Day two of the Blitzen Agility Trial in McCook, IL was an early one. After a lovely walk along the lake with a pretty sunrise we headed out at about 6:30 a.m. At least there is no traffic at that hour.
Our first run was in Jumpers with Weaves. I felt I was ready, but those daarn weave poles messed me up. This foreshadowed a bad weave poles day. The rest of my run was beautiful. Take a look:
Our second run was in FAST Class. In FAST my handler designs the course I am supposed to run. I was very distracted from the start. After missing my weave pole entry at the beginning, I still felt I could design a better course than Joe and I tried to do so. Unfortunately I am not as good a designer as I thought I was. Next time I plan to pay attention to Joe’s plan. Here is the FAST Class run:
Our third run was in Standard Class. I was focused and ready. At Joe’s signal I took off like a rocket into the tunnel. My pause table was perfect (all the practice paid off). My dog walk and jumps were clean and fast, but those darn weave poles did me in again. Here is the run:
As a bonus, we got an additional run in a new event being tested by the AKC. It is called, “Time to Beat” and formerly called, “Run and Done.” I hope they keep looking for a new name. Our bad weave pole day continued, but there is the run:
Now it is time to rest and get ready for day 3.
–Lancelot
Tags: Agility, blitzen, fast class, jumpers with weaves, Lancelot, mccook, standard class
