Yeah for long holiday weekends and yeah for local trials on those weekends!! I'm not exactly thrilled about a night trial as I am usually in bed before 10:00 every night even on the weekends...but it will be cooler and the trial is being held at a site where we train on a regular basis and we will have rubberized contacts...bonus!
I ran Triumph last night in class at the 26" jump height and he adjusted nicely after showing last weekend at the AKC trial in 20". He only took one bar coming out of a tunnel and his takeoffs were appropriate and he did not over jump the jumps - yeah for him! He can over jump 26" jumps??? Yes, and not that I want him to or ever taught him to he just can and does...when I first started agility back in 1994, omg that was a long time ago, there was no 26" height, it was 30" and that is what my Rottweilers had to jump - and they were awesome jumpers...I think 30" would suit Triumph just fine!
So my hopes and goals for this weekend will be to get a 2012 steeplechase and grand prix for Burn and for him to not do any drop and roll manuevers on course!!! And for Triumph, this weekend will be to evaluate his jumping at 26" and decide whether to keep him at that height or to move him in to performance 22" for a while.
Good luck to my two red boys!
Wow! Rubberized contacts?! I didn't know that...cool! We are usually in bed by 10pm also, but in the excitement of playing agility, I think we will be able to stay awake ;) we will only be there Saturday night though, so we will be in bed early on Sunday. Good luck with the boys!
ReplyDeleteLOVE reading about this and will be eager to hear trial results while I slog away at work all weekend...ha, I'm happy to; pays for all the fun we have!
ReplyDeleteGood goals you have there. GO red boys!