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Pick One – Winning or Being Great?
I guess by the title of this post you’d say both, or that they are the same. Think about that. Are they really?
Jason and I had a conversation today about the trial this past weekend. I have really high expectations. I expect to Q every time and do it in style. Sometimes being that ambitious gets me fantastic results. Other times it gives me an opportunity be hard on myself. You say…“You got 3 out of 4 Q’s in your first trial…you should be stoked!”.
Tailwaggers Agility Trials
Tailwaggers – a local agility club in Lake Worth are holding a 4 day trial this weekend at the Equestrian Center at Okeeheelee Park. We went to support and learn today – got to chat with the people that have supported our training and development – and witnessed first hand what to expect at an agility trial.
Agility Season and all the chatter…
It’s competition season for agility. Owners and Trainers are all actively showing their pups and traveling all over for competitions. The dog world is buzzing with excitement.
Since this is our first season with an agility/disc pup, we’re experiencing all of this for the first time. We thought we’d share some of the resources and info we’ve come upon recently…
Disc dog Lilli back on the Disc
Lilli has been off the disc on her Doctors orders. No plastic or frisbee play for weeks. Instead we played with a ball and spent some more time on agility. Lilli turns a blind eye to balls mostly but after a week or so of playing with it, she warmed up a bit. We did a lot of the same tricks, including fetch, weave and flips. We made up new games like bouncing it, hitting it with her nose, hiding it.
Flying Fast Agility Dog
Lilli had advanced agility tonight with our agility trainer Kristin Spillane. Since this is our first agility post, I’ll start at the begininng.
We started Lilli in basic obedience training when she was about 8 months old. We learned sit/stays, heals, come to sides, down/stays, recalls and how to walk around the little orange cones in a figure 8. Lilli thought obedience needed a lot more running. She learned quickly so we could move on to advanced obedience (conformation training) where we learned off lead and then on to where it really got fun…basic agility.
