The judge was José Vandy from Belgium.
First, agility, she was confused by my movements and did not take the “out”, but another jump.
She didn’t finish the weave pole, so I had to go and help her. Probably because it was going “into” the fence. She did a good job anyway.
Surprisingly, not disqualified on the agility, but we might as well. She didn’t finish the weave pole again. I have no idea why.
I missed a pivot, and she thought she had to go into the tunnel.
The judge was Marko Mäkelä from Finland.
Disqualified, I overcorrected before the tunnel. I also lost her at some point, but she managed to understand where she needed to go.
My first course where we are not disqualified, three faults.
She entered the weave poles correctly, but way too fast. She failed to correct, and we were disqualified due to three refusals.
I was so close. I was way too far away from the jump after the A-frame and couldn’t push her to the right jump. This was my favorite course of the weekend.
The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
First agility went well. The weave pole entry was sublime, and I’m grateful that she stops on every contact, making this course much easier for us after the dog walk. The theme of the weekend is “failing opposite inverted jumps”…
Saturday’s jumping got me a little worried, as four bars fell to the ground. Luckily, she was just tired.
My favorite course is the agility on Sunday, difficult and beautiful, with long lines and tons of options and tactics. Leaving her on the seesaw, not even looking back, and releasing her right after I heard it hit the ground was like caviar on toast.
She took the hardest weave pole entry of the weekend like it was nothing, but missed almost every opposite inverted jump. We have work to do!