Just when you think you've got things worked out .....Note to self: NEVER get cocky about a run with a BOY DOG.
Guy and I went to the Five Flags Agility Trial.... gonna try standard for the first time. Hey, after his qualifying and moving up to Elite in NADAC, should be a slam dunk - right? WRONG! Silly BOY DOGS!
We start out okay, but the table surface didn't impress him, so he decided to just sit and slap at me with alternating front feet. >:-/
We go on and do everything until the broad jump... which he steps in. Not his fault, MY fault for not practicing that. Throws him off the weaves, he goes back and does them... then the dreaded chute... goes through. Then (Flash back to the Swamp Dog Debacle) and there's the panel jump. NOPE, not gonna do that, tried 3 times.... NOPE, NADA, ZIP. Might attack him, not going to risk it. :-(
Okay, when we get home, I'm going to make all the jumps in my yard a solid jump!
Go over to Jumpers... nice course. Starts with tunnel, Guy's all happy. Goes in tunnel, must have met the boogey man in there, 'cause he comes out and now he's acting all scared. Refuses to jump.... is frozen solid. What the?????
Next morning, I cover all the jumps with towels, tarps, etc. Guy clears them with ease. We go over to Animal Barn, drag out the panel jump, he clears it with ease, no hesitation.
Okay, we'll go back to Pensacola and give it another try.
Not to bore you, but the short story is another non-jumping debacle, but HE DID DO THE PANEL JUMP - thank you JUDGE!
After thinking on this awhile, Guy did better in the first ring, but was petrified in the second ring. All I can figure is the scribe's table was not against the ring ropes, rather out in the ring. We had to walk around it. Guy turned and looked at the timer and the scribe, tail tucked. I think he is still worried about people in the ring who might yell at him... like at the agility match. He does freak out if someone is standing at the side of the ring, but doesn't seem to mind the judge.
Oh, lordy. Something else to try and figure out the answer and get through it.
Guy and I went to the Five Flags Agility Trial.... gonna try standard for the first time. Hey, after his qualifying and moving up to Elite in NADAC, should be a slam dunk - right? WRONG! Silly BOY DOGS!
We start out okay, but the table surface didn't impress him, so he decided to just sit and slap at me with alternating front feet. >:-/
We go on and do everything until the broad jump... which he steps in. Not his fault, MY fault for not practicing that. Throws him off the weaves, he goes back and does them... then the dreaded chute... goes through. Then (Flash back to the Swamp Dog Debacle) and there's the panel jump. NOPE, not gonna do that, tried 3 times.... NOPE, NADA, ZIP. Might attack him, not going to risk it. :-(
Okay, when we get home, I'm going to make all the jumps in my yard a solid jump!
Go over to Jumpers... nice course. Starts with tunnel, Guy's all happy. Goes in tunnel, must have met the boogey man in there, 'cause he comes out and now he's acting all scared. Refuses to jump.... is frozen solid. What the?????
Next morning, I cover all the jumps with towels, tarps, etc. Guy clears them with ease. We go over to Animal Barn, drag out the panel jump, he clears it with ease, no hesitation.
Okay, we'll go back to Pensacola and give it another try.
Not to bore you, but the short story is another non-jumping debacle, but HE DID DO THE PANEL JUMP - thank you JUDGE!
After thinking on this awhile, Guy did better in the first ring, but was petrified in the second ring. All I can figure is the scribe's table was not against the ring ropes, rather out in the ring. We had to walk around it. Guy turned and looked at the timer and the scribe, tail tucked. I think he is still worried about people in the ring who might yell at him... like at the agility match. He does freak out if someone is standing at the side of the ring, but doesn't seem to mind the judge.
Oh, lordy. Something else to try and figure out the answer and get through it.
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