CeCe's Third CPE Trial

I pulled a Karissa and tried to take some photos of Ce Monster with her ribbons. The sun wasn't out so excuse the gloomy feel.


 With Champs coming up I wanted to work on CeCe's start line stays because as I was watching Jack's video (you know which one you obsessive Champs addicts you), I realized if I could not get any sort of lead-out from her that I would DIE from all the running.  Either that or I would be seriously behind causing CeCe to miss a contact or something along those lines.  So every run (except for one, I just had to do ONE running start) I lead-out even if it was a mini one like in Jackpot.  She broke it once but really not bad for a dog that hates being still on an agility course. 

This brings me to my next area of focus.  I was really excited to see how her teeter turned out.  I definitely wasn't expecting her to stick the contact because like I implied earlier, she has little self control on course.  The contact stick fell apart on Sunday, but thats because there is no training in CPE and I couldn't reinforce the stick!  The first time she self-released I turned my back to her trying to lead out and she got antsy.  The second time, well, who needs to stop anyway? Psh!

My 2x2 instructor was at the trial so I was a little nervous!  To make matter worse, she was planning on watching Jackpot, a class I have never done, so I was ready to crap my pants at the startline.  CeCe did really well and ended up with the highest Jackpot score for the weekend, except we left early so we couldn't claim our prize.  My instructor was impressed, especially since she noticed I ran the course differently than I had walked it. xD  Im pretty sure she was not expecting Ce to be so fast because when I told her at class that CeCe had problems collecting for the weaves because of her speed she didn't seem to believe me.  Afterwards I asked her for suggestions for the Standard round to possibly get CeCe through the weaves on the first try.  Watching the video back Im positive I slowed down too early for the weaves.  I guess it will take time to get used to. 

Something I was not expecting were the horrible entries to the dog walk.  To make matters worse, the course seemed more distorted than the course map.  Almost all the handlers were not helping their dog hit the dogwalk at a nicer angle and two fell off! 

Sorry this one is sideways but LOOK AT THAT ENTRY ]=<

Not good for running contacts..

Overall a very successful trial!  Im really glad that my instructor was there because at class she was more friendly with me and she knew CeCe a little more so we got more specific help.  She actually got CeCe weaving 12 poles straight (no tenth pole pop)!  One last session; Im hoping to try the 12 poles in class when she is less tired to try and get her to pop so we can fix this problem for good!