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Zumi had her last UKI trial this weekend before the US open cutoff. And actually her last UKI trial before the big event. I was hoping for those 3 stupid jumper Q's and the trial scheduled lent itself well those opportunities! Between the master heat jumpers and the regular jumpers, she had 2 jumpers Friday, 3 jumpers Saturday, and 1 Sunday.
Spoiler alert, it didn't happen. Not once.
Apparently, Zumi has some weave pole issues.
Mostly not entering. Either entering at the 3rd pole or running alongside the poles like she doesn't know what to do with them.
We had several would be clean runs that ended with weave pole faults. :(
And then we had one run on Saturday that had a mini meltdown where Zumi went off course right before the weaves, went off course after the weave and then as she returned to me and I tried to keep handling she couldn't do anything. Wouldn't jump. So I took a few seconds to have her jump in the air and reconnect with her and then she finished strong.
sensitive girl.
The last run on Saturday I chose to do a NFC, aka toy run. It was a jumpers run and I rewarded her weaves (which she nailed just fine) with a ball. Did some more things, then had her weave again when she also did just fine.
Sunday she only had speedstakes (no weaves) and jumpers (weaves) but she could weave just fine.
She must have been feeling sassier as she broke her startline on speedstakes and my handling to try and make up for it was too late. And on jumpers she had a beautiful run and then took an off course tunnel right at the end before the weaves that no other dog took. Avoiding weaves? or just unlucky? She nailed the weaves with her new made up course.
Overall I'm really happy with how she handled on the courses this long weekend. Lots of beautiful moments. A few crappy handling moments on my part, but overall
I guess we have some training to do.
I can't say we've done much agility training at all in the last 2 years :( Obedience has suffered as well, but is still generally easier to do tiny bits at a time, even with a toddler needing to climb you.
And in semi related news, I am going to try to commit myself to a running program if I can squeeze it in or can make it work with a stroller. I'm not a huge fan of running but would like to not be so out of shape! No issues with weekend trials, but I'm thinking about those long, long courses that could be present in November!
