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Goals for the Weekend
Sep. 1st, 2009 05:57 pmI like writing down goals, okay?
This weekend is the three day AKC trial at Buckner, KY. We haven't shown since July 4th weekend and we don't that often (this will be our sixth trial) so for me the anticipation of a trial builds and builds for a month or so.
I don't want to jinx myself but I think this will be a great weekend for us. He did so well at our last trial and I think he's finally starting to get the game. Q wise all I want is one jumpers (for our NAJ) and one standard (1/3 OA). FAST I honestly don't care about and am never strategic running, though he does have one Novice FAST leg. So 2/8, that's not too much to ask for, is it? I just want to be out of Novice Jumpers for good!
On the personal Q side of things, the big big thing I want is nice dogwalk performances. I've been working hard on turns since it seems that courses rarely have a straight exit off the dogwalk nowadays! (Come on people, just gimme one dogwalk-tunnel and I'll be happy forever!) Well I can't complain, I did this to myself after all. He did have a couple very beautiful 90 degree turns off the dogwalk in class this week.
Start line stays, not avoiding the table, not blasting off into space, keeping bars up, hitting weave poles entries...a big list of expectations there.
As for me, the big thing is RUN DAMMIT! Aaaand don't forget the verbal on the dogwalk. And don't be stupid and make stupid mistakes. And don't forget Panic is still very green. I probably won't accomplish my goals, but I'm sure Panic will be a star.
My giant far-off goal with Panic is to go to the 2011 AKC Nationals. It's more like a dream right now rather than a goal, and it's something that I'm not quite sure will be possible. Getting into Ex.B AND fulfilling the requirements of 6 DQs and 400 points (I'm not as concerned about the points) all by November of next year just seems...silly. Panic is certainly *fast* enough, but I don't think our consistency level, even with another year or so of trialing, will allow for it. There's also the fact that I don't trial very often at all. I'd love to trial more, but money, school, and the fact that there are very few local trials is severely limiting. But it's something I would absolutely love to do and I'm definitely not ruling out the possibility. I'm focusing on the here and now of me and Panic's career, with Nationals a far off hint of a goal in my mind. Just...wouldn't it be great to go out there and do well with a rescue dog that no one but me saw the potential in?
This weekend is the three day AKC trial at Buckner, KY. We haven't shown since July 4th weekend and we don't that often (this will be our sixth trial) so for me the anticipation of a trial builds and builds for a month or so.
I don't want to jinx myself but I think this will be a great weekend for us. He did so well at our last trial and I think he's finally starting to get the game. Q wise all I want is one jumpers (for our NAJ) and one standard (1/3 OA). FAST I honestly don't care about and am never strategic running, though he does have one Novice FAST leg. So 2/8, that's not too much to ask for, is it? I just want to be out of Novice Jumpers for good!
On the personal Q side of things, the big big thing I want is nice dogwalk performances. I've been working hard on turns since it seems that courses rarely have a straight exit off the dogwalk nowadays! (Come on people, just gimme one dogwalk-tunnel and I'll be happy forever!) Well I can't complain, I did this to myself after all. He did have a couple very beautiful 90 degree turns off the dogwalk in class this week.
Start line stays, not avoiding the table, not blasting off into space, keeping bars up, hitting weave poles entries...a big list of expectations there.
As for me, the big thing is RUN DAMMIT! Aaaand don't forget the verbal on the dogwalk. And don't be stupid and make stupid mistakes. And don't forget Panic is still very green. I probably won't accomplish my goals, but I'm sure Panic will be a star.
My giant far-off goal with Panic is to go to the 2011 AKC Nationals. It's more like a dream right now rather than a goal, and it's something that I'm not quite sure will be possible. Getting into Ex.B AND fulfilling the requirements of 6 DQs and 400 points (I'm not as concerned about the points) all by November of next year just seems...silly. Panic is certainly *fast* enough, but I don't think our consistency level, even with another year or so of trialing, will allow for it. There's also the fact that I don't trial very often at all. I'd love to trial more, but money, school, and the fact that there are very few local trials is severely limiting. But it's something I would absolutely love to do and I'm definitely not ruling out the possibility. I'm focusing on the here and now of me and Panic's career, with Nationals a far off hint of a goal in my mind. Just...wouldn't it be great to go out there and do well with a rescue dog that no one but me saw the potential in?