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WAR - STEEPLECHASE QUARTER FINALS 2ND PLACE 26" DIVISION
War is my young Border Collie and a half brother to Lochlan. He is very high drive and wants to run at full speed all the time. My goal for War this World Games was to run him as clean as possible. Being just a 3 year old, I was reluctant to push him for speed and therefore handling him from behind was my plan; unlike my usual in front style. I'm not the best rear crosser, but I knew if I ran in front of him, that would kick up his drive so I decided to take a more conservative approach. I even rear crossed the A-Frame which my students know I almost never do. After the rear cross, I held War in a stand position before I cued him forward. War ran the Steeplechase quarter finals beautifully and wound up taking second place overall missing first place by a fraction of a second.
WAR TEAM GAMBLERS 26" Division
In any Gamblers run, the object of the game is to rack up as many points in a specified about of time by doing obstacles that have been assigned different point values. This this Gamble the weave poles were allotted the most points and then the Contact equipment was the second highest point value. You can only do each obstacle twice for points and then you have to move on to another obstacle. Then you horn will blow and you then have to go into the closing sequence. This course was a Time Gamble as opposed to a Distance Challenge Gamble which means you have to go into the closing section and complete as many obstacles as you can before the the buzzer goes off. If you don't get over the finish jump in time, you lose all your closing points. WAR STEEPLECHASE SEMI-FINALS 26" DIVISION
With the good runs, there are the bad runs too. These are the runs that you learn from the most and without them, you wouldn't progress very far in the sport. This is a semi-final which is load of pressure for me, but this wasn't what ended our run. I tried to handle War conservatively just to get the run done, but after coming off the A-frame, we collided. War knocked my knee and I fell. Right there my hopes of making the finals were done. What I tell my students about falling is that everyone falls at one time or another. Even the very best handlers will fall. All you can do is get up and keep going. I have fallen my share of runs for one reason or another and I don't let it bother me. As long as I can fall with some grace and not hurt myself or my dog, that's all I care about. So don't feel bad about yourself if you fall, it's going to happen sooner or later.. WAR - STEEPLECHASE CLASSIC 2ND PLACE 26" DIVISION
WAR - TEAM STANDARD 26" DIVISION
WAR - TEAM SNOOKER 26" DIVISION
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