tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008699381019452064.post645825957455247103..comments2023-10-18T09:19:09.191-05:00Comments on Smooth Sailin' Agility: First Week of Class!!Smooth Sailin Agilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424384642355314743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008699381019452064.post-79283285909274184722009-04-12T21:00:00.000-05:002009-04-12T21:00:00.000-05:00Bea ran well but we still need that DQ. And I ain&...Bea ran well but we still need that DQ. And I ain't talking ice cream. Saturday Bea did not hold her stay. I had to have a 2-1/2 jump lead out in order to push her line for the weave entry after the double. she crept up to the first jump and knocked the bar. I let her continue until she blew me off at the A frame bottom. We took the walk of shame. Jumpers was a training run. We practiced our stay with a tunnel start. I ran with as much distance as I could get away with. She knocked 2 bars but I learned a lot.<BR/>Sunday was our day. Std looked good on paper, JWW was full of tunnel traps. Std had the broad jump instead of the triple jump. We ran fast and clean until the final 3 jump strait away to the finish. I front crossed after she cleared the double to set up the final and took off running. I heard her hit a board in the broad jump.<BR/>CRAP!!!!!<BR/>So far I'm 0 for 3 and no mach possible. I was determined to salvage JWW for pride alone. She held her start. I threw in 4, count them 4 front crosses, 1 blind cross after a tunnel, got 15 feet lateral on the weaves, and layered the final 4 jump finish run out. Bea was going so fast she could not stop and jumped the ring gate after the last jump. She jumped back in whe n I called her, and they moved the ring gates back for the rest of the dogs. We got 2nd by 3/10 of a second with a 24.84. Only the 1st place dog and 1 other NQ dog broke 25 seconds. <BR/>Maybe I will get my nerves and my dog under control in Kansas City next weekend.<BR/><BR/>JMT&BeaJeff Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059216628249322074noreply@blogger.com