The end of a great season!

This past weekend's AKC trial was SO wonderful! Well, wonderful except one tiny moment that was a bit less than wonderful lol.

First thing on Friday morning was FAST......and it was less than ideal. Hobbs was CRAZY despite me taking him to run around outside before the run. The A-frame was in the gamble and as soon as he took of to go up it I knew he was going to jump the contact on the down side. He basically jumped from the second slat on the down side. I pulled him off of the rest of the send bonus to try the frame again, and he jumped it again....but this time it was closer. I decided we were done and thanked the judge and she said we could try the A-frame again. So I did and this time Hobbs went all the way down to the bottom and gave me 2o2o.....something we haven't done in almost a year lol. After he got it I praised him a TON and let him do a tunnel and a couple jumps as we walked off course.

Next up was our first Standard run of the weekend. It was a great course, and I felt like it was very doable. Hobbs had his head screwed on for this run, thank heavens, and we did awesome! I was very proud of our, and wished I had had my camera for someone to video. Hobbs got his A-frame again, but I was babying it a bit to make sure he got it. I really need to figure out what I want to do to get that running contact consistent.

Last up for the day was Jumpers, and it was a tough course. I was very excited to try it, and I was VERY happy with how we did. Our only issue was the weave poles. They were right after a tunnel and triple jump so Hobbs was FLYING. I tried to get him to steady before he started them and he got his entry, but after about 3 poles he couldn't stay it. I sent him again and he did all of them and then we finished the course beautifully. It was a REALLY nice run.

On Saturday we only had two runs, a standard and a jumpers. The club chose to have Time 2 Beat as the game for the day and I didn't sign up. It looked fun though so next time it is offered we will give it a try.

Our jumpers run was great! It was a very fast running course, and being 7 months pregnant, running fast is not the easiest thing in the world. I walked it several times, and somehow still blanked on most of the course. Maybe it was the fact that my pants kept falling off.....I was literally holding them on while I ran. So, I felt like I was running hesitantly, trying to remember the course jump by jump. Hobbs missed a pole and exited early from the weave poles and so we didn't Q, but I was very proud of the rest of the way he ran the course. This is the only run I got on video so here it is:

Standard was another very doable course, but after two mishaps with the weave poles I was nervous. I shouldn't have been. It was an amazing run! He got the weaves wonderfully even though they were right after the tunnel. That gave us another Q and another 1st place. It was a wonderful end to our trialing for the next couple of months.

I am going to make a list of things I would like to work on before we return to trialing. Hopefully, it will include a plan for the A-frame!