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]
Volunteering at Trials
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments OffI think everyone should volunteer at agility trials. Why? Because it's a great way to learn more about the sport. When I scribe, I learn how the judge thinks, what faults are scored, and how judging works. When I leash run, I ...
Distance traveled
Sunday, June 26th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments OffI used a GPS tracking program to measure how much I walked today at the RAT NADAC trial. Crated out of my car (about 100 yards from the ring); did 5 runs; leash-ran one class. Total: 7.73 miles at average ...
NADAC News…
Sunday, June 12th, 2011 Posted in agility titles, trials | Comments OffFinally home after a trial, a trip to Kansas, and another trial. I'm exhausted. I had a good time with my sister, however, and enjoyed seeing my brother and his wife and one of my nephews. Dancer has been doing very ...
NADAC trial
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments OffDancer and Elly and I had a nice NADAC trial this past weekend, I had Dancer in ALL Elite classes for the first time. Sure makes the schedule easier! She got her first Q (4th place) in Elite Regular, her ...
CAT NADAC Trial
Monday, May 9th, 2011 Posted in agility titles, trials | Comments OffOutside in the rain, on wet grass and mud. In the sun. In the drizzle. In the hail. In the rain. It was weird, cyclic weather that went on and on. From one minute to the next, it was impossible ...
New News is Teeter News…
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments OffIt's really great news when Dancer's biggest problem at an AKC trial (the Puget Sound Poodle Club trial) is that she knocked the top bar of the triple, twice... She did the teeter in both of her Novice Standard runs, ...
Watching the dog ahead of you run….
Friday, April 22nd, 2011 Posted in life with poodles, trials | Comments OffDancer and I were watching the end of the previous dog's run... and it was a barker! [caption id="attachment_1554" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Photo by Joe Camp"][/caption]
Asked thrice, done thrice…
Sunday, April 17th, 2011 Posted in training, trials | 1 Comment »I asked Dancer for three teeters this weekend at the CPE trial, and she did all three. They were great, no hesitation at all! [caption id="attachment_1533" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Dancer leaves the teeter: photo by Joe Camp"][/caption] (She also got a few ...
Weekend report
Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in training, trials | Comments OffI took Dancer and Elly to Elma, Washington this weekend to the Rainier Agility Team's annual Sweetheart trial. It always amuses me because they do a whole Valentine's Day thing--and yet most of us are there without human partners, just ...