now that was cool – Dawn at Morningstar has set up a cool event – it’s called the team challenge and the way it works is teams run dogs – 3 dogs scores count towards the points for placings..no matter how many dogs you have running – 2 of those scores must be starters level dogs ….
I took all three dogs with me – thank heavens as I ended up being the third person with dogs 4,5,and 6 to appear for our team … gave us a few scores to toss (dogs 2 and 3 at starters level actually)
Sally was very good in her first standard run – she got five faults..um I ran her last and ran the aframe the same way I do with Brody – so she lept off it – when you teach a dog a cue for touch it’s kind of important to use it! she was steady and listened well – held her start line stay and did weaves and the teeter like a pro!
Brody was clean- a little slow but his usual steady self
Thea and I ran past the teeter – on purpose – apart from that she was PERFECT
Second standard run
Thea was PERFECT – weaves and teeter – no problem – just amazing – I actually held the teeter for her and opened the chute for her but 10 faults was just fine
Sally was insane – it took so long to get a table (she’d do three seconds then sit up – then three again then sit up again) we ended up running out of time – so had 5 obstacles we didn’t do (100 faults right there) and 5 faults before the table debacle… she did the weaves and teeter no problem tho
Jumpers run
Thea – AMAZING – 26 seconds and clean as a whistle
Brody- steady 34 seconds and clean – he really doesn’t like the heat
Sally – crazy – I kept having to ask for more focus and steadying her – 56 seconds but she was clean
Gamblers run
Brody earned about 56 points- he got the gamble but he was just tooling along
Thea flew it – aframe twice, dog walk twice, 4 point jump twice, and a couple of singles too she must have earned around 56 points too when she got the gamble! Woohoo
Sally was a bit maniacal – she lept off all contacts but was listening and trying – left all rails up flew tunnel- did nice start line stay and got the gamble – I didn’t actually score her – not sure how many times we didn’t get the contacts .. she did four aframes, 2 dogs walks, the 4 point twice, a teeter, a tunnel, a single -and the gamble – I actually doubt she got the 20 points in the opening but for Sally I was pleased with her efforts
interesting day all round
our team was second in both standard runs, third in gambles and first in jumpers – and Thea was a BIG part of that I think 😉
and Sally may have had a score counted I’m not sure
finally all the guests are gone – dogs are dead tired and I’m missing Fitz (thanks to dad for taking him!)
