New link to Fetch's offspring Lumi doing agility and report from the trial in Vallensbæk
I have just found this great video of one of Fetch's offspring from training. Lumi is approximately 20 month old on this video and Lumi is a sister to Silvia Trkmann's young border collie Bi.
Trial in Vallensbæk
Last weekend Jiggy and I participated at the trials in Vallensbæk. We did not get any clean runs... That is the first time for us, and I was really disappointed, because I know we can do it and I really want to show it. Again the faults are mine. I get amazed how honest and sensitive Jiggy is - She really always tries to do her best - So I am absolutely not disappointed with her ;).
Agility class 1
The first course was agility class 1. We had a great start but I had not noticed how difficult the weave entrance really was... Jiggy has awsome weave entrances so I just thought I could let her find her own way in to the weaves... NOT! She has so much power going out of the tunnel and she is to attentive to me that she cannot see the weaves on her left side.
Because I already had one fault I decided to put her a little to the test on the seesaw. I said the command "touch" in a soft voice and kept running at the exact same speed past the seesaw. Jiggy did come to a stop, but it looks like she falls to the side and the seesaw rocks back. If you look closely you can se, that she tries to get back on, but it is to late. I then decided to take the seesaw once more and get eliminated.
Jumping "best of 2" - first run
This run was really great. I made a "Jaakko turn" on the wall which I was really pleased with. The only thing that went wrong was that Jiggy went straight to the number sign on the side of the weaves instead of to the weaves. Better practice a little with the number signs on the course. I was watching the small dogs the next day and saw that there where quite a few who made the same mistake.
Jumping "best of 2" - second run
Ohh my. This was not good. We had a great start and the Jaakko turn in the start was even better. She nailed the weave entrance but I loose her a little in the jumping combination in the middle and have to call her off the chute. Because of these minor mistakes I get a little unconcentrated and I say the "back" command on the third last obstacle to late. I give the command while she is hanging over the jump and she knocks the bar down. I get so aggravated and Jiggy gets first a refusal and then a bar down on the next jump. Oh my... Got to stop letting it get to me ;o). I can see that I would have gotten a really nice time on the course if we hadn't made these mistakes.
My sweet friend Tine decided that it was time to tell some truths, so my friends recorded this. I am posting it because I think she is completely right and I want to remember this lesson. Sorry only in Danish ;).
Jumping class 1
We got a refusal on the second jump... This is one of those beginner dog/handler faults. I did not see it as a difficult spot but can se that I should have helped her a little more, but I think a more experienced dog would have read the course and have taken the jump by it self. Appart from that it was an ok run with a fault on the wall. A lot of dogs had that fault through the day.
I was really put down by the results from this trial but when I se the videos now I feel a little better. Jiggy is doing such a good job and I think we will do just great when we get a little more routine.
Puppy plans revealed
I know some of you are curious to know who the proud father is going to be... The sire to the upcoming litter is going to be Fetch Granting Pleasure. He has outstanding agility results in his pedigree and he is a very talented agility dog him self. Fetch has a good temperament and is very fast on the course. Still, like all of his sisters and brothers, he has an amazing ability to think clearly under pressure.
Fetch also has amazing HD results in his family, so I am hoping that the mating between Jiggy and Fetch will result in puppies with a potential to go all the way.
I have made a page about the upcoming litter and Fetch, where you can read just about everything there is to know. The puppies will only be sold to people who are going to use the very special abilities of these puppies.
Please do contact me if you are interested in hearing more on the upcoming litter.
Great trip to Ribe
Saturday afternoon Tine, Channie and I drove to Ribe to participate in the trial held by Ribe on Sunday. We stayed at a bed and breakfast... Really nice place, where the dogs where allowed to stay as well.
I was a little afraid that Jiggy would get tired through the day as we had been driving Saturday and slept in a different place with Mac as a room mate. She does not like Mac to much. He is the sweetest dog, but he is a little to sweet for Jiggy's taste. But actually I could not feel any difference on Jiggy's enthusiasm through the day. Every time I took her from her cage, she was ready to go. Even when we got home after another long drive, she wanted to play... I had expected her to climb in to bed and not been heard from that evening.
Agility open
The first course was an agility open with 64 participants. Jiggy got a clear and really nice round. She did everything I asked her to do... Stayed on the contacts and every turn was as I had planned it. We did not run turbo speed and because of the stopped contacts we where placed 7th in this our first open class competing against the more expeirienced dogs.
Agility class 1
The next class was AG1. Jiggy was awesome once again. Unfortunately she had one refusal because I signalled her to do a tight turn after a jump. I do not know if I make a week signal but I think this is just due to the fact that she is not that experienced yet. We had the 3rd fastest time and I think we would have won the class if the refusal had not been there. We where placed 6th of 32 participants.
Jumping Open
Jumping open was the worst run of the day. Again Jiggy had a refusal... This was totally my fault I kept both of my arms up at the same time! After that Jiggy knocked a bar down and I got a little confused because I was thinking about the previous faults. So 10 faults and a not so brilliant course. Despite that we had a refusal we had the 4th fastest time of 66 participants.
Jumping class 1
The last course of the day was jumping class 1. Jiggy had an awesome run once again but knocked one bar down, which was partly my fault... To bad... we where 3 seconds faster than the winner. We where placed 4th of 25 participants.
To sum it all up, I am really happy about Jiggy's development. I have looked throug the results from all of the competitions we have entered up until now and we have started 11 classes if we include the runs in DAL.
Here is what I found:
- Only one disqualification
- No broken start lines
- No contact faults
- She has never left a contact without a release cue
- No faults on the weaves
- No faults occcuring due to unknown obstacles
I think that is pretty well. Now we just need to keep the good work up and to get the extra routine so we hopefully will get that extra little something that will take us to the top.
Thank you Channie and Tine for a super trip... Looking forward to the next ;o)
hajdy339@yahoo.dk // www.hepdog.dk
Næsten som at være der selv... tak for god reportage - og hvor er det bare nogle flotte løb!!! I er seje!
Stort knus fra Heidi - og Yatzi.
Trials and puppy plans
Wow... I have not been writing much here lately... But hopefully I will make up for it, as the first trial of the years is this weekend. We are going to Ribe and I am really excited about getting started again. Three months without any trials is to long ;o). The last couple of weeks we have been experiencing more snow than normally in Denmark, so it has not been possible to do any training... Hope training is not cancelled this evening. It is not funny going to a trial without having been able to practise two weeks before.
Although not much has happened on the training side since last I wrote, a lot has been going on. I have made some final decisions about my puppy plans. I think Jiggy will get in heat in June and then she will be mated - hopefully there will be cute puppies brought to this world late August early September. If Jiggy gets in heat before the first of May, I will wait for the next heat to mate her... Then the puppies will be born in the winter 2011.
Actually I have picked the father to the litter. He is a very talented agility dog, but I will wait just a little longer to reveal who he is. I am working on a page on this site with all the information you could wish for on this lovely guy. I already have a couple of reservations from abroad from some very talented agility handlers… This is really exciting. I hope to breed some wonderful agility and family dogs for you.
I think 2010 is going to be a very special year for me ;o)
channie@lazi.dk // www.lazi.dk
spændende med hvalpe...jeg er helt sikker på det bliver nogle kanon gode hunde. Jeg må jo pænt vente nogle år endnu
hajdy339@yahoo.dk // hepdog.dk
Cool :)
Yes 2010 will be an awsome year - I am sure!
Look forward to sharing the breeding experience closely with you.
Heidi*
