A slow start to September

September brought with it cool temperatures, kids going back to school and a slow start for agility.  We were back in McCook, Il for another competition and did not qualify in either Jumpers or Standard.  There was no FAST Class competition.

You can see at the beginning of the first run I was rather unfocused on the start line.  Joe’s efforts to get my attention convinced me I must be missing something.  Contrast that to the start of the second run.

September also brought a change in the agility rules.  The table used to require a sit or down stay as specified by the judge for the count of five.  The new rules simply require that I be ON the table for the count of five.  This allows for the eventual electronic timing of the table and also make is more fair for short hair dogs who complained that the judges could tell when they were not down all the way, but could not tell with the long hair dogs.

In my first run I overshot the weave poles so I did not Q.  Note my excellent contacts, though, as I left the dog walk, A-frame and teeter.  In the second run I came out of the weaves mid-way.  Otherwise, they are actually pretty good runs.  Here they are:

Next weekend we expand our horizons and travel to Wisconsin.  See you in Cudahay!

– Lancelot

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