Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Double Q Dally in Dayton

This weekend, at the Dayton Dog Training Club's AKC Agility Trial, we saw the return of "Double Q Dally." Dally went 4-for-4 on the weekend, earning QQs #11 & #12 towards her PACH2 and a total of  42 PACH points to go towards qualifying for the 2014 AKC Nationals.

The courses were great--not a lot of traps, but very flowy. It was the type of course I needed to try to get lots of points with Dally, but she wasn't running as fast as I thought she would. The Standard and Jumpers courses allowed me to really work on my blind crosses with Dally. (I even heard, what I'll consider a compliment, when someone said, "There's the queen of the blind crosses." on Sunday.)

Standard:



Jumpers:



Saturday night I gave Dally half of a Traumeel in her dinner, just in case the hard ground made her a little sore (the footing was hard/tightly compact dirt with no give). She didn't show any signs of stiffness or soreness Sunday morning, especially with how cold it was Saturday and still pretty chilly Sunday. I took extra time to warm up Dally more than normal, including a warm-up jump, just to make sure everything was moving well.

Standard:



I didn't get a full video of our Jumpers run, but let's just say it was rather slow--we only earned 2 points out of that run. I thought she was ready to go, warmed up well and seemed revved up enough at the start line, but then it just sputtered after the first jump. I'm not sure if it was just being sore, tired, or Dally just not feeling it--one never really knows with her.

We have two more weekends to try to get the remaining 91 points for the 2014 AKC National Agility Championships. I've found another trial at the end of November in northern Indiana that I might enter if we can't get those points, but I'm crossing my fingers that Dally's love for Queen City equals lots of points and fast runs for her.

Next up, LaMesa's weekend...

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  2. Way to go Dally!!!! Loved watched the videos. Corgis are fun to watch in Agility. Thanks for sharing. And good luck at the upcoming trials.

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    1. Thank you!! Paws and fingers crossed for the next two weekends!

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  3. Congrats on the 2 Double-Qs!

    We had Jumpers courses this past weekend that were wheeled so tightly that even speedy Jimmy only got 8 points! The slower dogs weren't even making time and were being NQ'd. Needless to say, there was a lot of grumbling :-)

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    1. Yes, it seems like we've run into that problem lately--tightly wheeled courses. And I'm pretty good about trying to make sure Dally doesn't run a lot of yardage (tight wraps, etc.) to help with that problem.

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