Thursday: 5/16/13
Excellent Jumpers: http://youtu.be/S07-bLbioks
NQ - Dropped bar (with chest, horribly timed), popped weaves
A good start but she took out a bar with her chest when she appeared to mistime or didn't even see the jump. I don't know what happened, she wasn't looking at me. She was running faster than usual, I think she might have tried to add a stride and she didn't have time for it. She understandably turned a little sad after including sniffing at weaves and leaving them. She weaved on second try and recovered very well for the remainder of the course. I threw in a rear cross that created a wide turn. It should have been tighter but at least she did eventually read it correctly.
Excellent Standard: http://youtu.be/i59cY4txdTU
100 - MX Leg #1, First MACH points
A tougher opening than it looks, we got a wide turn at the 180, might have been distraction. Handled box with three tunnel options very cleanly. I did not help straighten out teeter entry like I should have but she was great in straightening herself for it. We had a near refusal at the table as she curled in toward me. I put up my off arm to collect her and she responded too well. We did a nice turn on the flat to the tunnel, something we have been working on. She finished by clearing a triple that many dogs dropped.
Friday: 5/17/13
Excellent Standard: http://youtu.be/7Y0bTAyMYOQ
NQ - Jumped off dogwalk at end of course
Started by not releasing from the start line on the first to release commands. We did get a pause at the top of the aframe. She came off it with good speed. We got our push out to the jump out of the tunnel but, like many dogs, she read that push as an acceleration cue, causing her to go long and get confused for a moment. She nailed a sort of tough weave entry and did the weaves faster than usual. She approached the dogwalk out of the tunnel with a lot of speed and lost her footing. My early training teaching her that it is ok to jump from the dogwalk may have helped her as she landed quite softly. She seemed ok so I took the opportunity to put her back on the dogwalk which she still did very confidently. At that point we had to leave and skip the last jump.
Excellent Jumpers: http://youtu.be/-708E8yiomE
100 - 2nd Place - AXJ Title
Took two calls to release from start line. Not good speed through the beginning then slower weaves. Nice send to a jump in the pinwheel. Had a wide turn on a 180. Better speed on final stretch including nice blind cross. Slower than I would like but an overall solid run.
Saturday: 5/18/13
Excellent Jumpers: http://youtu.be/uLZiCRqvYDE
NQ - Bar on double, refusal at tunnel (distraction issues)
Fine start but came out of first tunnel very slow. Was she "hoarking"? We then had a big "freeze-off" with her by the corner near our crates. Finally got going again only to knock down the double. We then had an odd refusal/distraction at the tunnel near the end. Maybe our worst run as far as distractions go.
Excellent Standard: http://youtu.be/8Q4xFzlbxk0
NQ - Ran past weaves, missed two late jumps (distraction issues)
Early in course she ran past weaves a bit distracted, couldn't recover the entry. She went very wide on a wrap but didn't back jump. She then took the dogwalk confidently, nice to see after jumping off the previous day. Got confused and never did 2o2o. Near wrong course off the teeter but we saved it. She then did a great aframe, no delay at top. Missed two jumps off the aframe, probably more distraction issues.
Sunday: 5/19/13
Excellent Standard: http://youtu.be/9c_AVEcCctU
NQ - dropped panel
Solid start with no distraction at entry corner. Another confident dogwalk. After the distraction issues on Saturday, I chose to try and get a front cross on weaves to put me between her and the "exit corner". In trying to force the front cross, Shasta dropped the panel on the way. With the speed she had through the panel she did enter the weaves but couldn't hold it for pole 3. Good finish. Overall, lots of speed and no distraction issues.
Excellent Jumpers: http://youtu.be/rkO8ddHbr94
100 - MXJ Leg #1
Decent speed to start and a fairly tight turn off jump 2. Entered and stayed in weaves with good speed and not setting up entry. Did a successful rear cross on the flat although it did slow her down a bit. Solid finish to the course.
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