Super weekend at the Danish Championships. Chip is just an awesome dog. We had flow in every single run and we were lucky to win gold with our super team... thanks to my team mates Carsten, Kim, Ann-Britt og Morten I am happy you wanted me on the team.
In the individual competition we already lost on day one with a weave mistake, but the feeling running this dog means more than anything... but let's just say... I'll be back :).

Chips runs from the Danish Championships:
https://youtu.be/u7ddEkQ9jvE

I could not be any happier with our performance at the Nordic Championships. Chip was totally cool as always. I am so impressed by his ability to have a clear mind when we go to the start line no matter how excited he is before the run. And he just gets better when I push him... I love running with him.

We had one misunderstanding in each run costing us time and 2 refusals... I think he did so well and I only hope we get a chance to do even better in the future with some more training. You can always regret not doing better, but I really feel I did my best and Chip as well, so this was how far we have come at this point. We ended on a combined 9th place... I am super happy with this young boy... mostly just because I go to the start line with such a happy and honest dog.

Last training before the Nordic Championships was on a really nice course designed by Jan Egil Eide, that I watched at Moravia Open. Lots of different handling options, so I ran the course in two completely different ways to test some handling. Chip was perfect as usual.

https://youtu.be/3wENT-o6uNc

Friday the 7th of July I drove the long way to Czech Republic to get Do It mated. Hash lives in Poland but just that weekend he was in Czech Republic to participate in Moravia Open. Also a lot of his siblings and half siblings was there, so it was really cool to watch them in competition. They have such an increadible talent all of them. Do It and Hash mated alreday at the first meeting. Hash really knows what to do! 
To be sure we did not do the matinf to early I drove to Poland to get some blood tests done. They showed she was mated a bit early, so I had to stay a few days in Poland.

I was lucky to train together with Hash's owner Ola and his breeder Joanna, and I got to run with Hash. He is very powerful... and so much like Do It in many ways. The puppies from this combination will be super powerful! Hash is really nice... He is friendly, outgoing and cuddly :).

Unfortunately it was near impossible to get a good picture of Do It and Hash together.

I made a video of the near family of the upcoming litter. It contains video of Do It, Hash, Do It and Hash's siblings and Do It's puppies in agility.

Such amazing talent! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/KcaYcY5_cgY

I was not planning to breed Do It just now... But when my job allowed me to get one year off and I calculated that if I breed her in her upcoming season puppies will be born in the beginning of September, it just kind of felt like it was meant to be... So... Puppies are planned in beginning of September, yay. What better way of starting one year of from work than to look at cute puppies for two months. 

The lucky father will be Why Not Hash My Queen and you can read all about Hash and the upcoming litter by clicking the photo.

Today I reached this years dream goal with Chip... we are qualified for the Nordic Championships 💖. So proud of him for doing such a great job only 2 1/2 years old.

On the last day of tryouts we did not have enough luck to go even higher on the list, but Chip was super nice... I am so happy with him.
Super dude!

A rainy day ended up feeling like pure sunshine.

Today we were in Sweeden at the international agility competition in Hässleholm. I started out badly with both dogs... Chip was a bit naughty again and Do It a bit crazy. But I ended the day with 4 clean runs. 

In jumping Do It was 2nd and Chip 3rd and Do It won a Sweedish certificate and became a Sweedish Jumping Champion. 

In agility Do It won and Chip was 2nd... Do It won the certificate and the CACIAG and earned the title Sweedish Agility Champion. In the class Do It and Chip was the only dogs who had a clear round. The course was designed by AWC judge 2018 Nicolas Renaud.

Normally I mostly brag about my dogs... but I am actually realising that I can be proud of my own performance lately as well. I had the best season so far in my 21 years of doing agility.

In 2 months and 2 days I won 10 certificates and one CACIAG... and I earned 5 champion titles including my first titles abroad. 
Chip earned his first champion title after just 10 months of competing (and the least training of any of my dogs).
Both dogs qualified for WAO, would have qualified for EO (choose not to go), Chip qualified for the Danish Championships in just 2 weekends... and the AWC will soon be decided.

At the competition in Viby Do It won her last agility certificate and got the title Danish Agility Champion. Sweet Chip won two agility certificates and just one day after his mother he erned the title Danish Agility Champion as well. 

CRAZY NEWS!!!

I have gotten 1 year leave of absence from my work from the 1st of September!!!

I so enjoy teaching agility and having met so many amazing people at seminars abroad, but it came to a point where it was too much with both my normal job and weekly teaching and travelling for seminars, that I had to think hard about, what I wanted for the future. After a lot of thought I decided to ask my job for the possibility for 1 year off from work to dedicate all of my time for teaching, and for spending more time with my own dogs and my family.

Do It was an absolute super star at the World Agility Open!!! Just one week before I did not trust our connecting, but somehow it all changed at WAO. She nailed all weave entries, she stayed connected with me 99% of the time... Did not go to off course tunnels... even bypasing tunnels in high speed in Snooker... And for people who know her knows how difficult that is for her!!! Only two general problems that we need to fix... train more on the wall jump and contacts in high arrousal. 
That includes me... I get so excited about running at such an event, that I run a bit faster than what she is used to, so I have to train a bit more in high intensity. Do It was such a gift to run!!! LOVE her like that!!!

Ended the weekend at the competition with a super nice day.

Chip had two clean runs in the 2nd World Team Tryouts and won the jumping course (+ his 2nd jumping certificate) and got a 6th place in the agility run... giving us nice point towards being on the national team. He was the best overall class 3 dog Sunday and he got the last qualifying points to go to the National Championships. Super Chip... I feel so ready for WAO with him!

Chip is again super duper fantastic on our first outdoors competition. 2 of 3 clean runs... only one weave mistake (my fault) from all clean runs today. And best of all we got two 2nd places close in times to the winner and won a jumping and an agility certificate!!! OMG... He has overtaken Do It really soon. 

- 4 paths, 9 handling choises.

A bit of a long video... but it was interesting to compare handling choises in this small sequence, that had so many different options. Handling two dogs on the sequence gave an extra dimmension to the conclusion.

Video from the WAO tryouts. Both dogs qualified for WAO... YAY. 
It will be my first time at this event... Looking very much forward to it ;).

Three clean runs from Do It. One clean, one 5 faults and one E from Chip... All my faults.

I was lucky enough to have Tereza Králová here. I participated with both Chip and Do It and they were so amazing both of them. 
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Do It: https://youtu.be/aK6cRiygvgY

Chip: https://youtu.be/IPQaSSh2w-w

Chip is such a good boy... Moved to A3 at the age of just a bit more than 2 years, with limited training and competing. This competition was after 4 weeks training break... we only had one training before this competition. He keeps beeing super sweet!!! The easiest dog I have ever trained! I was running a bit boring in the first runs, but gave it all I had in the last run... It shows. I have to remember that this great guy can handle the pressure... I so love running like that, but I have been used to dogs who are a bit more crazy than him. We will get better :)... And for sure we will have fun all the way.

Chip: https://youtu.be/BYB4FZC3AU4:)