ASCA Trial August 2nd and 3rd

This ASCA trial was very small. I split up the runs between Raygen, Ryker and Ryddick. ASCA courses are more open and "faster" and a challenge for Ryker and I. He started out being a complete spazz and slid off the front of the teeter before it hit the ground. Not sure if he thought it was the dog walk or if the teeter was to slippery. On our last jumpers run I realized by the 2nd jump that I was way to far behind. I ended up having to do a lot of sends and verbals. It was a nice run and he kept all the bars up. He earned his GS-N and RS-N and legs in Open Jumpers and Open Regular. I am always having doubt if I should continue to run in ASCA with him, but I was able to practice the SLS and weave pole entries. Can't wait to see what happens next week at USDAA.

ASCA Trial August 2nd and 3rd

Yay for Raygen! He earned his first 10 ATCH points for Jumpers and qualified in both his Regular Elite runs only needing one more leg for his RS-E title. His jumpers runs were very nice, not getting sucked in by the tunnel trap was a huge accomplishment. For the ATCH title we need 200 points in Regular, 100 points in Jumpers and 100 points in Gamblers. Not something that is going to happen in the near future since we only attend 2 ASCA trials a year.

ASCA Trial May 17th and 18th

We had a great weekend in Pleasant Grove. I like ASCA since they allow training in the ring. Ryker needed some start line stay training and he responded well to it. He gets so exited to run and can hardly wait to start and breaks his starts. Not so good if there is a lead out necessary. Most courses that I have run into do not need a lead out, but it is always a good idea to have a solid stay.The highlight of his weekend was earning a leg in Gamblers Novice and an amazing Jumpers run. 117 yds in 17.88 seconds = 6.54 yps. It was smooth and we were a team. Can't wait until next weekend.

ASCA Trial May 17th and 18th

Raygen did very good at the trial this weekend. He is my butt saver dog. He seems to be able to have a very good sense of reading me.
He earned his GS-O title and one leg each in Elite Gambler and Jumpers.

ASCA Trial May 17th and 18th

Smooth Dog

It was Ryddick's Agility trial debut. He had 2 amazing runs on Saturday. One was in Jumpers and he did great with 6.01 yps. He did knock the second to last bar and therefore did not qualify. Gamblers was great, too. He earned his first ever leg in 3rd place. On Sunday I did a bit more training in the ring. He was very upset with the teeter. Not sure how to describe it, but he wanted to tear it apart while he was performing it. Since he hasn't displayed this at home I am almost certain he was stressing.
On the other hand the Jumpers run was perfect and even though I almost lost the course he ran it at 5.37 yps, Q'ed and earned first place. Now we go back to a bit more training and maybe he gets to run again the end of the year.