I just noticed that for a long time we were disqualified several times throughout the course. Now we are consistently disqualified only on the most difficult part, not every four or five obstacles. This might have been the case for a while, but I only realized it now.

15/11/2025

The judge was Florie Steen, from France.

We had a big misunderstanding at the start. She was very excited and took the wrong jump. Other than that, this jumping course was really fun and Kaïa worked well.

No misunderstanding this time. The start was perfect, but we missed a complicated weave-pole entry. I restarted the weave pole poorly and she took a jump. The rest of the course went really well and she responded correctly to every command. I am really proud of this run because the course was really complicated.

16/11/2025

The judge was Dominique Prin, from France.

This agility course was really fun. Dogs could go full speed on several lines, but there were multiple subtle traps and I missed one of them.

We probably failed the hardest weave-pole entry I have ever seen. We missed the entry, but the exit was perfect.
Then she did something I had never seen before: she jumped parallel to the bar, right beside it. I saw her land while I was watching, so I kept going since everything seemed to be in order.

We kick off the winter competition with a terrifying event, Halloween at Saarburg!

01/11/2025

The judge was Jörg Zenner, from Germany.

We kick it of with a jumping. I was worried the long jump would be too predictable, my recall was too weak, and Kaïa took it anyway, as she loves the long jump.

Agility went better, but I was thrown off by a bar left on the ground. This can be really dangerous if your dog steps on it. This brief moment of confusion set me back a lot, but Kaïa still followed directions correctly.
Unfortunately, I called her back too strongly and she took a jump the wrong way.

02/11/2025

The judge was Sabrina Schmitt, from Germany.

We started with an agility round with two faults. She didn’t understand a poorly handled jump, but I managed to get her back on track.

While looking at the jumping course, I didn’t really understand how to handle the part that disqualified us. Kaïa did her best to follow instructions that were unclear, even for me. Overall, we still struggle with “in” starts, and I still need to work more on that.

During this weekend, Yennefer was on her best behavior, hiding from everyone the fact that she is actually a demon in disguise.

I didn’t expect to be able to run this competition, Kaïa was supposed to be pregnant by now. But Mother Nature gave me some extra time, and I’m glad I didn’t cancel.

21/06/2025

The judge was Philip Müller-Schnick from Germany.

We kicked off the competition by successfully finishing this challenging course. We ended up in second place with 3 faults.

Disqualified on the jumping course, but so was everyone else in Intermediate.

22/06/2025

The judge was Mark Fonteijn from the Netherlands.

I failed to properly control the tunnel entry. She made a few mistakes, but she understood the right turn after the weave pole. She hesitated a little, but did it correctly in the end.

She handled every “out” on this course really well. I helped her a lot, but they all went smoothly. Unfortunately, we got disqualified because I didn’t control her properly again, and she took the wrong tunnel.