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Saturday 24 December 2016
Saturday 19 November 2016
Scent Hurdle and Practice
Hmmmm, looks like I missed posting about the last Scent Hurdle tournament. The big news from that tournament is that Stark earned his next Scent Hurdle title. He is now Scent Hurdle Dog Master (SHDM). Congratulations Stark! With an honorable mention to Grace and Stephen for helping him to achieve this milestone.
At practice last night we had some new people. Naturally I forgot to take pictures and record names of anyone but hopefully we have some new Scent Hurdle dogs joining the team. A huge welcome to everyone who was there!
Written by Monica.
At practice last night we had some new people. Naturally I forgot to take pictures and record names of anyone but hopefully we have some new Scent Hurdle dogs joining the team. A huge welcome to everyone who was there!
Written by Monica.
Saturday 5 November 2016
Friday Practice
An excellent practice last night. Some of the fun is listed below in roughly alphabetical order.
Ahab, Cuda, Digger, Jinx, and Robbie - got their game-face on for the Scent Hurdle tournament next weekend.
Cuda and Digger - got to play a little Flyball for the first time in quite a while.
DD - did a recall over all four jumps back to Donna. Yay DD!! She'll be a Scent Hurdle dog before you know it.
Mischief - starting to get the hang of these jump-things. She's still not quite convinced they're a good idea but she's working on it.
Oliver - still working on focusing while playing Scent Hurdle. He's been struggling a bit lately but Donna's working through it with him. And he got to run some Flyball which he seemed to enjoy.
Thor - proved he's still willing to run his lungs out playing Flyball.
Tonka - was taking the ball from the Flyball box with what will hopefully become a very nice turn and running back over the jumps with Kris. He'd never done more than the jumps before yesterday. Exiting stuff.
Written by Monica.
Ahab, Cuda, Digger, Jinx, and Robbie - got their game-face on for the Scent Hurdle tournament next weekend.
Cuda and Digger - got to play a little Flyball for the first time in quite a while.
DD - did a recall over all four jumps back to Donna. Yay DD!! She'll be a Scent Hurdle dog before you know it.
Mischief - starting to get the hang of these jump-things. She's still not quite convinced they're a good idea but she's working on it.
Oliver - still working on focusing while playing Scent Hurdle. He's been struggling a bit lately but Donna's working through it with him. And he got to run some Flyball which he seemed to enjoy.
Thor - proved he's still willing to run his lungs out playing Flyball.
Tonka - was taking the ball from the Flyball box with what will hopefully become a very nice turn and running back over the jumps with Kris. He'd never done more than the jumps before yesterday. Exiting stuff.
Written by Monica.
Saturday 24 September 2016
Scent Hurdle Tournament
Another one in the bag. Racing was great from all the dogs.
Digger looked to be getting tired by the end of the day. But she was still game to go.
Cuda was solid and ran well all day.
Stark was rock solid all morning, he had to leave for the afternoon but we soldiered on.
Robbie managed to keep it together and concentrate all day; he can struggle with focusing.
Ahab ran well even though his owner tried to send him to the box with his leash still on in the last race. Well, it was the last race after all. He only picked up the wrong dumbbell and tried to bring it back once; he put it back and got the right one.
Whistler was her usual speedy self and even participated in the Border Collie / Kelpie race-off at the end of the day. She lost, but by less than half a second. She might have done better if she'd picked up the dumbbell right away instead of barking at it first. It was fun to see a couple of the fastest dogs in the game going head-to-head.
Jinx ran well, not bad for a 14 year old dog, she even posed for a photo op.
Written by Monica.
Digger looked to be getting tired by the end of the day. But she was still game to go.
Cuda was solid and ran well all day.
Stark was rock solid all morning, he had to leave for the afternoon but we soldiered on.
Robbie managed to keep it together and concentrate all day; he can struggle with focusing.
Ahab ran well even though his owner tried to send him to the box with his leash still on in the last race. Well, it was the last race after all. He only picked up the wrong dumbbell and tried to bring it back once; he put it back and got the right one.
Whistler was her usual speedy self and even participated in the Border Collie / Kelpie race-off at the end of the day. She lost, but by less than half a second. She might have done better if she'd picked up the dumbbell right away instead of barking at it first. It was fun to see a couple of the fastest dogs in the game going head-to-head.
Jinx ran well, not bad for a 14 year old dog, she even posed for a photo op.
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Monday 19 September 2016
Upcoming Event
Scent Hurdle Independent Tournaments
Hosted by: Ready, Scent, Go!
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Location: Wet Creek Stables
Racing starts at 9:00am.
Suggested arrival time 8:30am.
Hosted by: Ready, Scent, Go!
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Location: Wet Creek Stables
Racing starts at 9:00am.
Suggested arrival time 8:30am.
Sunday 18 September 2016
Scent Hurdle Tournament
Another tournament is in the bag for the team. The dogs did great after a summer of mostly rest and relaxation.
Digger was awfully confused because Kay was not there in the morning so we were forced to pull her from the morning tournament. She did great in the afternoon though once Kay had arrived to assure her she was doing everything right.
Cuda rocked it in the afternoon tournament. Speedy little thing that she is.
Stark was solid all day, barking his head off as soon as Grace went to place his dumbbell in the box. He sure loves to play.
Whistler was her usual bang-on self, she's so solid and consistent she's hard to write stories about.
Robbie needed a little encouragement from Kris a time or two but on the whole he's come into his own this year with his Scent Hurdling. Being a short little terrier he's never going to be super fast. He's cute though.
Jinx may need to retire, she was struggling with the jumps. Kris is aware of her age and is seriously considering retiring her if she struggles at the next tournament. The safety and health of our dogs is paramount.
And Ahab. He did fantastic in the afternoon but really, really struggled in the morning. This was his first time racing on grass and that's a whole new game for a dog. Grass has all kinds of wonderful, distracting smells; and the wind did not help either. However, after spending most of the morning practicing, the team agreed to keep letting him run so he could try and work out what he needed to do which meant everyone else sacrificed a chance at a lot of points for their dogs, he suddenly seemed to snap into realizing what he needed to do and ran great for the rest of the day. A big thank you to the team for letting Ahab figure out what he was doing.
Written by Monica.
Digger was awfully confused because Kay was not there in the morning so we were forced to pull her from the morning tournament. She did great in the afternoon though once Kay had arrived to assure her she was doing everything right.
Cuda rocked it in the afternoon tournament. Speedy little thing that she is.
Stark was solid all day, barking his head off as soon as Grace went to place his dumbbell in the box. He sure loves to play.
Whistler was her usual bang-on self, she's so solid and consistent she's hard to write stories about.
Robbie needed a little encouragement from Kris a time or two but on the whole he's come into his own this year with his Scent Hurdling. Being a short little terrier he's never going to be super fast. He's cute though.
Jinx may need to retire, she was struggling with the jumps. Kris is aware of her age and is seriously considering retiring her if she struggles at the next tournament. The safety and health of our dogs is paramount.
And Ahab. He did fantastic in the afternoon but really, really struggled in the morning. This was his first time racing on grass and that's a whole new game for a dog. Grass has all kinds of wonderful, distracting smells; and the wind did not help either. However, after spending most of the morning practicing, the team agreed to keep letting him run so he could try and work out what he needed to do which meant everyone else sacrificed a chance at a lot of points for their dogs, he suddenly seemed to snap into realizing what he needed to do and ran great for the rest of the day. A big thank you to the team for letting Ahab figure out what he was doing.
Written by Monica.
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