We took a 2nd place in Jumpers and a 1st place in Standard Agility! Overall I would say we have improved a lot since our last trial. We still made a few mistakes but nothing that disqualified us. Here is a picture of all of the ribbons we got.
This trial was much smaller and a bit less competitive which was nice for someone so new like me. Here is the video of our best run--the jumpers.Cayman competed against 7 other dogs and came out second. We finished in 19 seconds. I wasn't quite fast enough to get ahead of him at the tunnel, hence the little stumble, but we figured it out. and took 2nd place!
We also ran a Gamblers course, which was a challenge for us. You have 30 seconds to complete whatever obstacles you want that give you points. Then a whistle blows and you have to do a set closing sequence without crossing over a line. So you basically have to do things with your dog at a distance. This is not Cayman and I's current strength. We know what we need to work on but he did do his weave poles which I was happy about.
The last run was a standard agility course. I ran it at the pre-novice level which meant we didn't have to do the weave poles or the teeter totter. We were the only one who ran this course but nevertheless we finished it and therefore took first place! Wahoo!Thanks again to all my family who came out the whole day and helped watch Logan. Everyone at the trials teases me that I have a fan club cause my whole family comes out to watch me. I love it and appreciate their support. I wish I would have taken a picture of them in the audience but we have been having some camera difficulties. Cayman came home and just crashed so I think he also had a lot of fun. We can't wait for the weather to get better so we can start to practice outside again.
