One year later.....

It's close to a year since we took fourth place in the provincial and 8th place in the National Championships. We're out of practice and not expecting to be anywhere near the podium when it's all over, but we've started working out for this weekend's Regional Championships. Here is a video of our run a week and a half ago. Newbieville. Sassy was popping out of every weave obstacle we tried, always at the 10th pole. There's actually a name for this called "10th Pole Syndrome" with some notes as to why it may happen.

 So, I took out the old Dollar Store broom handles and bought a few more and set up 14 of them in the back yard (only a max of 12 poles are used in competition).  Still popping at first, but eventually she got the hang of it, with lots of rewards involved.  Then we took the poles to an abandoned local field where we could practice.  Here's what she can do now (faster and from a distance of 21' from me).

 So with two days to go, I'm hoping to solidify this type of weave action.