Agility Class 8.25.11

Week 2 for Shiva's first agility class! She truly blew me away this session, working off leash for a good portion of it and being really engaged! She was the demo dog for her group, which is amazing considering she's so young!  We worked on crosses and working away from me.  She LOVES tunnels, and finally got the weaves! We're going to be using the channel weaves, and she really enjoys driving through them!

Honor had a really wonderful night. We worked on closing her weaves, and she got to try out the AKC dogwalk, which she LOVED.  I enjoy how fast she is, and eager to work!

Nike had an awesome night too! He nailed a right angle off-side entry into the weaves, and then drove through amazingly.  He's getting more comfortable with our male instructor too!

Agility 8.18.11

First night of agility for Shiva!! I was SO nervous about bringing her, as I so desperately hoped she would enjoy herself! And she did, impressing me with her sheer fearlessness. She took on the metal teeter with no problem, and loved the dog walk! She did a closed chute, and made a great impression on everyone!

Honor was the big wonderful surprise of the night though! I was a bit nervous, as she can be a little unpredictable, but she performed the intermediate course beautifully! We need to begin our work on sending her, as she's got great speed, and we can capitalize on that if I can send her instead of running with her. We did aframe and tunnel sends in the second try that worked well, but tried a bit too far of a send to the frame the third try and she pulled off. But great progress!

Nike was his normal, wonderful, consistent self. He was outstanding on the mostly jumpers course in Int II, and got some nice compliments from the rest of the class!

Summer's Training Day 1-3

One of Karen's pups "Summer" is spending some time with Dan and I in order to work on her conformation training and confidence.  She's already made exceptional progress in just the 2.5 days she's been here.

Summer's First Days Here

Nike's First Agility Trial

It was finally here, Nike's first agility trial!  I went in to it more nervous than I expected...not because I didn't think he could do it, but nervous for HIM.  He loved being in class, in run thrus...would it carry over to a trial??

It did. :)

Nike exceeded my wildest expectations, and went 4/4 this weekend with a 190 and THREE 200s!  First place, 2 second places, and a third place!!!  He looked happy and confident, and I couldn't be prouder!!!

Premier 2011

Now that we've all had time to decompress, the Premier results!

Nikki had a fantastic weekend and walked away with 2 BoBs, a Group 1 and Group 3.  She showed like a dream, and special thanks to Marian Campbell for giving Nikki her Group 1!

Honor had a great weekend as well, winning the CH class 3 times bringing her within one leg of her ALGRCH!  She took BoB the last day, and although not a group placer, she showed well!

Nike qualified the first day in rally with a 90!  Unfortunately, he didn't Q the two subsequent days, as the wind and noise proved to be too much for him.

Shiva had a great weekend, getting her first rally Q and winning the CH class on Saturday giving her the Total Dog Award!  I'm very proud of her, as she's only a year old!  She took a Northern Total Dog Group 2 to boot!  Very proud of the happy diva!

Can't wait until next year!

Shiva's Dumbbell Work

Recently started playing with the dumbbell with Shiva, and she's doing really well!  In two sessions, she's now taking it on command and holding it for a few seconds.  Good girl!  I love how she's totally rewarded by tugging.  It's neat having a toy-driven dog!

Visit!

Shiva and Nikki are exhausted after spending the afternoon at Karen's! They had such a good time!