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Trial
So we got to test out Enzo’s new running contacts this past weekend. Saturday he did great on both the aframe and the dogwalk but had some issues with the obstacle after the contacts. He went over an off course jump after the aframe and fell of the table after the dogwalk. I forgot to put the memory card back in my camera on Saturday so I didn’t get video of that run (oops). His dogwalk was really solid and all 4 feet deep in the yellow!
I did get video of Sunday’s run. He went over an off course jump right in the opening unfortunately. His aframe was great and his dogwalk was no so good but he didn’t get called. It looks like he collected his stride a bit so didn’t make it down far enough. I decided to test his table a bit and of course yes there is a reason why I normally don’t move a muscle when he’s on the table!
Oh and he had great JWW runs both days and placed 2nd both days.
Boxless Dogwalk Sucess!
I decided to try starting out with no box today. The dogwalk worked great! He nailed the first one, and then missed the second one which I accidentally clicked…oops. Then he got the rest. The dogwalk second from the end, he did get a foot down right at the end. I didn’t see it real time but saw the dogwalk bounce in the video. I had to watch the video like 5 times to see it for sure so I wouldn’t really expect a judge to see that. The last two I did some gentle turns at the end by moving his jump standard over a few feet. That’s probably why they weren’t quite as good.
Decent Practice Today
That first dogwalk looks like he actually got but just barely got his front feet in at the bottom. I thought so but wasn’t sure until I watched the video. I didn’t mark it as wrong but didn’t reward either. All of his misses today were ones where he didn’t put that second stride in which seems better than him putting in two strides but not getting down far enough in my mind since the one stride should be easier to fix than trying to get him to sometimes add a 3rd stride. He may need to sometimes though. We’ll have to see.
He also did much better with his aframes today. No misses. The video didn’t work but I did an extra one at the end to get the video and stuck it at the end of the dogwalk videos.
Last Practice before the rain
It’s supposed to rain from today through Tuesday but I managed to sneak in a quick practice session right as the rain was starting. Got Jeff to video so I didn’t have to mess with the camera.
I did a few reps on the dogwalk and all looked good so I left it at that and moved over to the aframe. I’m beginning to get a little worried about how I’m going to handle this though!
Aframe and Dogwalk Video
I haven’t video’d any aframes for a while because I’ve just been doing a couple here and there. He had been doing really good on them but of course missed a bunch for the video! I know why though. I moved the tunnel from the end of the aframe and put it at the end of the dogwalk so coming down in that direction he’s coming down into the wall. he has enough room but it’s making him shorten up his strides. You can see that he does good going in the other direction.
More Dogwalk Practice
My camera’s still acting up so I just got the beginning and end of our session. He started out missing again but then settled down. He started getting some good hits that I didn’t get on video so I decided to try a couple without the box and he did good!
Today’s Dogwalk Session
Today’s dogwalk session started out not so good but ended well. After watching the video, I think he was focusing on the toy I was holding and not the box or the jump standard that he was supposed to wrap at the end of the dogwalk. I should have put the toy on the ground. I also tried taking off the 3-way connectors on the end so maybe that was too soon for that. I think next time I’ll also put my tunnel at the opposite end so he has something to drive to going that way.
I got a few good dogwalks at the end of our session but my video cut off again so I set it up again and had him do one good one for the camera. I really like that last one!
Furrari Aussies - Agility and Disc Dogs 