Last weekend, Lonya and I did 3 days of AKC agility, out at IPOC. I've always been treated well by this club, and like to support them. I also like the trial site (even though some people don't!).
Overall, I was very happy with how we did. Lonya Q'd on Friday in Novice FAST for her NF title. She got 76 points and placed first. I'm not sure how much more FAST we'll do, I don't think she "needs" it anymore to settle down. On Friday, we also Q'd in Standard, for 18 MACH points. I'm pretty sure that was her highest point run so far. We Q'd on Sunday in Standard also, for 14 points (I think!). In that run, I never felt like I was where I wanted to be...and Lonya did well to do what I wanted when I was always a step behind.
Our other runs the first error, and in 2 of the runs, our only error was at the weaves. Popping at pole 10, or getting distracted and coming out in the middle (this happened in the JWW ring). We've gone back to doing some remedial weave work at home, I've been working so much on flyball stuff, that I hadn't been training agility much. A friend who'd dealt with the 10 pole syndrome said when she had that problem, it was suggested to her to backchain the last few poles. We've been doing that, and I think (hope!) I'm seeing progress. I did try adding the Treat and Train, but she didn't like it in that context, so I went back to click and handing her the treats.
We have another week to work on the poles, before our next trial. I'd really like to get them "fixed", since she's doing SO well otherwise, she's so close to Qing regularly...if we'd only get those poles!
Her Qing run video...
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