This is our second time at Canis, it’s even bigger than last year: 5 rings instead of 4 and 650 dogs.

We didn’t do a great job—plenty of things went off track. I often missed better ways to handle stuff and didn’t always see where the real challenges were.

29/05/2025

The judge was Becci Hodson from UK.

Disqualified on the first out, we failed to handle the weave pole and the long jump.

The judge was Thora Van Der Stock from Belgium.

A fun and fast course that we definitely could’ve handled better. I got a bit greedy at the weave poles. I should’ve just taken my time and let Kaïa finish properly. No need to rush it.

30/05/2025

Training with Mark Fonteijn.

Learning new techniques and trying out different approaches is always fun. This was super helpful, and I’m hoping to turn it into something I can actually use in competitions once I’ve mastered it.

31/05/2025

The judge was Ivan Amez Alvarez from Spain.

A great and fast course that we could handle way better. I got greedy at the weave pole when I could take my time and let Kaïa finish the weave pole, there was no need to rush it.

The judge was Tom Elsen from Belgium.

She was just not listening. I recall her multiple times, and she ignored me twice. I had to act at some point and show that it was not ok.
I also realize that my calls were really weak and not the usual ones. But still, if I use her name, she should come to me.

01/05/2025

Agility on Mark Fonteijn course could not be filmed, I was not aware that I suddenly moved to be the first dog to run. My camera was not ready, I was not ready…

The judge was Saskia Vansteelant from Belgium.

Nice jumping overall. I tried to fix a good weave entry and ended up confusing her a bit, but aside from that, she did great. I was happy to finish the competition on something that wasn’t a total mess. She did skip a jump and went straight for the tunnel but that one’s on me.

18/04/2025

The judge was Thomas Ebeling from Germany.

Courses were really nice and well construct. Kaïa still struggle to do outs properly, but it’s getting a bit better.
I handled this jumping poorly, the first failure threw me off. She also took a lots of bar, which concerned me a little.

3 bars, 1 refusal. But we are not disqualified. I hope she will handle her jumps better, because this are a lot of bars. Now I just scream “out“, she seems to understand it better. We end up at the 9 places.

19/04/2025

The judge was Sina Just from Germany.

We are disqualified on a discrimination, I should have paused a bit to make sure she took the cat walk. But she took the outs properly each time, I was super happy about that.

This jumping was a suboptimal performance for me. The weave pole refusal is for me, I should have decreased my speed better. I failed a lot of stuff.

20/04/2025

The judge was Sina Just from Germany.

I was confused to see my dog on my right before the tunnel. I assumed that she skipped the jump, but I saw the judge only declaring a fault. I was confused and just disqualified myself. The rest of the course is a mess.

Disqualified on the last jump!
I didn’t properly show the out. It was a bit chaotic at times, but she did everything right.

21/04/2025

The judge was Thomas Ebeling from Germany.

2 faults, 3rd place, and first grade 3 podiums for us!

Disqualified, but I’m super happy about the handling of this very fast course. I was behind all the time, and she still followed the course without hesitation.

This is our third time at Charleville-Mézière!
Our first time was when we were in grade 1, at the agility by night, the second time in grade 2, and this time in grade 3!

Now, I’m disappointed by our performance this weekend. We are almost always disqualified on the same error: our inability to do outs properly.

Otherwise, a nice competition, nice courses, nice peoples and in special guest: the sun!

05/04/2025

The judge was Hervé Chaillou from France.

Disqualified because I had to help her on the out after the A-frame.

Disqualified on at the out after the long jump. She doesn’t do it properly whenever she needs to put in a little effort.

Again, out, missing it and disqualified. We also never succeeded in finishing the weave pole, and we are not the only ones; this is incredibly difficult for the dogs. My theory is that they somehow feel like they are going into the tunnel that is near, and they get out at some point.

06/05/2025

The judge was Vincent Montaigné from France.

The second jump was an out, and guess what? She didn’t do it properly. Yes, I don’t show it well because I need to run forward to handle the long jump.
This was the third time in a row that we were disqualified for the same mistake, this time on the second jump. I was really disappointed and annoyed; the rest of the run was a mess and a collection of failure.

At least she did a two-out sequence and succeeded.

This time, she failed to do the In, again on the second jump. The thing is, I’m not the only one building frustration; Kaïa is also questioning what she did wrong.

We failed to handle the weave pole, she happily ran into the tunnel, and I completely failed to correct it. Other than that, we cleared the rest of the course nicely, and she even managed to do a difficult out.

This time, we are disqualified on a tunnel discrimination. This is more normal, I guess. Nice weave pole entry!