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Mighty Lola - sheesh....
My wife, Nancy, has been training Lola our Mini-Schnauzer for a while now and we went to our first AKC Agility Meet on 06/21 & 06/22. I will be posting another thread with some of the other dogs from the meet, these are just Lola, because, well she IS the Mighty Lola, and runs our house. It should be noted that the purple shirt Nancy is wearing says "Fear the Beard", with a Schnauzer on the front. Just wanted to note this is not MY beard that is to be feared. This was the first time Lola has run outdoors, she trains indoors, so we were not at all sure how she would react to all the dogs and people. Nancy was quite happy, neither Lola nor Nancy embarrassed themselves .....
Our last mini, Scooter, was an agility dog for 10 years, holding titles in Novice and Open classes. Nancy's plan is for Lola to do the same.
Day 1 we needed to have Lola measured, to get an official height for the jumps. Unfortunately the judge doing the measuring determine she was 14-3/4 inches, which meant jumping at 16 inches, 4 inches higher than she has been training. This made things a bit difficult, but did provide some interesting shots.
Day 1 - Standard:
Tire Jump:
Riding the Teeter:
Day 1 - Jumpers with Weaves:
Big Jump, clearing 16" with room to spare:
Hopping over the Last Jump - this was funny, Lola stopped at the jump, we think she was a bit freaked by the height and the width. Nancy called her to Jump, she did this from a standing start.
The Landing:
On to Day 2, as we were driving out we were talking about Lola getting measured again, it takes 2 measurements to be official. I said to Nancy "Won't it be interesting if the next measurement is at 14 inches", that is the cut-off to jump 12 inches. Lo and behold, she measures an even 14 inches, so now we need another judge to measure her. This one comes out at 13-7/8, so BINGO, back jumping at 12 inches, quite a difference. First run of the day Lola gets here first Qualifying Run and a First Place in the 12" class!!!! Needless to say, Nancy is one very happy person.
Day 2 - Jumpers with Weaves:
Out of the Tunnel:
Over the Top:
Weave, Weave, Weave!:
Flying:
Day 2 - Standard:
Funny Ears Weave:
Photographing my own dog is always tough. Scooter would run off the course if she saw me, so I had to hide behind something and could not get the best angles, plus I was always further from the course than I would like. Nancy made me do the same with Lola, but I was able to at least find some good angles.
Mighty Lola - sheesh....
My wife, Nancy, has been training Lola our Mini-Schnauzer for a while now and we went to our first AKC Agility Meet on 06/21 & 06/22. I will be posting another thread with some of the other dogs from the meet, these are just Lola, because, well she IS the Mighty Lola, and runs our house. It should be noted that the purple shirt Nancy is wearing says "Fear the Beard", with a Schnauzer on the front. Just wanted to note this is not MY beard that is to be feared. This was the first time Lola has run outdoors, she trains indoors, so we were not at all sure how she would react to all the dogs and people. Nancy was quite happy, neither Lola nor Nancy embarrassed themselves .....
Our last mini, Scooter, was an agility dog for 10 years, holding titles in Novice and Open classes. Nancy's plan is for Lola to do the same.
Day 1 we needed to have Lola measured, to get an official height for the jumps. Unfortunately the judge doing the measuring determine she was 14-3/4 inches, which meant jumping at 16 inches, 4 inches higher than she has been training. This made things a bit difficult, but did provide some interesting shots.
Day 1 - Standard:
Tire Jump:
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Riding the Teeter:
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Day 1 - Jumpers with Weaves:
Big Jump, clearing 16" with room to spare:
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Hopping over the Last Jump - this was funny, Lola stopped at the jump, we think she was a bit freaked by the height and the width. Nancy called her to Jump, she did this from a standing start.
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The Landing:
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On to Day 2, as we were driving out we were talking about Lola getting measured again, it takes 2 measurements to be official. I said to Nancy "Won't it be interesting if the next measurement is at 14 inches", that is the cut-off to jump 12 inches. Lo and behold, she measures an even 14 inches, so now we need another judge to measure her. This one comes out at 13-7/8, so BINGO, back jumping at 12 inches, quite a difference. First run of the day Lola gets here first Qualifying Run and a First Place in the 12" class!!!! Needless to say, Nancy is one very happy person.
Day 2 - Jumpers with Weaves:
Out of the Tunnel:
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Over the Top:
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Weave, Weave, Weave!:
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Flying:
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Day 2 - Standard:
Funny Ears Weave:
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Photographing my own dog is always tough. Scooter would run off the course if she saw me, so I had to hide behind something and could not get the best angles, plus I was always further from the course than I would like. Nancy made me do the same with Lola, but I was able to at least find some good angles.
