So, this weekend I had a trial. This was the first trial I ever entered all 8 runs for. To be honest, it was not a very good trial at all =P and quite frankly, it beat me down. I`m not overly upset about, but it always does hurt a bit inside when you`re dog is having a very bad time like that.
On the Saturday, I had 2 advanced gamblers runs, and 2 advanced standard runs. I actually didn`t expect this day to be this bad, but I didn`t expect TOO much. The first run was advanced gamblers. The main gamble was a jump, out to a tunnel end, and back in to a closer tunnel. Upon looking at it, it did NOT look difficult at all. I know Shyloh could have gotten it EASILY. I ran the opening, but she shut down pretty quick. It wasn`t TOO much of a shut down, but it still was. She tried. I thought she was going to get the gamble easy, shut down or not. But when I sent her over the jump and out to the tunnel end, she ran right past it and stood by the ring entrance. Poor puppy, oh well. I said good try and continued on with the day.
The second run was another advanced gamblers run. I focussed on flowy courses and straightaways. She nailed the weaves beautifully (where in all my other runs the entire weekend, the weaves shut her completely down) which was NICE! I accumulated a whole bunch of points, I believe it was 40 some. I thought that was AWESOME!!!! I so thought we were going to Q. The buzzer went off a few seconds before I wanted it too, and I was half a course away from the main gamble. I threw her over a jump, into a tunnel, back over the jump and over to another tunnel... as she was going into the last tunnel... the buzzer went off! DAMN, SO CLOSE TO GETTING IT! That was a good girl :) Not her fault at all. She did her best.
The last two runs were both advanced standard. I knew going into the weekend that she would probably lose Q`s due to the weave poles because she`s goofy with them at trials. I ran the first one and automatically off the start, something was wrong. She was being so goofy and slow that I decided to just pick her up and leave the course. The weaves REALLY shut her down. The 2nd standard, she was just as shut down... When I got to the weaves, she shut down harder... so I turned around, did the straight line back and ended the run. Overall, the 1st day of the trial was REALLY not very good. It completely made me lose some hope, whether it should have or not.
I knew the next day was a new day. So, I went on to think tomorrow would be better :) I definitely was correct, but at first.. she didn`t show too much of a difference sadly =(. She was going well, but then the weaves messed her up for the first standard. She finished the course clean minus the weaves but was over time as well. Her second run was another advanced standard. At first I had thought she NQ`d and thought well good try :) Because she did try for it! BUT, we actually Q`d! Yay!
The next run was advanced jumpers. She actually was 9 seconds over time, and took a wrong tunnel end. Completely my fault because I just wasn`t calling her enough. Oops. BUT, our next run after that was another jumpers. She Q`d wonderfully! :)
Overall, it wasn`t the best weekend but I`m glad she Q`d 2 runs atleast :)
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