Oct 18th - Spot On Fun Trial

It was a beautiful day to head to Spot On's fun match for the day. A few of our students were there also which made the day lots of fun.

I was very proud of Baxter's performance for the day. He maintained almost all his contacts (he just missed the stop on the A-frame when they lowered it for another dog...I don't think he knew what happened but he did stop at the bottom on the grass). He got every weave entry that was a part of a course, which was great. He maintained some awesome sit-stays during the courses, even one where I was the full dogwalk away and he focused on his line. He did not bark at all when out of the car and did not flank me when we were not running the course.

Ripley got to do 2 courses. The first one was just jumps and tunnels trying to make up 21 points. I decided to keep Ripley controlled instead of letting him run amuck. I did a few threadles with him which he did really nice. I did work him over 16" jumps so that I could just concentrate on handling and not the jumping. He maintained his sit-stay but still in a vulture stance.

The bonus of the day (besides Owen winning one of the classes) is that Ripley did his first ever 12 weaves!! He at first popped out at 10 but once he got it, he did the 12 for two times.