped, you have to carry the present with you as you finish the course...
from the table thru 3 more tunnels!
First, I have to say that I did not bring a difficult to unwrap present. I put several squeakies and a large biscuit in a bag... just carrying them is what presented the difficulty! too much fun. :)
I was a bit concerned because she has been having some dis-interest problems with tunnels lately... she did opt for the left tunnel two or three times and we finally got the right one... she all but fell asleep in her down-stay... no inclination to move there at all... what a good girl... then she ran by a couple of tunnels looking for something else... but she came back and got them just fine.
after we all got our presents, we did a 'touch and go' course... this added contacts to the tunnels... it was the tunnel to the dog walk to a tunnel to the a-frame, to the right side (far side) of the tunnel to the teeter, a hard right (40d) to a tunnel to a left 90d turn to the dogwalk (easy to cut corner and slide off), to a right 90d to the table to 3 more tunnels.
this time, after we completed our course, we got to 'steal' someone else's gift.
She nailed each and every one of her contacts and waited while I led out... she hit the teeter so hard I thought she was going to slide off... She had her claws dug in so deep, that she was losing traction... but she stuck it and gained a big jackpot for that!
like before, we drew names for order of go... we were lucky enough to get picked last so i got to trade our tennis ball for some Bil-Jacs and huge biscuits.
We got some amazing feedback from the advanced handlers again... She just makes it so fun!
We all wish you all the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years!
Love, Trish, Dan & Waste'
1 comment:
Those sound like really fun games! I love agility, and am really glad you stopped by. We'll be back again!
Woofs, Johann
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