Leaving. . .

We are leaving tomorrow for TDAA Nationals. We are driving all the way to Wisconsin. I am getting nervous already. Not looking forward to the cold weather. The place that we are staying at is right on Lake Michigan. This is our very first big agility event, our first large size dog event in general.

My goals for Friday are to gain 2 titles, intermediate games and standard. We can do it. We only need one great run in each. For that Mani needs to get his weaves together!

We were unable to practice due to rain. But we did have a breakthrough in training! I can send him to the weave while he is running. He has consistently been getting his entry correct. But he does not like to weave with me behind him, but that is not an issue right now. I am just happy that I don't have to walk him into the weaves anymore. He still prefers me on the right side of the weaves, but he will weave with me on the left, he will just pout his way through them. :(

The only thing that I can hope for from him is that he is focused on me, fast, happy, confident, and just plain crazy.

People want to play and pet him all the time, and that is very distracting for him. Especially if he find one person he like more than the others, like the judge! That is the perfect person to want to snuggle with in the middle of running a course. But with a face like this who wouldn't want to snuggle.

Petit Prix is in a week!!

I cant wait for TDAA Nationals! I hope we do really well. Mani has been doing good in his training. He is gaining speed and confidence. Besides a little hick-up with his contacts he was great. But recently he has been doing a really bad job with his weave poles. He can get the entry, if I set him up correctly, but he has been missing poles and such. I think part of it is the new weave pole we are training on they are the wider USDAA pole. Mani likes the tighter ones. We will train once before we leave for Nationals. I am not expecting it to be as hard as we are used to in training.

We leave Thursday morning at like 3:00am. Friday is like a regular trial, so if we do well then we will be in Superior class. That would be so cool!

Introducing. . . .

Gilli-Bean, I am board-training her for agility, obedience and rally. She is a Red Poodle, who is very fearful and under confident. Her owners want to give her up so I decided to train her and see if I can help her become the dog they were looking for. She really is a great dog, but her fear holds her back so much. Isn't she pretty!








She and Mani play so well together.

Videos from NADAC

Here are two videos from our NADAC Trial Labor Day weekend.

Our Regular Standard Run:



Our Tunnelers Run:


Yes you were right, Mani jumped into the Judges lap. He had to get the fault removed!

Our First NADAC!

Mani and I attended our very first NADAC Trial. It was fun, we saw a lot of people we haven't seen in a long time. Another great thing about it was that Mani was running FAST! I had trouble keeping up with him. We had a blast. We did not do so well, we only Q'd once. But we were placing 1st 2nd and 3rd all around. We were just being held beck by time faults. NADAC was made for the super fast Border Collies. And there were a lot there. We had a great Tunnelers run. Mani had a super fun time. Maybe I will be able to get the video.

Ohio News!

Mani and I flew to Ohio for an agility trial. A TDAA Trial. Of course Mani and I did really well. We gained another Title! Yay! It was not the Title I was hoping for but good anyway. It was his Games 1 title. TG1. So Mani has yet another new name.

Pilot Mandolin Rain CGC TBAD TG1

We are going to the Petit Prix, TDAA National. We have sent our entries in. Unfortunately we are not going to be at the level I was hoping for but at least we are going.

Overall we did really well that weekend. We only need one leg in Standard and Games in order to gain a Title in each. I cant wait till our next opportunity.

Mani's Title Run!

This was our third run, we Q'd and so he gained his Title.