I felt really rusty with Wyatt most of the weekend but not with Patriot, who had one his best weekends every going 7 for 9 with 6 firsts. He looked great and you would never guess he is almost ten. He was running as fast as I have ever seen him run. I was really in synch with him and did not plan his runs at all, just adapting my plan for Wyatt on the fly. That usually means throwing in some front crosses that I could not get to in time for Wyatt.
I was out of synch with Wyatt. I was worried that he would refuse the dogwalk since we had some a bad fall in January and then refused one he slips on a little bit at a local agility facility. But after a few initial tunnels with a tunnel dogwalk discrimination, he went up and was fine. The next run, I could not push him out for a tunnel, expecting a tunnel suck! Never assume!
We finally got more in synch today with 2 regular Qs and a tunnelers Q. I am beating myself up for missing 2 easy Chances courses this weekend though. Totally pulled him off course by pulling up abruptly. ;-(
It was interesting how I could be so on with one dog and so off with the other. Wyatt is much more sensitive to handling errors but I would not expect such a difference if my handling was totally off. Maybe Wyatt was rusty too. Glad we pulled it together for the end of the day!
