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  1. Ok finally got myself organised - accommodation paid, entries done and paid... Our first Nationals seems so much more real now. How exciting!!!!
  2. Thanks for finding that out for us Vickie. Will do up my online entries soon. Hmmmm what to enter, what to enter...
  3. I'm interested to know the same thing. Bond is currently in excellent for the games but may be in masters for some of them by then but not likely by the time the early bird entries close in February. I'm also not sure what to do with him for pairs as it will depend on what class he is in as to who he can run with. I was wondering if it was possible to send in early bird entries for him for adm/jdm and then waiting til later to send in the games ones when I know what he is in but not sure if that would just make it a nightmare for the trial sec. Interested to see what others suggest
  4. Well done Smisch! Your little guy ran so well (and I have add looked super tough with his shaved eyebrow!). Congrats on your herding work Inevitablue! I can't help but brag after our wonderful day at the Ekka yesterday. It was Lomani's 3rd Ekka and once again she showed that she is only ever at her best when there is a big crowd and plenty of cow poo around. She is so amazing to run there, I just wish that I could run that same dog all year round and not just once a year! She barked from the second she left the startline and ran flat out the entire time. We came home with a Q and 3rd place in JDO and a Q and 5th place in ADO. So close on ADM with a bar and naughty contact on the run home. It was Bond's first ever Ekka and we were really uncertain as to how he would cope with the environment. He seemed a little stressed at the beginning but as soon as he was on course he was his normal self which was a massive relief. He took out 1st place with a Q in ADO!!!!! So proud of my baby Bear!
  5. Sounds like a busy weekend out there - Congrats to all the DOLers on the good results and good luck for those to come We had a good trial today - Lomani came home with 2 Q's from 2 runs. Pretty good considering that it was very wet underfoot and Lomani's coat acts like a giant sponge in wet weather which used to put her off. Since we started this year it doesn't seem that anything can put her off though At present we have 10 Q's from 14 runs for the year Here's some vid of her runs today ;)
  6. I too have an English cocker and didn't know what to do with her as a pup. We started puppy school, progressed into obedience and she seemed to really love learning new stuff. We progressed into the trialling obedience classes and she hated it - too boring for my nutso dog (and if I'm honest I had no idea what I was doing so would have made it worse) so we thought we would try agility and it was perfect for us. I can't even begin to tell you how much enjoyment both of us have gotten out of agility. We have been trialling for nearly 2 years now and she just continues to get better and love it more. Here are a couple of videos of her in action to let you see what they can do. (Don't fret about the complexity, these are masters runs, the novice courses are much more basic to start with). Most clubs will usually let you start agility training at age 1 - the dogs aren't allowed to compete until 18 months. If you get your name down a few weeks before you shouldn't have a drama getting in. Most clubs need you to have a basic level of obedience in order to join an agility class though so a good idea to keep you obedience up in the meantime. While I love my agility and know how much cockers can love it, I also know of cockers that thrive on flyball so you should really give both a try and see what she likes the best. ;)
  7. Well done Agility Dogs!!! I seemed to miss your runs last night :D Lomani is sooooo loving her agility at the moment. She ran beautifully last night on 2 tricky masters courses. We got a 3rd place and Q in ADM which was our ADM title!!!!!!!!!!! I had a bet going with one of my instructors that we would try a 4 jump leadout on this one - it was the best option to get the call off the tunnel/jump afterwards so I thought it was worth it. We managed to pull that part off so I was happy with the run (we won't mention where she missed the jump behind the tunnel and then when I put my front cross on the straight line which made her miss another jump). Bring on this afternoon's trial!!!!!! Good luck to everybody competing this weekend
  8. LOL You saw Lomani at her best - there is something about cow poo that seems to make her run unbelievably well. I'm glad to hear that we motivated you though and hope that you are enjoying every minute of your agility time
  9. SD - great runs, well recovered from your fall too! Xena - Thanks, she looooooves to weave!!! Vickie - we barely trained over the break and she isn't reading me as well as she would normally do. There were a couple of close calls where she was out of position but knew what she had to do and got herself there - I have no idea when I got this consistent dog to run with but boy am I happy that it finally happened!
  10. Congrats RS and Vickie!!! Goes to show how much the dogs appreciate their agility when they come back from the break so enthusiastic! We had a nice trial last night, no opens so just 2 runs each. Lomani got an ADM quallie (now only 1 off our ADM title, eeeeeeee!!!!!!!). My OH got a lovely AD quallie and 1st place with Bond and just 1 fault in JD. I think he'll be hitting his stride in a few weeks with a bit of training under his belt And for whoever it was that wanted to see a cocker in action... here you go It felt like a really messy run but doesn't look too bad on video! Hey AD - you got a NQ place with Xena last night too
  11. Does anyone have any information on the outcome of the rule review that happened recently? Any links to the information up yet? Just a little curious... and impatient
  12. I have trained for agility at Jimboomba and I can't speak highly enough of the agility training there. Very knowledgeable instructors and a really friendly club. I haven't done any obedience there though. Enjoy your new puppy and I hope to see you in the agility scene in 18 months or so
  13. WOW That is a brilliant effort! 100% hit rate!! I'm afraid the best we have had was 2/4 My dog is bipolar Do you have any video Wish we had cockers doing agility here ;) Unfortunately we forgot our camera, but our goal for this year is to video our runs frequently so I'm sure I will have some to share soon. I so wish that we had recorded our JDM run from Saturday as it was one of those runs that just felt sooooo good - that's not the one you saw on video was it Smisch :fingerscrossed: . I'm too superstitious though and so far we have never recorded a qualifying run, in fact in most the runs we have videoed we mess up by obstacle 5 Congrats on your great runs with Denver, Smisch... he is running sooo nicely for such a young dog, just imagine how fantastic he will be with a bit more practice under his belt!!!
  14. Wasn't there the small matter of a multiple title? LOL Oh yeah, I forgot, it was our ADO2 title as well... our first multiplier ;)
  15. Congratulations everyone... great start to the year!!!!!!! I have a little brag of my own. After not training much at all over the wet Christmas break I went into yesterday's trial expecting an unfocused cocker that blew her contacts. As usual she had to prove me wrong and came home with 4 Q's from 4 runs :D We've had 3 from 4 before, but never 4 from 4 and certainly not when we were soooo rusty. I even got a couple of stopped 2 on 2 off contacts which is pretty rare in trials. Bring on 2011 I say!!!!!!!
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