Dienstag, 16. September 2014

Agility World Championship in Luxemburg

No, of course we were not competing there, but I was there as a Fan, cheering for Austria.
Zookie had to stay at home with my parents and got a little bit fat - of course :O.
It was such a great event, I met so many great pyrsheps, like zookies father Babou and her uncle Dudu and also got to know some owners in person, who I only knew from internet.

Besides, I had really much fun with all my friends, beginning with our hotel being booked for the next day, to some "Klopfer" abuse, to eating cold curry leftovers with flags as sticks.Thank you for the funny days, guys :D









Besides all of this fun, it was an extraordinary breath-taking event, with Team Austria being so successful like never before. Of course Lisa and Hoss getting World Champion for the 4th time, WOW. But I am  especially proud of our individual Mediums (as it is and will ever be my favourite class :D), showing the can run with the top. So CONGRATULATIONS to Werner and Esmeralda, who were always Charlies and mine combatant. They are such a great Team and Werner is one of the nicest and down-to-earth agility guy. I wonder if he has realized it by now :D

Montag, 8. September 2014

Sheep-dog :D


We went herding for the first time - it was great. It's so fascinating how herding dogs just know what to do. We had to stop her at first a bit of chasing the sheeps with loud barking. In the second round she started to think and I could even persuade her that there are two sides to go round :)
Of course there is a Video, it was in the very end:


Donnerstag, 4. September 2014

14 months :)


Hups, our last post is some time ago but there was not much happening. Agility training is going on and on, we recently started to train on 40cm jumps, it's not really a problem for Zookie and for me it's a bit easier because she is slower :D
Running contacts are looking good, but we're lacking some training as our access to a dogwalk is only 1-2 times a week. I noticed how much we still have to train, she knows only straight exits with a jump by now.
From time to time we are also training obedience, we are getting ready for our obedience beginner exam, this should be possible I guess :)

Ups, unser letzter Post ist schon einige Zeit her, aber es hat sich auch nicht so viel getan. Im agility Training springt Zookie jetzt schon 40cm, für sie ists kein Problem und für mich ist es ein bisschen einfacher weil sie langsamer ist :D. Running Contacts schauen gut aus, wir haben aber noch sooo viel vor uns, bis jetzt kann sies nur mit einem geraden Abgang mit einer Hürde danach. Alles was davon abweicht wird ignoriert :P. Dabei ist mir erst aufgefallen, wie wichtig nicht der "forward focus" ist, sobald sie nicht weiß was sie nach dem Steg machen soll schaut sie auf mich und macht die Zone auch nicht schön. Daran werden wir noch ziemlich arbeiten müssen, vielleicht mit einem geraden Tunnel hinter der Zone?!

Ab und zu trainieren wir auch Obedience, die Beginner Prüfung ist unser nächstes Ziel :)

Here is a snapshot of Zookie, she sure is no ordinary poil long haha: