Sorry the fun match was 5 days ago and my computer was being evil. 0.o
Anyways, we got there as they were finishing up JWW, eek! The jumps were at 12" and they were working there way down, so we just ran at 12". No warm-up, had to rush her into the ring and just go! I brought out her new Kong wubba toy, which she had absolutely no interest in, even though she normally loves them. She was stressed. JWW actually went pretty well, we didn't do weaves since I didn't have a walk though.
She pretty much sniffed her way through the course but she was running with me so it was okay. I lost her right after a tunnel but regained her focus fairly quick. :) We finished the run on a good note.
I still had 1 more ticket left and the JWW ring was closed, so we made up a course in STD. It was: tunnel, 12 weaves, panel jump, jump, tunnel, loop back around and do 6 weaves then the tunnel, 12 weaves again, and ending with 2 jumps.
She's NEVER seen competition weaves, and I could tell she felt a little akward. She found something extra smelly in the middle of the weaves and stopped to smell it, lol. I regained her focus and we finished the 12 weaves, as she walked through them. XD
When we looped back around to do the 6 weaves, she got the entry and sped up, when we went to the 12 weaves again, she was sooo much faster! I think it just took her a minute to get used to these crazy poles! ;P
This was all in ONE run, and I had no reward with me, she's never done so many sets of poles in 1 course, so I was super happy! She ended that course perfectly as well!
I brought out 4 of her new toys, the ones I know she likes, and she was too stressed to tug. But after our runs I brought out my last toy, I tiny little no-stuffing baby chick toy with a squeaker. She went NUTS and was working the warm up jump and tugging like a pro, complete focus and that happy stress-free face I love seeing.
I am such an idiot for doubting that toy and not bringing it out for our runs! UGH!
Overall it was very successful and I plan to finish up our DW Running Contacts and AF before our next fun match in a month, then we'll have another month before our trial. :)
Here's the link to our fun match vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nsWWOjLTus
Thanks for reading! :D
Anyways, we got there as they were finishing up JWW, eek! The jumps were at 12" and they were working there way down, so we just ran at 12". No warm-up, had to rush her into the ring and just go! I brought out her new Kong wubba toy, which she had absolutely no interest in, even though she normally loves them. She was stressed. JWW actually went pretty well, we didn't do weaves since I didn't have a walk though.
She pretty much sniffed her way through the course but she was running with me so it was okay. I lost her right after a tunnel but regained her focus fairly quick. :) We finished the run on a good note.
I still had 1 more ticket left and the JWW ring was closed, so we made up a course in STD. It was: tunnel, 12 weaves, panel jump, jump, tunnel, loop back around and do 6 weaves then the tunnel, 12 weaves again, and ending with 2 jumps.
She's NEVER seen competition weaves, and I could tell she felt a little akward. She found something extra smelly in the middle of the weaves and stopped to smell it, lol. I regained her focus and we finished the 12 weaves, as she walked through them. XD
When we looped back around to do the 6 weaves, she got the entry and sped up, when we went to the 12 weaves again, she was sooo much faster! I think it just took her a minute to get used to these crazy poles! ;P
This was all in ONE run, and I had no reward with me, she's never done so many sets of poles in 1 course, so I was super happy! She ended that course perfectly as well!
I brought out 4 of her new toys, the ones I know she likes, and she was too stressed to tug. But after our runs I brought out my last toy, I tiny little no-stuffing baby chick toy with a squeaker. She went NUTS and was working the warm up jump and tugging like a pro, complete focus and that happy stress-free face I love seeing.
I am such an idiot for doubting that toy and not bringing it out for our runs! UGH!
Overall it was very successful and I plan to finish up our DW Running Contacts and AF before our next fun match in a month, then we'll have another month before our trial. :)
Here's the link to our fun match vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nsWWOjLTus
Thanks for reading! :D
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