Masters Debut
I took the tollers up for a USDAA agility trial this past weekend. Zumi had just about 3 weeks back of practice since her maternity leave, and of course her first trial in 3 months. I fully expected Feral Duck. And since she earned her advanced title at the last trial, this would be her first time in masters.
I got Zumi out loads of time before her 4 runs to walk around the area. She desperately needed it. Wild Child. I was grateful it was an outdoor trial so we could do all that walking without bothering others. But all the acclimation time paid off! Her first run of the day, gamblers, she was only semi-feral. Didn't keep her stop on the teeter and did a bonus loop up the dogwalk, but overall listened well. Almost made the gamble, but did a 15ft send out to the backside instead of taking the um obvious approach to the jump.
The remaining 3 runs she listened very well! Even got her very first master Q in snooker with a 50pt run. Here are Zumi's snooker run and so close run in standard:
Vito ran 4 runs as well. Seemingly happy and running decently well until quite a bit slower on the last run of the day. Now that Zumi is running the same course it's fun to compare times. Vito also failed this standard run by taking the wrong end of the tunnel, but it's fun to compare Zumi's run above with Vito's:
