Voodoo (& Dazzle) had a blast today! There was a birthday party for Wiley at the K9 Splash Zone and we attended. My throws were off today, especially for Voodoo. But J.D. McKnight was there and he did some throws for Voodoo! J.D.’s dog, Storie, holds the NADD record at 30′ 7″! We got to watch Storie jump too and it is breath taking! She makes it look so effortless!
Voodoo’s video: https://vimeo.com/219247652
Dazzle’s video: https://vimeo.com/219248270
Voodoo had an EXCELLENT weekend and not only earned his Master title his first weekend of Dock Diving, but also won the Master division jump-off! And Dazzle got 2nd place in the Master division. Voodoo’s personal best is now 23’10”!! Just 2″ from the Elite division. I think he’s going to be doing some BIG jumps when he matures and muscles up!
A few photos from the weekend. I think you can click on them to see them larger.
Voodoo did AMAZING today at his first official dock diving competition (NADD)! His first jump was 20.4′ then 20.5 in the first splash. Second splash was 21.5 and 22.0!
Then we tried the air retrieve for the very first time and he jumped 10′ then 11′, then 12′, then 13′, then 14′ then 15′ to grab the bumper before he missed it at 16′!
Current records are 30.7′ for the distance and 26′ for air retrieve. So he’s already jumping Master division distances in his first event and at no even 14 months old! If he stays in the Master division tomorrow (Over 20′ and under 23’11”) for all 3 jumps, he will have his Master title!
Finally had a chance to edit and upload the many videos I have taken during and since the CWAGS National. Sorry for the “dump” here, but I want to get caught up. I’m just going to put the links rather than the thumbnails in the interest of saving space on this post.
CWAGS National- Voodoo’s Obedience Level 1 title run: https://vimeo.com/217776947
CWAGS National Starter Rally run: https://vimeo.com/217777540
Videos of Voodoo’s Barn Hunt runs Qs # 3-9 toward his RATCHX:
Q #3: https://vimeo.com/217766660
Q #4: https://vimeo.com/217767640
Q #5: https://vimeo.com/217768513
Q #6: https://vimeo.com/217769299
Q #7: (no video)
Q #8: https://vimeo.com/217770340
Q #9: https://vimeo.com/217771717
CWAGS Nosework Q #3 of 4 toward Level 4 title: https://vimeo.com/218308972
Dock Diving practice session: https://vimeo.com/217765523
How I watch TV: https://vimeo.com/218309652
I thought Voodoo only needed 2 Qs to get his RATCHX (which he got this weekend) but when I went to update the blog, I just saw he needed 3! Crap! I was premature in thinking he got his RATCHX, even got the photo and personalized RATCHX tube. He still needs 1 more leg for it. 😦
I’m usually good at keeping track of stuff like that. Not sure why I had it in my head that he only needed 2 Qs. Sorry Dogwood! I can send the tube back to you.
I have fallen behind on the weekly photos and I’m trying to play catch up as I have time.
The first photo is for the challenge of using tones to create a mood.
I used lots of post processing on this one. I plan to revisit this challenge, but in the interests of time (& not getting too far behind) I’m going with this shot for now.
I found this set up at the Robert’s Center where I was Judging the past couple days and had a vision for how I wanted this to look. But I only had my phone with me and the lighting wasn’t good. I don’t feel I matched my vision of it. But it is what it is and I’ve reached the point where I have to stop messing with it and move on.
Photo challenge- Frame within the frame
Voodoo did a great job on this one and I love how it turned out! He had to stay by the opening while I walked quite a distance away and was out of sight for a bit to get where I needed to be for the photo. He chose this pose and it was better than the one I had planned 🙂
The boys had a very successful weekend!
Voodoo:
Dazzle:
Voodoo had an amazing weekend! Over the 3 day event, he was entered in 11 trials and qualified in all but 2 of them (and 1 of those NQ was completely my fault- he would have had another really high score)!
I know I have said it several times before, but this pup just blows me away! He was just as eager and precise in his last run as he was in the first. Only issue was that his alert indication for nosework went from a strong nose touch (what we trained) to the barking alert (what he WANTS his indication behavior to be) as we did the 6 scent detection runs. And the one NQ that was all him was when he lied about the location of odor in his first level 3 run, so then I kept second guessing him and he got frustrated. But I am so thrilled with how wonderful he did!
Raising a Genius Puppy 