6/23/07 Novice B 20" - Leg 1 88 3rd/7 61.69'/59' 2.13 7/28/07 Novice B 20" - Leg 2 100 1st/6 40.72'/73' 4.26 9/15/07 Novice B 20" - Leg 3 85 4th/7 48.95'/67' 3.16 NA
5/19/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 100 2nd/6 26.33'/33' 3.72 5/25/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 100 2nd/8 21.14'/37' 5.25 5/26/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 95 26.34'/39' 4.44 NAJ 6/24/07 Open 20"-Leg 1 100 2nd/6 25.05'/32' 4.43 7/02/07 Open 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/12 30.59'/43' 4.94 7/08/07 Open 20"-Leg 3 100 2nd/29 29.04'/40' 4.82 OAJ 7/22/07 Open 20"-Leg 4 95 1st/8 28.67'/42' 4.53 7/28/07 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 100 3rd/10 30.30'/41' 5.08 8/19/07 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/5 30.78'/40' 4.87 9/03/07 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 1st 7 29.62'/40' 5.03 AXJ
9/09/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 1 100 27.81'/36' 4.82 9/15/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 2 100 30.47'/41' 5.05 12/30/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 3 100 2nd/20+ CPs- 16
9/09/07 CPs- 8 9/15/08 CPs- 10 12/30/07 CPs- 16 Total CPs- 34
5/26/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 54 26.81'/32' 5/27/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 62 2nd/12 35.72'/32' 5/28/07 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 64 2nd/7 22.79'/32' NF 6/09/07 Open 20"-Leg 1 67 28.03'/32' 6/10/07 Open 20"-Leg 2 64 4th/9 32.15'/32' 6/16/07 Open 20"-Leg 3 59 30.65'/32' OF
4/14/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 1 53 2nd/3 40.70'/35' 4/15/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 2 65 2nd/2 32.17'/35' 4/19/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 3 65 1st/2 32.47'/35' NFP 4/22/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 4 75 1st/1 35.28'/35' 4/28/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 5 58 1st/1 40.51'/35'
6/11/07
Libby, I am having a ball with Hooligan! It is so much fun to be training a dog again and to keep trying to think up ways to outwit him! Hoolie IS a hooligan! We are just so excited and thrilled with his progress, his drive and speed, his willingness in spite of how very green he is. We have another Ganbling "fool"! Just like Wizzie was! First titles all involve the sends and he loves working at a great distance, and yet he checks in and can change direction much faster than Wizzie.
He got 5 legs in Nov.Pref. FAST. Then we moved to regular Nov.FAST where he got his 3 legs under Tammy and Kira at the Mission Memorial Day trials. He ran once in reg Nov JWW before Mission getting 2nd, and then got his title at Mission. We moved him to Open JWW where he has done several attempts, each with only one fault, one of which was me confusing the Open course with Wizzie's EX JWW which I had just run! See, I am still doing stupid mistakes!
Hoolie of course is doing best in Open FAST where he has 2 legs already! In Std we are still in Novice where there can be all sorts of issues, sometimes contacts, or runbys or off-courses, all sorts of typical green dog mistakes. But his ONLY nonfocused moment occured when he went to jump on a judge but then came right back to continue working. Wizzie as a youngster had many of those occasions and DIDN'T continue working. Anyhow we can't believe his first trial was April 14 and how much he has blossomed in less than 2 months (not all good, of course, but a lot that is very good!). We expected to still be in Preferred and maybe still just Novice FAST!
7/14/07
This summer has already been really great fun.for me! To once again have a young Beardie boy (who is a Hooligan, that's for sure!!) starting to perform in agility trials is, well,about the neatest thing in the whole world!!! It sure keeps you on your toes to see SOME training successes, thenhave to try to figure out ALL the training mistakes, laugh(or cry)at the unexpected, and to just be able to watch and be part of the fun of having a brand new "work in progress'! Of course that "work" never ends, and Wizzie always makes sure I never forget!!! He loves learning, however, so training Hoolie also gives me many new ideas to try on Wizzie!
And it is really fun to work Wizzie and Hoolie both TOGETHER at home. I know "serious" trainers probably would not advocate doing that, but it sure is a lot of fun for us and I think they learn faster and better by playing. Wizzie and Hoolie go over the A-Frame together (first to contact gets the cookie!), chase one another through tunnels, and so on. It's all noisy fun! And when they race each other across our field, Hoolie always has to be even with Wizzie, or upstage Wizzie by cutting in front of him.
So, at a recent trial, I discovered that Hoolie does want to, at least, be even with Wizzie. If I had known this, I guess I would had no worries about the outcome of their runs! Wizzie performed well in a JWW class that I had been watching earlier with my friends, bemoaning that it was not easy and certainly that it wasn't the kind of course Wizzie, or I, could do well on. Wizzie had to prove me wrong, runningr it really nicely and he even won the class!
However, when I saw that Open JWW was built from the Ex JWW course (with just two minor changes), I almost didn't run Hoolie as I was sure it was well beyond him. Furthermore, even I didn't want to run it again! But copycat that he is, Hoolie too had to also prove me wrong. He, too, had a really nice run and he too won his class, for his 2nd Open JWW leg!
At his next trial last weekend, Hoolie finally outdid Wizzie, getting his Open JWW title on a day that Wizzie got an NQ. We were really proud of Hoolie's run. He got 2nd in a huge class of 29 !!! Open 20" dogs at the big Wags for Wishes trial in San Diego!
It sure doubles my fun to have two wonderful happy (somewhat wild and crazy, too) Beardie boys to run! And I feel doubly lucky to have 9 year old Wizzie still running like a puppy and 18 months old (today) Hoolie beginning to run like a pro!
Sarah and Doug
Wizzie, Impy, and Hoolie
and Purple (12 year old GSD)
7/24/07
Hi Libby,
Oh, Libby, the photo of our Hooligan that you just placed on the BAD website showing exuberant Hoolie leaping playfully in the lake with such joy and abandon, well.....it just did turn out to REALLY and TRULY look like all the wonderful fun of a summer vacation!!!!! I just love the way it looks! You do wonders with pictures making them sparkle and look so good! THANK YOU so much for putting it there for me to look at any time I have need for a smile and any time I bring up BAD! Hppefully it will make others smile, too!
The photographer was Terry Curtiss, who did that poster you saw of Hoolie a sa little puppy, actually during Hoolie's very first trip to the lake. I know Terry would love seeing his name there to get credit for taking that picture just at the perfect moment!
And I don't know where to begin thanking you, Libby! You keep everything and everybody MORE than up to date.It is so helpful and so wonderful for all us BADsters. I can't even imagine all the work involved! I have trouble organizing even ONE single simple day!
Most of all, a very special thankyou and very big hug for putting up my happy picture of Hoolie! And hoping that your summer is also being fun and wonderful, too!
Our best to you, always
Sarah (and Doug)
Southern California-Brio, Cooper, Impy, Millie, Oliver, Rascal, Ryan, and Wizard
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