Goldens at Soccer Blast: August 16-18, 2013

Friday: 8/16/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ifv6zmlNI
NQ – Bar on double (obstacle 2)

A little sluggish off start line, probably contributed to dropped bar on double as obstacle 2.  Nice lateral send to allow for blind cross before teeter (even though I barely got there).  Got nice bottoms on teeter and dogwalk.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY9pYSg-EsI
100 – MXJ Leg #18 – 6 points

Big puppy sit on start line but still started with ok speed.  Wide turn on jump leading to line of jump to weaves.  Slow weaves but then kicked it down.  Nice job not taking wrong course #1 after tunnel.  A front cross that I barely made at the finish but she found a way to cross.

Saturday: 8/17/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxDU97qeTU0
NQ – Popped weaves

Very slow weaves.  As I tried to speed them up I got way ahead and she popped out.  I got way in front on second try at weaves and she did them all.  Weird tunnel to dogwalk combination, I played it very safe on the entry and she handled it fine.  Went around jump as I believe she was heading for the exit. 

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFSKol-K8rg
NQ – Dropped last bar.

Odd run as I thought she was jumping poorly, especially first half but kept bars up.  Weaved slow.  After weaves pace picked back up and jumping got better.  Dropped bar on the last jump.

Sunday: 8/18/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EmCtA7mdvQ
NQ – Ran by table, popped weave (early weave, she thought weave “bit/attacked” her butt)

Ok start, nice dogwalk to 180 jumps.  Ran by table.  I was expecting that there might be an issue sticking the table off the triple but I’m not sure why she didn’t engage it at all.  She may have thought it was tire instead.  Big speed to weaves and she managed to enter but then reacted like a pole bit/attacked her in the butt and she turned to look.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFrg02Bq-0
100 - MXJ Leg #19 – 9 points

Solid enough run but I still thought her jumping looked a little labored until the weaves and the weaves were very slow.  Speed and jump style got better after weaves.  Very confused if what I saw was physical or mental (since it got better after weaves). 

Chiropractor visit during the following week, she was off but not a lot off.  Still don’t know if issue was mental or physical.

St. Croix Valley at Vadnais Soccer Center: August 9-11, 2013

Friday: 8/9/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZjnaYoH27U
NQ – Missed aframe contact, popped out of weaves

Not an easy start getting push to panel then wanting front cross after it but she handled it great.  Missed aframe contact.  Lead out from table allowed us to handle little hidden push/pull that got a lot of dogs.  Got tough weave entry then popped weaves as I tried to pull off them early to try and set up a tough to set up safe dogwalk entry.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GToPWjbUR84
100 – MXJ Leg #17 – 6 pts

Technical course with many issues and she ran it awesome including awesome call-off wrong course jump late in course that got a lot of dogs.  Did have a wide turn when facing ending jump on the way to weaves. 

Saturday: 8/10/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZtOXeJN8M
NQ – Missed dogwalk contact, popped out of weaves

Very nice start, good speed and tight lines.  Chose an independent dogwalk in order to get turn to aframe instead of wrong course weaves but she lept off dw contact.  Because I had flunked I purposely got out in front of weaves to try them but she popped.  I got in front second try at weaves and she stayed in them.  I LOVED how she did the final three jumps, she made them look easy which they weren’t.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEaOLDh0CA
NQ – Dropped bar

I did front cross into weaves which was not planned or wanted but we survived with front cross after them as well.  There were some tough turns and lines which she handled very nicely as well but dropped a late bar.

Sunday: 8/11/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyaFBfBTv0A
NQ – Around  jump, wrong course tire

Great turn from tire to weaves while in a box, found weave entry very nicely.  Barely hit yellow on aframe but did.  Fast dogwalk.  She came flying out of a tunnel and went around a jump.  I didn’t see that issue and wasn’t ready for it.  Got a wrong course soon after but I wasn’t trying hard after the flunk.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GToPWjbUR84
NQ – dropped bar on double, wrong course jump

Handled tough opening really well, smooth.  Slow weaves.   Dropped double when running at high speed.  I tried tough front cross before tunnel and barely made it.  I didn’t react well to her wrong course soon after, I should have been more ready for it, many other dogs did the same wrong course.

SPDTC: August 2-4, 2013

Friday and Sunday Runs By Kris

Friday: 8/2/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embap1GcjW0
NQ – Two wrong course jumps, missed weave entry

Came out flying with a tunnel start (not always a good thing for her speed).  Great speed all along. 

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m539FzcvgcI
100 - MX Leg #7 – 12 points

Near wrong course aframe after the panel. A tiny mis-step on upside of dogwalk but she found her balance. Wide slow turn on jump after table. 

Saturday: 8/3/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDd2tEspUio
NQ – Dropped bar.

Solid start.  Very slow first half of weaves.  Dropped bar on pre-cue turn. 

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmhzjskelz8
NQ – Wrong course jump after aframe

Was able to get distance for CO front cross before tunnel in upper right to take that discrimination out of play.  Came flying off aframe and got wrong course jump.  Don’t know if it was aframe exit speed or heading toward exit corner or both but she lost a little focus there.  Was able to get lateral distance for front cross before tire.  It was a battle to get front cross on teeter but we managed it.

Sunday:8/4/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5z8xEmn4p4
NQ – Wrong course jump and a dropped bar.

Mis-timed take-off on first jump but cleared it. 

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1sC4YmHr5A
NQ – Curled off jump, wrong course jump instead of tunnel

Terrible wide front cross on first turn, Kris was late plus she was seeing the aframe.  Weird curl off jump after aframe, it looks like she caught sight of a wrong course obstacle.

Working Group at Soccer Blast: July 27-28, 2013

Saturday: 7/27/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLw0UWwpH5Q
100 – MXJ Leg #15 – 9 points

Good speed off start line but didn’t sustain it early.  Nice blind cross after 5.  Solid finish, handled tunnel discrimination in upper left corner nicely.

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqa_cq_pt8
100 – MX Leg #6 – 16 points – Double Q #2!

Good solid run.  Somewhat rare rear cross after dogwalk that went fine.  Flying into weaves she managed to enter correctly even with a slide into the first pole.  Great dog! 

Sunday:7/28/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eolvKoAQN5k
NQ – Wrong course tire (heading for exit-itis)

Seemed a little hesitant about table but did it.  Great save on weave entry although shouldn’t have gone that wide to start with. Was in “heading for home” gait on dogwalk and after it, got a wrong course tire.  Nice rear cross and didn’t even look at wrong course tunnel at the finish.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKUJIqFIjUg
100 - MXJ Leg #16 – 4 points (hoarked on course)

Was going fine then “hoarked” her treat or something right before double, barely avoiding refusal.  Not great speed in weaves but very nice send to tunnel allowing nice front cross on jump after tunnel, a cross that wasn’t easy to get to.

Shepherds at Soccer Blast: July 19-21, 2013

Friday: 7/19/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrroWjIqFjA
100 – MXJ Leg #13 – 9 points

A very good run, great speed throughout with tight turns. 

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Lx022tkYQ
NQ – Missed DW contact.

Not good speed to start but did have a tight turn on the wrong course dogwalk option.  Solid run until missing the dogwalk contact which was the second to last obstacle.  I thought the judge got the call wrong when I was running it but the video proved the judge was right and I was wrong.

Saturday: 7/20/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5FmmCEB008
NQ – Went around a jump.

A great NQ run.  Very good speed, good lateral distance, tight lines.  Went around the jump that Tori and Kiva also missed with different handling choices.  It was berner unfriendly.  ;-)

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDxZrnlw-zc
100 – MX Leg #5 – 16 points

Nice run, good speed throughout.  Although a couple of extra strides coming out of chute still proud she pulled off the wrong course jump that was very popular.  She came out of tunnel before weaves so fast that I was afraid she would miss weave entry but she made it.

Sunday: 7/21/13

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR1xdFs7P7s
100 - MXJ Leg #14 – 10 points

Another great run.  Handled tough sequence after weaves perfectly.  Nice send to jump in upper right corner.

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6BoM9HlzA
NQ – Wandered by teeter, missed a weave as I tried to get way ahead.

Odd early wander by the teeter.  It looked a little like avoidance but no idea why it would have been.  Probably just general lack of focus (although very early in the course, it was facing exit corner).  Did great on tough sequence with serpentine to aframe to turn tunnel.  Not a tight turn to the tunnel but it’s not a skill she knows so still good of her to do it.

MAC at Soccer Blast: July 13-14, 2013

Saturday: 7/13/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vY4UCtMmvA
NQ – Ran by the dogwalk.

Slow off the start line.  Ran by the dogwalk late in the course.  Path led her wide of the dogwalk approach and I assumed the entry and didn’t help.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHhlxxbDbA
100 – MXJ Leg #11 – 5 points

A wide turn on jump toward start line.  Slow weaves.  Handled pinwheels in the middle very nicely.  Almost missed tunnel which was the last obstacle. 

Sunday: 7/14/13

Excellent Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWzXNvBhKc
NQ – Got off table and missed weave entry.

Walked from end of dogwalk to table.  Barely made it onto table without a refusal.  Then immediately got off the table.  Almost saved weave entry but entered second pole.  Only decent speed was on last two obstacles.

Excellent Jww: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGzX2hhQTpk
100 - MXJ Leg #12 – 11 points

After weekend of slow starts she had good speed off the start line, had a tough time getting to blind cross after 3 but did make it.  A good, solid run with good speed to finish up the weekend.