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

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:

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:

Agility Training

Now, it's really getting more like agility. Zookie is really turning good and getting faster and faster, it's just difficult for me to decide how to run with the little bazooka. Running Contacts are looking good, we have to work on different exits and then turns.So here is the video :)

Das Geturne mit Zookie wird immer mehr zum Agility. Sie wendet noch immer ziemlich eng und wird jedes Training noch schneller :D, für mich ist es nur schwiereig zu entscheiden wie ich dieses und jenes laufe mit dem kleinen Wirbelwind :D. Running contacts sind bis jetzt echt super,  wir müssen nur jetzt langsam an verschiedenen Ausgängen und Turns arbeiten. Also noch viel vor uns :D

EO Hungary 2014 and channel weaves

Yes we went to European Open in Hungary, and yes we went only for one day and yes we are insane :D (4 hours drive one way)
I just could not resist, I wanted to meet some old friends and some great pyrsheps. We cheered for Zookies mother and uncle, 3 aunts and zookie's look-alike dorka :).

Zookie got many new fans, they asked me soooo often if I cut her hair - the answer is of course not :P .

And we started with weaves a month ago, I decided to combine 2x2 with channel method and I love it :D. Here is the result - the channel is nearly closed, but I want to work more on entrys now.

Videos, videos, videos

Ups da hab ich wohl vergessen die ganzen Videos zu posten:

1.Zookies aktueller Laufsteg, ich bin sehr zufrieden :D. Ab und zu hat sie noch ein "ich bin zu schnell für mich selbst"-Disaster wo sie der Hintern schon in der Mitte des Stegs überholt (sie ist auch schon ein paar mal vom Steg gefallen/gesprungen) aber im großen und ganzen hat sie es verstanden :)

2. Mein Borge-Aussie JoJo wird immer selbstsicherer und schneller :). Hier ein 2.Platz im A3

3. Kann ich Zookies Happy-Birthday-Video leider nicht verlinken!? dann gibts eben nur den Link ;)
Video

Happy 1st birthday Zookie

Time to write something about my puppy. Zookie is really a calm dog at home, at university lessons, at restaurants etc. (except in her frequent crazy 5 minutes :D). But when there's something to do she's from 0-100% in 2 seconds :D. She is running free at every agility trainings because she's just sitting on my lap and watching or walking around. Until I take out her toy, then she's suddenly turning into a crazy, barking, growling monster.
She really likes other dogs, especially puppies. It's really funny how surprised people are when they see she's a nice pyrshep - obviously we dont have that many friendly pyrsheps in austria.
Her only really annoying habit is, that she likes to bark at dogs when we're walking somewhere in the woods. I have the feeling she's really content and satisfied with herself afterwards and she feels like she protected us all :D.

Training Zookie is really so much fun, no matter what. She's really nice in obedience and now it's also much fun for me. Feels just like some tricks in a row :). Agility training is also going on really fast, we started to train weaves with 2x2 method. I just wanted to try and then switch to channel, but I really like what I got after 2 sessions so we will maybe go on this way. It's just a little bit dangerous because Zookie likes to jump on me and tries to bite me when I don't click her :D. She exactly knows what she wants :P.