Night Trial

We were at the trials last night, doing Open Obedience. The pic shows me returning over the jump with the Dumbbell in my mouth. I was going well, until we got to the 3 minute sit stay when I forgot what I was doing and lay down. Keith was not too upset, because we qualified in all the other exercises. Hannah was not happy in her heeling and did not do a sit, then she had a scratch in the Recall, and when she finished scratching she chased after Kathy. She passed everything else so maybe things are not too bad. That was the last Obedience trial for the year for us, so we get a few months break while we brush up on our skills for next year.

Grampians

The touring Tollers were at the Grampians yesterday. We went for a day out to the Grampians mountains, named after the Scottish range.The pic shows us where we stopped for lunch near Lake Fyans with the mountains in the background. The last time KnK were here was during the drought and the lake was almost dry, just a puddle in the middle, but now it is full again. That was before either of us were born. After the drive we went for a run at the dog club grounds, then back to the caravan for a good feed and a long sleep.

Warrnambool Holidays

The trials are over, we are in holiday mode now for next week.
Hannah got her AD title, the pic shows her coming out of the tunnel half way round one of her runs on the weekend. I did several runs with no course faults but with time faults, and several runs with no time faults, but 5 or 10 course faults, but no clear rounds.
We spent today recovering from the week end of 24 runs between us. We were worn out and hardly moved until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Luckily it has cooled down a bit so we will be doing the tourist thing for the next few days.

Hannah AD

Hannah got her AD Title today, she just missed out by being distracted on one jump in the morning trial, but got everything right in the Afternoon trial. Hopefully we will have more news tomorrow.

Hannah Passes in Novice

Hannah has her second pass in Agility Novice after a great run at the Gawler trials. There were a couple of moments when things did not look too good, like the way she clung to the Table with her toe nails to prevent her slipping off because she hit it a bit too quickly, but she made it and even got third place overall. The pic shows Hannah doing her warm up exercises before the run. Her Jumping Excellent class was good too, just two faults on a very difficult course. The faults were on the easy bits so she did do the serpentine and the 200 degree turn into a blind tunnel, but there was just those two little drops in concentration that cost the trial. I was in masters, but I was not feeling all that well, and was ill last night. I hope I am fully recovered for next week end in Wanrnambool.

Mount Gambier Trials

We were trialing again last week end, at Mount Gambier, where the world famous Blue Lake is. The pic shows Hannah clearing the last jump in her Jumping Excellent trial. She did very well, until she went to see the judge and lost the plot after that. In her Agility trial, a magpie flew right across her nose as she was approaching the dog walk and that was the end of that trial too. I did not do much better. I got a fault free round in Jumping Masters, but we lost time because Keith got in the wrong position for a Threadle, so we lost a few seconds there which meant we were over the time limit. In the Agility I went sniffing and dropped a bar too so we did not qualify again.
We left the caravan at Mount Gambier because we will be going back in two weeks on the way to Warnambool for more trials.

Tollers RN

We have another title to add to our list of accomplishments  We are now Rally Novice dogs, with the letters RN added to our names. Keith said we could get a job at the local hospital, but Maggie's mum (a Registered Nurse) said our RN was not the same as her RN.
It was an exciting day. Kathy was judging so Keith took both of us in. Tiffany went first and did well, covering for Keith when he did a Weave instead of a Serpentine. He called a Retry, and got away with losing 3 points, but still passed on 91. Then it was my turn. I usually work with Kathy, and play with Keith. It was very strange having Keith give the commands, especially as Kathy had disappeared somewhere. Anyway, I did my best trying to work out what he meant with his funny ways, and we got through with 87. I much prefer to work with Kathy.