Hello everyone!
In this week’s video, you will see my run with Goliath at an agility trial from back in November. I would normally like to show a more recent agility trial video; however, the company that films and sells the videos is not always at the trials. Anyways, this video is from November 28, 2015 at a trial in City of Industry.
In the video you will see Goliath’s AKC Standard Novice run. Novice is the beginning level and this was our third Q (qualified run) that we needed to get out of Novice and into the Open competition level.
I am very proud of how we did in this video and we received a clear run with a score of 100, meaning no faults whatsoever (ie. a dropped bar, missed contact, refusal). The reason I was so proud of him is that I taught Goliath in a way that is referred to as “homeschooled” meaning I have never attended a formal agility training class with him. Basically, everything I learn from attending classes with Strider, I would come home and teach it all to Goliath using my equipment at home or sometimes using the equipment at the place where I attend classes. SInce Standard includes more of a variety of obstacles than Jumpers with Weaves, Goliath and I had a few more issues there as he needed to build his confidence on these obstacles that he didn’t get much practice on. Even though this was a Novice course and it was pretty simple, I love this run because it shows how far Goliath has come in his training and it proves that his confidence is building with agility.
I hope you enjoy the video!
Happy training,
Hayley
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| Goliath with his 1st place ribbon, Q ribbon, and new title ribbon! |
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