Proxy's training blog

Proxy's Training Blog
Adventures in training a versatile dog!
field, obedience, and agility.

Ch/OTCh Kolipo Plan B For Charwin,UDX,OM3,RE,WCQ,SH
2013
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Dec 27 - Prado. Land triple with Rick throwing to left, me throwing to right, him throwing to right, she goes, me throwing bulldog to left as she comes in. She Did. Not. want to get the bulldog before the long left bumper so we fought about that. Re ran it, did fine, plus blind down middle that she one whistled. Moved to Freds, did water blind across and up hill, would have been one whistle except I wanted her to sit and wait until tractor went by and she broke so had to fix it.
Dec 24 - Prado. Water blinds on Long lake, really needed to be corrected so she would listen and not just do what she wants.
Dec 18 - LB lake. Go backs, signals, moving stand.
Dec 15 - Prado. Mark across Long Lake then suction blind, fine. Mark from dike between Long Lake and Big Lake into Big Lake then a suction blind, that she just. couldn't. do. Either wanted to go way left or right to the mark. Finally fought her thru it then repeated.
Dec 7 - NAHRA. Threw her a dead duck a few times and she was pretty much munching on it.

Nov 16 - Tucson. Finished GN with 197.5.
Nov 13 - In house. Stays with Teaz - went down on sit.
Nov 12 - In house. Stays with Teaz - went down on sit.
Nov 9 - Poodle club. Second leg of GN with 196.5, only dog to Q, good job except figure 8 was sloppy.
Nov 6 - New Place. Sort of Graduate Novice runthru.

Oct 25 - NCCCRC. HIT from Utility with 196.5, first GN leg with 193 due to dropping dumbbell while I was crossing the ring.
Oct 18 - Hidden Valley match. Did signals, heeling, moving stand and go backs outside ring.
Oct 13 - Eldo. Directed jumping, signals.

Sept 25 - CCRCA. Passed UWC, almost perfect track, more compliments.
Sept 24 - CCRCA. Passed WCQ easily, many compliments from judges.
Sept 23 - CCRCA. Had some bobbles but passed both Standard and Jumpers with placements.
Sept 21 - CCRCA. Nice job in Utility, 197.5 First place. Better job in Open, down on the sit last minute, blew 199. Lost run off for HIT.
Sept 14 - Vegas trial. Really nice Utility run until very end, last go out towards glove then missed opposite jump, probably because of the way I warmed her up outside. Good Open run but down on sit, also needs work on figure 8 and front on Broad.
Sept 13 - Backyard. Agility, fronts, finishes, recall, signals, moving stand.
Sept 10 - Prado. Water double with blind, another water blind, upland.
Sept 9 - Eldo. Heeling, fig 8, signals, recalls, go backs, moving stand, retrieve over high. At home. Go backs into garage door. Out back. Jump, weave, teeter.
Sept 8 - Backyard. Teeter and weaves, then teeter, weaves, jump.
Sept 6 - Eldo. Heeling, go backs, signals, drop on recall, moving stand, figure 8. Prado. Water double with blind.
Sept 5 - Backyard. Weaves.
Sept 4 - Front room. Fronts, finishes, signals. Out front. Drop on recall, go backs.

Aug 31 - Marin. Aug 29 - Prado. Land triple with long across road mark, in bird and hand thrown down the middle, then blind. Water triple with both side bird on land on other side and hand thrown down the middle.
Aug 28 - New place LB. Heeling, signals, directed jumping, random drops, retrieve over high, moving stand, stays, bumper work.
Aug 27 - Prado. In birds, blind under arc past bag of bumpers, water double with long go bird and short memory with blind.
Aug 26 - Heartwell. Heeling/signals, drop on recall, retrieve on flat, moving stand, go backs, stays.
Aug 25 - Eldo. Directed jumping, extra go backs, gloves, articles, heeling pieces. Prado - worked in bird, passing holding blinds with Rick throwing.
Aug 23 - Prado. In bird, then another but stop and handle her to a blind away from the mark. Lotsa trouble. Did that 2 x then did half wagon wheel in campground. Same problem - if she knows where a bumper is, she doesn't want to listen.
Aug 21 - LB library. All Open and Utility exercises mixed up except stays. Blew first article - picked up one next to right one, and dropped second one at my feet. Wanted side gloves instead of middle glove. Otherwise quite good.
Aug 10 - RHRC. Land triple with double blind and honor, all marks fairly short, blew 2x far on go bird, worked back in, got flyer, blew past center, in, bird. Tried to handle and picked up after five cast refusals. Got up on honor.
Aug 9 - Carlson's. Passing bird land double with bulldog, forgot long bird and wanted to hunt close one, wouldn't handle. Long blind. Later tried to do pinch bird double on land but winger broke so just did blinds.
Aug 8 - Peppers. Passing bird land triple. Later did water blind under arc of mark, then another water blind.
Aug 7 - Peppers. Long passing bird water double on old nesting area, go bird landed in the boat so had to handle to it, forgot long bird and refusing to go, got correction. Repeated long bird as single later. Later did land blinds after a mark down without picking up the mark, then over/under triple on water with blind.
Aug 6 - Peppers. Pinch bird land/water triple with blind, didn't want to go on middle bird probably forgot it but after correction went right out to area. Later did poison bird blinds, land/water triple with blind.
Aug 5 - Peppers. Passing bird triple on land with double blind, no problem. Long passing bird double with blind on water, long bird she went to area but it had landed in a weird spot and she couldn't come up with it and I couldn't really see to handle. Nice job on looong water blind.
Aug 3 - HRT. First series land triple (breaking bird in front, passing bird to right) and double blind, she just slammed this. Second series walkup to land/water double, she wouldn't cross last bit of water and had to handle, then she forgot first bird.
Aug 2 - Chewelah. Threw live bird then ran long blind, later three blinds that were near each other and some wagon wheel.
Aug 1 - Somewhere in OR. Double with live pigeon first then long bumper, with blind. Another blind going other way thru old pigeon fall.

July 30 - Prado. Two down the shore as singles, corrected line on first one as she wanted to land early, did second one great. Single with blind on land, blind was over her head.
July 28 - Prado. Passing bird double and double blind in field next to Big Lake, lots of trouble with hard blind. Hard water blinds on Dike pond.
July 26 - Jump Start. First run she was a little out of control because she knew her ball was just outside the fence, second run I left it in the car and showed her that I had food in the ring - much better. One jump she seemed to have trouble seeing.
July 24 - Prado. Triple at Rollover ponds, had to repeat because she might have missed seeing the last bird down, blind between middle and left mark.
July 23 - Prado. Passing bird singles on Dike pond, blinds on Freds.
July 21 - Prado. Land triple in front field with double blind - 2 wingers and Rick throwing, did quite well except side hill blind. Hard water blinds on Freds, first one OK, second one she wanted to run the bank and got in big trouble.
July 19 - J9sK9s - little heeling, jump/tire discrimination. Prado - inline doubles as singles, blinds.
July 17 - Prado. Triple with blind that was over her head but she got thru it. Did sort of wagon wheel water blinds thru all three T ponds later.
July 16 - Prado. Permanents on Freds, did well. Two concept singles, first one great, second one she wanted to suck to the dike instead of swimming by, blind down the middle and deep, needed to go over a point then swim by dike - once I got her over the point she was fine.
July 14 - Agility. Hot and humid, she was pretty pokey. Standard she had one jump she went around at first and a bar dropped that was probably my fault. In Jumpers she ran quite well, I had a brain fart on a cross but otherwise fine, first NAJ leg with First.

July 13 - Prado. Tried to work on Wednesday's mark up the hill across T pond and she still had quite a bit of trouble seeing it, tho when I used ducks instead of bumpers it was better. Couple blinds from other side thru water, squirrely on the line and needed corrections out there.
July 10 - Prado. Looong passing bird double thru T pond and up road to Springer hill, she was never able to see that bird. Blind off of that not bad, just lack of umph at the start. Single then long blind essentially thru the mark, had quite a bit of trouble with that, mostly because she wanted to channel swim, then she didn't want to keep going back at the very end.
July 9 - Prado. Water singles then blinds on T ponds, did pretty well.
July 3 - Prado. Seven bumper drill, marks then blind next to thrower each one further out on same line. Long hard water blind, big fight, finally got her there.
July 2 - Prado. Two down the shore then shoreline blind, x2. Did pretty well, worked on lines.
July 1 - Out front. Discrimination between a jump and a tire, get out, turn, tiny bit distance work.

June 28 - Jump Start. Agility show n go, first course was so-so, did second course with food and she was much better. Needs work on remembering what a Tire and a Teeter are.
June 26 - Prado. Land water triple, did it well enough that I could pick at her about lines. Had trouble with shoreline blind but not the land blind thru a bit of water. Later close land single then long entry into water and out the other side single - fine.
June 22 - IVRC HRT. Land triple with walkup and blind, fine with walk up bird, jumped forward on loooong (easily 150 yds) flyer and then didn't really want to turn to third bird. However, when the judge said "dog" I looked down and she was locked onto the go bird, so I just said Proxy. She went forward maybe ten feet, then turned and got the flyer. Nailed the walk up bird, then I turned to address the go bird again. I asked her if she'd marked it, she said yes and I sent her. She headed out in the right direction but then faded badly to the left - where. I. should. have. blown. a. whistle. But, I didn't. I let her get into trouble and hunt long enough that when I did handle she didn't want to. She did eventually get the bird but the handle was so ugly we didn't run the blind. I was prepared to handle at the line until she indicated she knew where the bird was. Ran bye dog in Senior water then test dog on the Senior land blind.
June 21 - Eldo. Agility; did much better at Get Out and continuing to go instead of turning around to me after 2-3 jumps.
June 20 - Prado. Field above T pond, single before heavy cover then inline single other side and up hill. Repeated as double no problem. Later did as triple and she forgot short bird so worked on "Easy" and quiet "Proxy". Long land blind.
June 19 - Prado. Several long water blinds on Freds, had some trouble with suction but overall did well. In line singles, didn't want to go on long one so forced forward, then another single.
June 18 - Prado. Land double next to Dike Pond with Lauren's bumper boys, totally trashed it. Land triple next to Big Pond with double blind, did quite well. Land single and blind, fine.
June 15 - NABOC match. Ran agility course several times, it had Master elements to it so was hard in places, biggest issue was her not paying attention due to lure coursing and disc dog. Needs work on jump sequences.
June 12 - Prado. Two long blinds thru water and uphill to telephone poles at Freds, then a mark and run each blind. Got Stevie Wonder on that. Passing bird double on hill on other side of road with long bird all the way down in field next to Dike Pond, 200+ blind, did double no problem, hacked blind but got it.
June 11 - Prado. Tight passing bird singles on top T pond, avoided cover on first time on long bird, repeated with handle into cover. Blind to tree on far side of bottom pond, then single, then blind again.
June 9 - Flat HRT. Ran test for remote land/water triple with double blind at Freds. Inline double on land to the left of water with last bird in water to right. Even tho I spent some time telling her way out both before marks and before sending her for long bird, she didn't want to take same line and ran off to the left. Handled decently to long bird. Blinds very nice. Worked the inline in campground, first as singles, then as a double with me throwing from a chair because I forgot the electronics for one winger, then as a triple. Had to repeat as triple because she ran thru short bird to get long one despite me saying Easy and then forgot short bird. On repeat I stopped her as it looked like she was going to run thru short again, then when she appeared to forget long bird I said Back and she figured it out.
June 8 - Flat HRT. Ran test for land triple with walkup, fine except she said she wanted short lefthand bird after the flyer, then ran thru it and got the long middle bird. Trained on that in campground, then later did two converging singles with a blind up the middle, the blinds to side and up the middle.
June 7 - Prado. Blind on Freds, long land single in front field - nailed both. Put chair out on one of the permanent blinds at campground, ran her past it, then mark from it then blind.
June 6 - Prado. Passing bird double with flyer into Dike Pond then long land mark almost to the trees. Easy blind up on mound. Pinch birds on land as singles, had trouble driving to further bird.
June 5 - At home. Weaves.
June 4 - Prado. Passing bird singles, long hard blinds on land, worked going over mound on permanent blind at campground.
June 2 - Curlyville. Long part channel swim water blind, long over two dikes to shore water blind, long thru water and up hill blinds, poison bird drill on mowed T, long three legged wagon wheel on land.

June 1 - Curlyville. Passed WCQ again, fine on marks, blinds could be better, need to work on carrying the line further. Sat up on honor.

May 31 - Curlyville. Easy land double and blind, long water blinds, poison bird water blind, two long but easy land marks.
May 28 - Prado. Long wagon wheel with white stakes on land next to Big Pond, then marks with that and redo some of the blinds. Passing bird singles on Dike Pond then long hard blind.
May 27 - Eldo. Staggered wagon wheel.
May 26 - Prado. Punch bird singles thru Rollover ponds, one long blind, permanent blinds to trees at campground.
May 24 - Eldo. Double T with backs thru close side piles, angles to those piles, and backs from in front.
May 23 - Backyard. Partial wagon wheel, half double T.
May 22 - Prado. Two land singles next to Dike Pond with three long punch blinds, did OK, I need to work on my angle backs. Later two singles, first on land between Big Lake and road, then past that to the dike between Big Lake and Long Lake - waaaay out there. She punched past the close one and went all the way into the water before breaking down, not bad.
May 21 - Prado. Three land/water singles at Rollovers, last one punch bird, did well. Hard technical blind - did well until the way back when she would. not. take the point. Set up three singles later with a punch birds on land next to Big Lake then a blind, did great.

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May 18 - Cal South. Land over and under double with bulldog and double blind. Did well on go bird and bulldog, ok on flyer. Great initial line to short "easy" blind, started to fade to flyer area, didn't sit on whistle, didn't take cast, went deaf so picked up.
May 17 - Cal South. Land triple in field next to motel with Rick, Lauren and winger, then poison bird blind, then blind under arc of mark.
May 16 - Cal South. First series was round the clock land triple with walk up, blind and honor. Kind of short marks, overran the go bird and had to handle, lied about which bird she wanted next so ran big arc to flyer then pinned walkup bird. Blind OK, honor fine. Second series was double across small pieces of water, no off of that and run blind then double then another blind under arc of right hand mark. Almost got her to first blind but when she got on that island she winded the left hand mark and it was all over. Worked some on noing off white bumper mark to run blind to orange bumper later on.
May 15 - Eldo. Lining & handling drills.
May 14 - Prado. On Big Lake. Water triple with over/under and land blind, then land/water triple with land blind - drawing is second one; first one the line was where throwers blind is and I threw right to left from there.

May 13 - Wendy. Handling drills.
May 12 - Prado with Rich. Water triple at Freds, with an over and under, did long bird as a single first, then triple, did fine. Went to do old permanent blind later and she was a complete bitch.
May 10 - Prado. Water triple with both wingers and me throwing the third mark from behind and to the left of the line. Blind further down dike from #2.

May 8 - Prado. At Freds, two water triples with both wingers and me throwing remotely, plus blind. Four spoke wagon wheel on water afterwards with previous marks for suction.
May 3 - Sierra Nevada. Same thing except I didn't handle - she has apparently forgotten how to do triples.
May 2 - Sierra Nevada. Mixed triple with walk up bird straight ahead, next bird 90 degrees right on other side of pond, the flyer in middle. No trouble with first two, either forgot or mis-marked the far right bird and started hunting closer shore. Refused to handle and picked up. On edge of breaking on flyer and honor. Went to Stillwater later and set up marks she couldn't really see to work on handling on marks.

Apr 25 - Prado. Water triple with double blind on end of Long Lake, then four long spoked land blinds, one with a bit of water.
Apr 23 - Roberts. Agility. Prado. Water double with blind, easy over and under on land.
Apr 21 - Prado. Land blind off of a mark, no'd off mark than run blind, then mark then blind.
Apr 16 - Prado. Land blinds off of a mark, no'd off mark then run blind.
Apr 15 - In house. Handling games. Wendy - wagon wheel, more handling games.
Apr 13 - Lab test. First series land triple with blind way over her head, inline flower pot on left, flyer on right, blind down middle, all tight except flyer, high bunchy cover all around. Got go bird on left fine, and flyer with small hunt, had sort of forgotten middle bird so began handle but wouldn't go past 45 back from closer left hand blind. Wouldn't p/u, had to throw duck from line to get her in.

Apr 11 - Prado. Water blinds off of a mark, lining drill at T ponds.
Apr 10 - Prado. Water triple with one winger, blinds off of that then land and water lining drills in and around Dike pond.
Apr 9 - Zzyxx road. Land triple with one winger and blinds off of that.
Apr 6 - Napa park. Small, short wagon wheel with whistle but no collar.
Apr 3 - Prado. Wagon wheel blinds around T ponds and on Freds.

Mar 31 - Silver State. Lost her mind on this one but prob because I didn't really care. 189.5.
Mar 30 - Silver State. Another nice run, tied for First but lost runoff (apparently should have won it), so Second for 3 more points.

Mar 29 - Vegas Valley. Really nice run, won with 197.5 for 10 pts, HIT & finished OTCh.
Mar 28 - In room. Fronts, finishes, signals and moving stand with rod.
Mar 27 - Eldo. Sort of Utility runthru, sausage for heeling, extra go backs to toy.
Mar 25 - Wendy. Heeling, signals - didn't drop all the way and then anticipated come.
Mar 24 - Out front. Rick called heeling pattern and signals, kept blowing stand signal.
Mar 23 - Lab match. Did both Utility and Open, working on better heeling. Dropped first article as she got back to me so got a correction in on that, slow response to glove #3 turn so corrected that, moving stand fine, first go back sit could've been better, second one perfect so fed it, wanted to anticipate come signal. Nice Open run.
Mar 22 - Out front. Heeling with frequent stops for feeding from left hand, go backs, signals, finishes.
Mar 21 - In house. Heeling for dinner.
Mar 20 - Out front. Bunch of heeling on pinch with corrections for any lack of attention. Released to jackpot in house. In house - fronts in box, finishes with cone, moving stand with cones, signals, glove turns with rod.
Mar 17 - Tulsa. About same average, heeling got less and less sharp and she started wanting to play with dumbbell. Ended up #20 over all.
Mar 16 - Tulsa. Averaged about 2 - 2.5 points off per ring, blew an article probably because I used a different set.
Mar 15 - Tulsa. Went to training facility and did various Open and Utility exercises as well as stay. Worked fronts and finishes with poles on floor in motel room later, then again at the end of the night.
Mar 11 - Wendy. All Open and Utility exercises except stays mixed up ala NOI, heeling in tennis court. In house - finishes with cones.
Mar 10 - Out front. Fronts and about turns in green fences - she didn't seem to like them. Stays with Teaz.
Mar 9 - Eldo. Utility and Open exercises except stays in various orders. In house. Fronts in box, finishes, abouts, figure 8, one retrieve, jumping.
Mar 8 - In house. Fronts, finishes, retrieve over high, better/quicker dumbbell pickup.
Mar 6 - Heartwell. Utility runthru with Jeremy, did well. Did some Open stuff in ring later, and stays.
Mar 4 - Scottsdale. Seemed like nice run except she hesitated on "stand your dog" but ended up with 196.5 and "fifth". On way home, did some hand thrown triples and blinds.
Mar 3 - Scottsdale. Very nice run, Second to Louise again by only 1/2 pt, 3 more OTCh points.
Mar 2 - Scottsdale. Nice run, Second to Louise for 2 points, score lower than her work.
Mar 1 - Scottsdale. Had to use the cane and forgot to tell her how the stand signal is with that, so she sat. Bad mommy.

Feb 28 - Scottsdale. Nice run in Utility, picked up and dropped right 2nd article, heeling could have been better, won class with 196.5 for 14 points.

Feb 26 - In house. Heeling, signals, moving stand, fronts and finishes, glove turns.
Feb 25 - Heartwell. Utility runthru with Jeremy judging, did some diving on heeling at first but leveled out. Kept wanting to get #3 leather article, probably because it had a white number on it so I took it off. Rest fine. Wendy - all Utility except gloves, did well, used same articles and she had no problem with #3.
Feb 24 - Couple of fronts and finishes, one moving stand, one set of signals in site lot. At home - in front of mirror fronts and finishes, moving stand with cones, abouts with cones and "around", signals, began shaping feet on disc.
Feb 23 - LV HRT. First series scrapped, then set up a water double with double blinds and honor. Crept a little, got flyer fine, was Right. There. for the memory bird but was a little upwind then turned even more, caught scent of where the blind was and lost her.
Feb 21 - Prado. Land/water double, then as triple with blind; another land/water double with blind; water and land/water/land blinds in various places in and near the Long Lake. At home - abouts using "around", signals, moving stand, fronts and finishes.
Feb 20 - In house. Heeling, arounds, fronts and finishes for magnesium, then moving stand with cone and signals.
Feb 18 - Wendy. Heeling, signals, directed jumping, moving stand with barriers for return to heel, glove turns to toy, concept blinds.
Feb 17 - LB Library. Sort of Utility runthru, no articles and Jeremy in ring with Chace for part of it. Did quite well considering how long it had been. Also did a couple of concept blinds. Prado. Land triple with both wingers and Rick throwing and gunning, with double blind, did quite well. Mixed triple, didn't get all the way out to last bird, blew me off on handle so put the collar on and sent her again. Then repeated and added a blind.
Feb 16 - Raney's. Long passing blinds on land, another long land blind, long entry to water blind, water triple with wipe out flyer with cheating opportunites. Except for the water blind where we had a bit of a fight, she did quite well and earned many compliments.

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Feb 15 - Out front. Staggered half wagon wheel.
Feb 14 - Prado. At the Rollover ponds, blinds off of a mark, de-cheating.
Feb 11 - Wendy. Stays.
Feb 10 - Copper State. Water triple with blind. First mark to right was the long one, across a flooded field, a canal then out into a field, next to left was also on that side, converging, then a wipeout into the canal. No problem with go bird, ran around end of canal to get left bird, sort of forgot the long bird, got hung up on this side of the canal in scent left from series held there for two days, handled her over to bird, took a bit to get her into water and off that scent. Blind rather good. First MH leg.
Feb 9 - Copper State. Land triple with walkup, double blind and honor. Very good on walkup and steady, marks fine, first blind backsided the flyer station, might have lined it except I thought she was going to into bushes on left and stopped her. Second blind under arc of middle bird, great initial line, faded to right, stopped and winded it. Honor fine. Would like to have more control at end of blind, and she didn't sit about half the time. Second series was mixed triple - dead pheasant on land, flyer duck on land and dead duck in water. Did fine on outside birds, not really sure she saw the flyer as it hooked back and dropped behind the tree the gunners were behind. Had a messy handle to it and she ended up bringing in a foot. Also cheated the corner of water on the way out to it.
Feb 8 - Copper State. Went to train outside of test site. Almost in line land double with double blind, blew me off on second blind so got collar and discussed listening with her. Set up a single mark with a blind under the arc and another off to side and ran sans collar, did well. Later did some more blinds off of a hand thrown mark. Seems to be willing to do it after getting in trouble the first time.
Feb 7 - Copper State. Land triple with double blind and honor, great work on marks, left hand blind had nice initial line then wanted to curve to left hand mark, stopped, took handle then curved again and tho she would sit on whistle, refused to handle, got out of sight and picked up. Honor fine. Went out later and threw a mark, no'd her off of it then ran a blind in different places, then a double with a blind.
Feb 5 - Prado. Over and under double at Freds with double blind, then moved to land and worked some on marks going the same way, converging and going in opposite directions, plus blinds. Moved down to campground and did some discrimination blinds.
Feb 4 - Out front. Sort of no-no drill, from a distance.
Feb 1 - Out front. Partial wagon wheel, long backs.

Jan 31 - Prado. Over and under on Gordy's, just wouldn't mark the long one so had to do as a single finally. Blind under the arc and had some trouble with that too.
Jan 29 - Prado. Only one winger working so did blinds past a mark on the Big pond and practiced honoring while Teaz was running her marks.
Jan 26 - Min Schn. Pouring rain but did a very nice job to win Utility for 4 more points and HIT with 197.5.

Jan 23 - Heartwell. Utility runthru with Ann as judge, messed up signals but did rest well except for a few butt out finishes.
Jan 22 - Prado. Did sort of Master third series that Cynthia judged last fall at canal next to T ponds -

- hand threw #1. Other than some dithering around at the line she did this rather well. Moved to dike between Big lake and Long lake, put both wingers on dike throwing in opposite direction and had line about half way to tree, with a hand thrown straight out and a blind under the arc of the middle bird. Order was middle, right, left - first time she got the hand thrown right first and then seemed to think she was done and I should throw a happy bumper. Forced her to middle bird, she did the left one which was on other side of dike herself with "interesting" line. Repeat with big white bumper on left and me throwing a duck, did just fine and did a good job on the blind.
Jan 21 - Heartwell. Utility runthru with Michelle as judge, broke out half way thru heeling for small jackpot, very nice run, jackpot at end. Had warmed up with toy drive.
Jan 20 - PFOC. Pooped in ring during first exercise. At home - did some experimenting with training in toy drive.
Jan 19 - PFOC. Worked well, dropped metal article to recheck pile and lost 3 (!?) points so just out of placements. Only one point off heeling. Worked go backs at site later.
Jan 18 - PFOC. Go backs, heeling and signals at site.
Jan 16 - In house. Heeling pieces, glove turns, fronts, arounds, signals, moving stand all in front of mirrors.
Jan 15 - Prado. Long land single on field next to Big Lake then that and a blind to the left, then a tight double with a blind tight to the right hand winger. Later a blind past a white pole to a white pole, then a blind past both poles.

Jan 14 - In house. Fronts, finishes, heeling details, glove turns all in front of mirrors.
Jan 13 - Poochability match. Really bad in Open due to looking for squirrels so in Utility I had her jump baby gate on the first go back, then left the toy Right. There. during the rest of the run. Did quite well except she went to the toy on the first articles send. I am fading on heeling again.
Jan 11 - Eldo. Heeling with treats after good turns, gloves, directed jumping, moving stand with barrier, signals.
Jan 9 - In house. Fronts and finishes in front of mirror.
Jan 7 - Heartwell. Did directed jumping, gloves and heeling in ring without a judge.
Jan 6 - Palm Springs. 195 - I lost a point for fading on the heeling and another .5 for hesitating in the last about turn.
Jan 5 - Palm Springs. Much better. 196.5 which was just out of the placements. Did a firmer warmup.
Jan 4 - Palm Springs. Awful. Blew first article, played with glove, loose sloppy heeling and turned wide to left on first go back. Also didn't do 2-3 signal arounds on first signal. Seemed to be expecting to play thruout. Had warmed up in practice ring with heeling and go backs.
Jan 3 - PS match. Did a runthru and extra go backs, after she figured out where to go to had no troubles.
Jan 2 - Heartwell. Utility run thru with Michelle judging, very nice heeling, fronts a little off to right the whole time, rest fine.
Jan 1 - In house. Fronts in box, finishes with barriers in front of mirror.