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Enthusiasm

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 Posted in training, trials | Comments Off

I started to write a post about how I trained Rush to go to yet another foot target, but in between the first sentence and the second sentence, I went to the bathroom and when I came back I realized ...

WAG NADAC trial

Monday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

I took Dancer and Rush down to Monmouth for the WAG NADAC games trial this weekend. Rush was not participating, but he got to sleep in a hotel room (on the bed, no less), run in the fields, play with ...

CPE Weekend

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

I took Dancer (and Rush) down to Turner for the Fleet Feet CPE trial. I had one goal in mind for the entire weekend: a single Q in Level 2 Standard. Qualifying for CPE Nationals, to be held a short ...

Official results, NADAC November 19-20

Monday, November 21st, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

Elite Jumpers Skilled 126 yards, 26.50 seconds, Q, 4.75 yps Elite Jumpers Skilled 133 yards, 29.25 seconds, Q, 4.54 yps Elite Regular Skilled 177 yards, 53.5 seconds, 5 point Q, 3.3 yps Elite Regular Skilled 177 yards, 49.03 seconds, Q, 3.6 yps Elite Regular ...

Trying too hard…

Monday, November 14th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

I spent the weekend at a CPE trial in Corvallis, OR. The usual dusty horse arena. This one had the added fillip of a recent one-ring circus, which had left one corner of the arena reeking of cat pee; the ...

Dancer gets her AKC Novice Standard title

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

Almost exactly four years after her first run in AKC Novice Standard, Dancer got her NAP title on Friday. This weekend was not a joyful teeter, but she did three of them (three standard runs), earning a Novice Standard Q ...

Tired and HOT

Sunday, September 11th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments Off

It was a million degrees this weekend. I took Dancer alone to the trial today. She was clean but over time in Elite Hoopers, Elite Regular, Elite Jumpers, and Elite Tunnelers. She got all her contacts, except in Chances, where ...

Feeling sad for Elly….

Saturday, September 10th, 2011 Posted in trials | 1 Comment »

I'm at a trial this exceedingly hot weekend. So hot, in fact, that I scratched the last two runs of the day for Dancer and came home to air conditioning. (Rush and Elly were spending a lot of time in ...

Quick weekend report

Sunday, August 21st, 2011 Posted in life with poodles, trials | Comments Off

It was an interesting weekend. Dancer spent Saturday leaping her contacts and left me in despair (although she did manage a single Q for the day, in Full House); Sunday Elly Q'd in snooker and so did Dancer; in addition, ...

Proof that Dancer does occasionally get her contacts

Friday, July 15th, 2011 Posted in Photos, trials | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_1657" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Photo by Joe Camp."][/caption]