Wags for Wishes Agility Trial

It was really cold this morning--we could see our breath. We headed to the FAST ring. Cassi did okay but was not able to complete the send bonus. It was a tunnel and then teeter, with the tunnel coming out toward the line rather than the teeter, so she came out across the line. However, she did go back and attempt the teeter, so I was happy with her performance.

Teka was able to complete the course and the send bonus for 56 points (needing 50) under the time limit. I was excited about her run because she actually seemed excited and NOT stressed. This was her first qualifying score!

After the runs, we had a very long wait. I don't understand the way this trial runs. The jumpers and standard courses ran Excellent, Open, and Novice in that order. So they ran the Excellent small dogs in one ring and large dogs in the other, then swapped, while all the Open and Novice sit around doing nothing. Then they run Open in both rings, with Excellent LEAVING and Novice waiting some more. Then they run Novice jumpers followed by standard, in the hottest part of the day, while everyone is packing up and leaving. The Novice walk-through for standard was actually happening while the Novice jumpers were still running. Nothing like a little extra stress...

Anyway, we ran jumpers and they both ran over time, but Cassi finished strong and actually, Teka found her focus near the end. The standard course was just too long for the heat of the day for them. Teka got distracted by a guy that walked up to the ring right next to the Aframe and stood there and her weaves suck, but she didn't potty in the ring! Cassi flubbed her weaves and went under the tire jump at the end. I have to remember to just stop her when she does that instead of trying again! Oh, if only they had a better handler....