This is a record of Remy's performance at the Excellent B level of AKC Agility. The 2003 results have been moved to another page.
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Note as of July 2005: In October 2004 Remy started having seizures and was diagnosed with ideopathic epilepsy. While we're figuring out his medication levels, Remy is running Preferred agility and jumping at 4" instead of 8". He is having a great time and quickly moving through the Preferred classes.
Remy has 609 championship points and 8 double Qs.
A dog requires 750 championship points and 20 double Qs to receive the MACH title
| TRIAL | JUMPERS | STANDARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2006 Cocker Spaniels Industry Loose Dirt |
46.05 seconds (SCT 42). Not the type of course we can gain a time advantage on, made worse by bad footing. Very late take off at two bars in bad surface caused them to fall. Double fell (early take off). | 66.59 seconds (SCT 72). A good performance with solid contacts, but I gave "stop" cues at the panel jump with Remy carrying speed... he clobbered it. | The surface was really poor today, but Remy still put in at least one OK performance. I think my handling has gotten a little sloppy with the ease of 4-inch jumps. |
| December 31, 2005 HIDAC Fairplex Pomona Dirt |
46.39 seconds (SCT 44). A tight course, our line was consistently wide (too amped?). Knocked two single bars, probably due to racing to catch up. | 61.30 seconds (SCT 71). A solid run in all aspects, even the table. Great contacts (as on the 30th). 2nd place. 13 points | We shook off some of the rust from yesterday. It looks like Remy can once again run at 8 inches. |
| December 30, 2005 HIDAC Fairplex Pomona Dirt |
47.41 seconds (SCT 49). A little rusty and unsure of the footing on dirt, Remy was a touch slow and cautious. Two single bars fell. | 66.05 seconds (SCT 63). An excellent run except on the table, where 10+ seconds of delay cost a Q. Definite rust. | Remy's first day back at 8-inches in almost a year. Seemed a little rusty, but encouraging. |
| February 6, 2005 SC Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
45.53 seconds (SCT 44). Remy was over time but clean otherwise. There was one wide turn, and a slip in the weaves, but I don't think that would account for the time. Tired? Tight wheel? Lack of confidence in footing? | 59.11 seconds (SCT 70). Remy looked solid on a fun course, but I handled the triple badly, slowing down when I should have run through. Predictably it fell. | Remy looked good all weekend, although the speed issue on the jumpers course is a little worrying. These runs felt natural, like the old days. |
| February 5, 2005 SC Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
39.15 seconds (SCT 42). I made a stupid handling error at the entrance to the weaves and Remy followed me to the second pole, costing a Q. He was plenty fast on a course that I thought would be tight on time, particularly for his second run of the day. | 58.72 seconds (SCT 68). Remy was rock solid on a very trappy course. We were a little cautious particularly at the later jumps, but Remy was still plenty fast. 2nd place. 13 points. | It was good to see Remy running so well back-to-back again. The problems today were simple handling errors. |
| January 15, 2005 GS Rottweilers Van Nuys Damp grass |
44.15 seconds (SCT 46). Clicked lots of bars, so clearly Remy was tired. Just 40 minutes between the two runs, but Remy is also at a higher Pb dose now. One bar fell. | 60.94 seconds (SCT 74). Bad luck - jump 4 was just behind a small rise. I figured this would help Remy's jump, but it turns out he couldn't see the jump until he was on it and it was too late to jump. | The pattern (good run, tired run) was similar to the first time he was getting used to the Pb. Still the times (and performances) were promising. |
| January 2, 2005 HIDAC Industry Dirt |
45.12 seconds (SCT 44). This was a course with lots of straight running sections, and few options for cutting distance. Our time reflects that. Also dropped a bar (#16) which was sliced too aggressively. | 54.40 seconds (SCT 69). This was a tricky course but Remy and I were in great form. Every cross worked and Remy was blazingly fast. 4th place. 14 points. | Another great day - Remy seems to be nicely recovered. Remy's jumpers time seems to be back where it was over a year ago. Can we speed up again? |
| December 31, 2004 HIDAC Industry Dirt |
63.88 seconds (SCT 72). Remy seemed a little unsure of his footing at places on the course, but kept all the bars up. 3rd place. 8 points. | We only entered standard to see if Remy could run the day after two runs. He looked great! | |
| December 30, 2004 HIDAC Industry Dirt |
44.54 seconds (SCT 44). Remy was a little slower on his second run, and a little more cautious, but drove between jumps and kept all the bars up. 8th place. | 59.43 seconds (SCT 69). Remy kept all the bars up but I handled the dogwalk entrance badly and he followed me to a wrong course tunnel. | It was good to see that Remy could run two courses in one day, and put in quality performances. This was nearly a double-Q! |
| December 12, 2004 Palm Springs Industry Dirt |
61.03 seconds (SCT 75). There were a few bars rattled on the course, including one that I couldn't believe didn't fall. But Remy handled wonderfully and kept them up. First place. 26 points | He still looks tired after one run, but Remy is very happy to be competing again! | |
| December 10, 2004 Palm Springs Industry Dirt |
62.17 seconds (SCT 68). Remy's jumping looked good, but a handler error pulled him out of the weaves early. Otherwise clean, on a somewhat tightly wheeled course. | It was good to see Remy doing the standard course without any problems. This will give me confidence to pay more attention to my handling. | |
| November 20, 2004 Orange Empire Bloomington Grass |
45.25 seconds (SCT 49). Remy looked like his old self on this twisty course, but his legs slipped out on takeoff for jump 7 and he dropped the bar. | 68.44 seconds (SCT 71). On his second run Remy looked very tired and a little wobbly on his feet, stumbling out of tunnels, dropping two bars, and not able to make it up the A-frame (short run-up). | It isn't clear whether the drugs affect Remy's ability to recover, or if the effort of the first run intensifies the sedative effect for the second run, but he can't perform two runs at a time. |
| October 30, 2004 DAC Ventura Long Beach Wet grass |
73.xx seconds (SCT 76). Remy was much slower than usual and his jumping form was off. Dropped one bar (racing to the tunnel on the other side) and missed the weave entrance (handler error). | Remy had six seizures since the last trial, and is now on phenobarbitol. Even so, the errors were normal handling errors. We scratched jumpers. | |
| October 9, 2004 Black Mountain KC Las Vegas Grass |
42.27 seconds (SCT 44). Remy knocked two bars early (a single and the double) but without video we don't know why. I made a horrible rear cross into weaves, and he missed several poles. | 67.34 seconds (SCT 73). A better looking run but both spreads fell, and Remy missed a dog-walk/tunnel discrimination. Sloppy from a lack of sleep, most likely. | Remy and I were both tired from a late-night hockey game the night before. This showed in sloppy handling and weak jumping. |
| September 19, 2004 Golden State Rottweilers Van Nuys Grass |
44.15 seconds (SCT 44). I accelerated awkwardly for a front cross, and Remy raced to catch up knocking both bars around the cross. Otherwise nice on a tightly-wheeled course. | 58.89 seconds (SCT 72). Remy looked really good on this course. A tunnel very obviously followed the triple, and Remy seems to have charged towards the tunnel, mis-timing the triple. | Good runs with small errors. I'm happy. We recreated the triple-tunnel problem in class (using the dog walk). The strategy seems to be for me to hold back and call the jump. |
| September 18, 2004 Golden State Rottweilers Van Nuys Grass |
43.72 seconds (SCT 45). It was nice to Q for a change. The grass in this ring was softer but still better than the recent dirt. A little wide at points, but great jumping. 3rd place. 1 point | 59.47 seconds (SCT 73). An awesome run, tight line, on short grass and dirt. It was a little slippery out, but that didn't seem to affect Remy's jumping. The double fell because he jumped it like a single. Otherwise great. | It is so nice to be back on grass again. Remy looked good and we both had a much better attitude. |
| September 5, 2004 West Coast Cocker Spaniel Ventura Dirt outdoors |
39.69 seconds (SCT 38). I now have a judge on my do-not-enter list. I watched Mark Ouska wheel this course along the perfect line, cutting every corner. Even on good surface we'd have a hard time making time, but on this loose dirt we were dead. | 64.67 seconds (SCT 77). Both spreads came down on a course that was clearly hard for Remy to move on. | We skipped the last day of this trial. There was no point in staying. We'll stick with grass from now on. |
| September 4, 2004 West Coast Cocker Spaniel Ventura Dirt outdoors |
40.22 seconds (SCT 42). This surface was almost as bad as the previous trial. Remy brought down five bars on this course, at least three of which were due to footing. | 58.52 seconds (SCT 69). Remy dropped the triple at #6 and I just gave up, so we missed the weave entrance and a tunnel discrimination trap. | We just should not enter outdoor dirt trials. The surface is so loose that Remy can't jump, loses confidence, and checks up at every bar. |
| August 21, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt outdoors, night |
46.63 seconds (SCT 46). We arrived and ran without walking the course, and barefoot. Remy had the same footing problems and couldn't get any height along one side of the course where he took down two jumps. | 56.48 seconds (SCT 65). The footing wasn't as bad in this ring and Remy carried more speed, but the course was very tightly wheeled. I took him too sharply into the A-frame and he slid off from the first slat. (Handler error). | We decided to run standard only, but the trial was so far behind schedule that we got to run jumpers as well. Ran both Brandy and Remy in Standard. |
| August 20, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt outdoors, night |
43.91 seconds (SCT 42). Remy was having trouble with the footing (and the bottom bars for each jump were resting on the ground in front), so he checked up for each jump. This kept the bars up, but resulted in being over time. This is the first time Remy hasn't been under time when clean in 8 months (and he still Q'd then). | 65.08 seconds (SCT 78). More bad footing, and since I was fixing the surface I never got to walk the whole course. Almost got a W at the start, missed the last weave pole (a combination of Remy stumbling in the deep holes and my body language). | We kept all the bars up tonight, and Remy looked good, but this surface is terrible. The night trial format meant that we ran after 11pm (after the trial closing hours). We're skipping Saturday's run - this wasn't fun. |
| August 15, 2004 Olympic KC Enumclaw, WA Grass |
43.50 seconds (SCT 49). Another great run this weekend, with another early takeoff for a jump. He really crashed the double late on the course. | 55.70 seconds (SCT 69). Lots of tough jump sequences on this course, with a single bar coming down when Remy took off early while slicing very sharply. | While there were no Q's this weekend, Remy looked very good. His weaves have been excellent and there is no sign of pain. We just need to get back to work on the jumps. |
| August 14, 2004 Olympic KC Enumclaw, WA Grass |
45.03 seconds (SCT 46). Remy was awesome on a very tricky course, but took off early for the double to drop a bar. Great tunnel-weave-tunnel sequence. | 57.31 seconds (SCT 73). Remy looked great on a flowing course, but took off just a little early for the closing triple and dropped the top bar. | Remy still looked a little tired this weekend (he got a lot of crate rest on the drive up to Seattle). He did obedience between STD and JWW... it was a busy day. |
| August 8, 2004 SCAT Mission Viejo Grass |
38.18 seconds (SCT 43). Once again, being patient and waiting for Remy at turns pays off with a Q, and a quick one at that. 1st place. 8 points | 62.88 seconds (SCT 70). The course was loaded with challenges, most of which Remy handled very well. But at a tunnel-tunnel gamble, I called out to him and he came, earning an R. I should have just let him find the entrance. | Remy's jumping and weaving looked very solid today. He appears to be well on the road to recovery, lacking only conditioning from the time off. |
| August 7, 2004 SCAT Mission Viejo Grass |
39.21 seconds (SCT 44). I didn't run the conservative pace that was so successful before, and Remy ended up taking down three bars, mostly with early takeoffs. Still, he seems better. | Two of the three bars that fell in jumpers were probably handler errors. I need to be careful. We scratched standard to let him rest more - he looked tired. | |
| August 1, 2004 Withdrawn |
Remy appears to have suffered a soft tissue injury, either to his hip or lower back. We don't believe this happened in competition, but rather in a furniture incident at home on Friday. He is out of competition, and training, and on crate rest for at least a week while the injury heals. | ||
| July 31, 2004 Simi Valley KC Van Nuys Grass |
41.51 seconds (SCT 43). Lots of crosses and a tricky off-side weave entrance, but Remy took it like a pro. 2nd place. 1 pt | 57.76 seconds (SCT 72). I ran conservatively with Remy, waiting for him when his path was longer than mine so that he didn't have to catch up. A great run. 1st place (beating Desi by .5 sec). 28 pts | Between runs we noticed that Remy was limping, although it cleared up when he warmed up. Watching tape it was clear that he was favoring his left rear leg the entire day. 8th double Q |
| July 18, 2004 DAC Ventura City of Industry Dirt |
43.87 seconds (SCT 43). This course had two tricky tunnel entrances and two hard jump sequences. Remy went wide into the wrong tunnel entrance. In a serpentine I tried to handle from one side but Remy sliced 2 of 4 bars down. | 61.19 seconds (SCT 71). A great line, awesome contacts, and yet another early takeoff for the triple. This is Mark's yellow wingless triple... I should be careful with that one. | Lots of early takeoffs for jumps. Looking at the tape, Remy adjusted his stride between jumps, he's taking more steps, possibly going slower on the dirt. |
| July 17, 2004 DAC Ventura City of Industry Dirt |
43.09 seconds (SCT 45). Loose dirt before jump 6 seems to have caused Remy to slip on takeoff... he didn't get much air. Later I took off too early at the end of the weaves and Remy followed. | 64.91 seconds (SCT 68). The course time must have been wrong - Remy wasn't running that slowly on this course (Desi was only 9 sec faster). But the triple fell (take off too early) so it didn't matter. | Remy's takeoffs were early today, and combined with poor footing the jumping results weren't very good. He actually ran some very good lines today. |
| July 11, 2004 Wags for Wishes Del Mar Short Grass |
45.99 seconds (SCT 48). Remy was showing signs of being tired, and it's possible we gave him too many treats as well (he looked full). Lots of bars clicked, with #1 and #20 falling. | 62.44 seconds (SCT 77). Yet another tough weave entrance, this time after a series of jumps that crossed the weave line. And again I pulled Remy to the second pole. Otherwise Remy looked awesome on a fun course. | I really need to be more patient at weave entries. Like yesterday I started moving forward before he had comitted to the first gap. There is no hurry!!! |
| July 10, 2004 Wags for Wishes Del Mar Short Grass |
42.14 seconds (SCT 45). A tough weave entrance (90-degrees on-side). I tried to rear cross into it, in order to soften the line, but Remy wouldn't go ahead. I ended up off-side, and didn't wait for him to commit to the first pole. | 58.70 seconds (SCT 78). Another awesome run on the standard course, and this time Remy really fought for each jump. First place, beating five other qualifiers! 38 points | Remy's jumping was excellent all day today. At the weave entrance I didn't have a fall-back plan if the rear cross didn't work. |
| July 9, 2004 Wags for Wishes Del Mar Short Grass |
41.53 seconds (SCT 46). I crowded Remy on the last jump of a serpentine and he knocked the bar, but the judge missed the call. First place. 8 points | 60.04 seconds (SCT 77). This was a great run by Remy, but at the closing triple I slowed down to watch and Remy didn't take off well (almost pulling up) and it fell. | We ran standard first every day at this trial, which was a nice change. Remy's jumping was solid, but with early take offs today. |
| July 4, 2004 Contact Point Ventura Grass |
43.15 seconds (SCT 44). I left a jump to set up for the next before Remy was committed, and as a result he dropped the first (#11), and took a wrong course on the way to the second. | 53.32 seconds (SCT 70). A great run, although Remy was taking off early for many jumps. That finally bit us at #13, the only bar that fell. Remy was nearly as fast as Desi on this run. | Remy was taking off early again today. I need to support the current obstacle. Diane also thinks I should call jumps, particularly when they are tricky. |
| July 3, 2004 Contact Point Ventura Grass |
41.00 seconds (SCT 43). Remy blew the 10th weave pole and I let up the rest of the course, left out a cross, and pushed Remy to slice a jump (#15) bringing it down. But the judge didn't see the weave error... I should stay focused! | 70.07 seconds (SCT 75). It seems like Remy wanted to run a little wild. He took a few wrong courses, including a spectacular self-OUT to a tunnel from the dogwalk. | Remy wasn't very focused for Obedience yesterday, and seemed a little wild again today. |
| June 27, 2004 Shoreline DFA Mission Viejo Short grass |
39.09 seconds (SCT 45). A twisty course with jump sequences at hard angles, I didn't expect Remy's time to be good. But we accelerated towards the mid point of the course and brought two bars down (#15, 18). | 54.41 seconds (SCT 74). Remy was blazingly fast on this course, handled like a dream, and we were lucky enough to keep all the bars up. 2nd place (+5 sec to Zoey). 28 points | Reviewing the tape, Remy was taking off early all day. We were lucky not to bring more bars down. |
| June 26, 2004 Shoreline DFA Mission Viejo Short grass |
38.24 seconds (SCT 42). It felt like we were running very slow but when we reached the end our time was very competitive. A twisty course - the type we do best times on. First place (beating two dogs) 6 points | 62.94 seconds (SCT 72). Except for a late rear cross at the chute which caused Remy to pull out of the entrance, this was a great run. This was definitely handler error - I should have stuck to the outside and front crossed after the chute. | I tried to keep our pace steady, even in the later parts of the course, and this seems to have helped Remy keep the bars up. Great jumping all day. |
| May 31, 2004 Mission Circuit Pomona Fairplex Dirt |
44.09 seconds (SCT 48). We ran well on a somewhat tricky course, but I took a side step as Remy was approaching a jump and he pulled around it. And later he brought down the bar after a tunnel. Still, a good run. | 62.49 seconds (SCT 75). We were running fast but carefully (the course was well suited to that style). Even at the end we slowed down, but Remy took off too early for the final triple and it crashed down. | I think these were good runs, even with the errors. We adjusted for some of the problems of the past few days, and had fun while running. |
| May 29, 2004 Mission Circuit Pomona Fairplex Dirt |
40.96 seconds (SCT 41). After yesterday we ran more carefully, but leaving a tunnel four obstacles from the end I started racing Remy and the next bar fell. I need to be more careful with our pace. | 55.32 seconds (SCT 68). I felt like Remy was getting a little demotivated so we ran this course for speed and fun. And we almost pulled a Q out of it as well, but after a 180 I was a little ahead and the next bar fell. | I really need to take some time to let Remy catch up after things like tunnels so that he doesn't have to race to catch up. |
| May 28, 2004 Mission Circuit Pomona Fairplex Dirt |
42.29 seconds (SCT 44). We were a little rusty after three weeks off, but generally this run was good. Remy clicked a few bars and took two down (later in the course). | 68.13 seconds (SCT 67). Remy jumped through the tire frame (between the tire and the frame) at jump 1... correcting that cost us time. Later on we sort of melted down, missing two weave poles, the double, and a chute entrance. | I'm willing to put today's performance down to rust. Remy was getting used to jumping on dirt again and I was remembering how to handle. |
| May 9, 2004 DART Irwindale (Santa Fe Dam) Grass |
44.37 seconds (SCT 47). This course was filled with front and rear crosses (at least if I wanted Remy to have a good line to each jump). But for some reason I threw in an extra cross near the end that caused him to take a bad line to #18 - bar down. I need to take the extra steps to get Remy on the right line - we have time! | 61.91 seconds (SCT 77). A very good run, with Remy on a tight line the whole time. But I left out a front cross at the end of the weaves and that made me run around a wing to the table. Carried too much speed, and he flew over. I should have slowed down on the way to the table - we have plenty of time. | My handling wasn't very crisp today. Most things worked, but I made a few errors when I rushed things. On both courses, we have the time to run a good line - use it. I don't need to rush. |
| May 8, 2004 DART Irwindale (Santa Fe Dam) Grass |
43.93 seconds (SCT 49). We ran conservatively after the NQ in standard, Remy ran a tight line and more importantly was clean. 3rd place (behind Desi and Harley, beating Ruben). 5 points | 55.38 seconds (SCT 75). Remy has never run so far below course time and he was looking awesome, but had a weak takeoff on the last jump (the triple) and the bar fell. Watching video, it looks like his back legs slipped on takeoff. An awesome run. | It was nice to Q again. Remy clicked the panel the first time today, but otherwise looked very solid. A good day, and a nice agility site. |
| May 2, 2004 Hollywood DOC Lakeview Terrace Grass and HOT |
44.57 seconds (SCT 48). Other than losing a little time calling him off of an enticing smell in the grass early on he looked great. Took off a little early for #14 (rear cross) and the bar fell. | 63.61 seconds (SCT 76). Another beautiful run but again the panel jump came down. When he came to it again later, it had been set incorrectly (one end at 12") but he cleared it this time. | Diane thinks the problem with the panel could be related to his Open obedience training. We're going to go back and look at tape... and train the panel jump at speed! |
| May 1, 2004 Hollywood DOC Lakeview Terrace Grass and hot |
39.08 seconds (SCT 45). The sloppiness of last weekend was gone, but the random knocked bar remains. This time bar #4 (second of a 180) fell. My landing side front cross may have been in his way some, but it looked like he took off early. | 64.22 seconds (SCT 76). A very nice run, but Remy simply crashed through the panel jump, taking off way late. I've never seen him miss a panel before. | A good set of runs, Remy and I looked like a team again, and he was jumping well. |
| April 25, 2004 Border Terriers Simi Valley Grass and hot |
47.76 seconds (SCT 47). Again Remy and weren't connecting on rear crosses and this time we ended up with two "spins" before jumps, giving up R's. Also took down a jump mid-course, but I think that may have been due to a depression before the jump. | 60.83 seconds (SCT 72). Remy blasted past the teeter... I didn't call it, and I may have been racing past, rather than waiting for him to mount. Later he took off too early for the triple. | Again we didn't seem in sync today. I'm glad this weekend is over. |
| April 24, 2004 Border Terriers Simi Valley Grass |
39.83 seconds (SCT 44). Remy seems to have mis-timed his approach to jump #3, stuttered, and hit the bar hard. Later missed the second jump of a serpentine. | 57.54 seconds (SCT 70). Remy was a little tangled in my feet at several points, costing us a little time. He was carrying too much speed at the double, and his flat trajectory brought the bar down. | Remy seems to be too anxious when I warm him up, and we get tangled up. Either that or I'm doing something differently when I warm him up. |
| April 18, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
40.16 seconds (SCT 40). A flowing course with a few tricky side changes, Remy did great except for the second jump in a 180. I didn't go into the pocket so he chose his own line and sliced the jump, dropping the bar. | 63.15 seconds (SCT 70). The triple fell, and my theory is that I pushed him into the jump at a bad angle. I let up on my handling and he took a tunnel sucker shortly thereafter. | Diane was at a seminar today so I had to do all the warmup myself. While I got Remy physically ready, I didn't do as good a job of getting him mentally prepared. |
| April 17, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
41.25 seconds (under SCT 42). This was a twisty course that I didn't think we'd do well on, but Remy was actually jumping and handling great. However he popped out at the last weave pole, and we didn't catch it on tape. | 58.61 seconds (under SCT 71). Remy handled all of the tricky stuff on this course great (other than a little hesitation getting on the table) only to drop the triple at the last jump. | The surface wasn't as firm as it usually is here, but Remy's jumping was still good. I suspect the triple fell because he took off for the frame, which was a new style to him. |
| April 4, 2004 Davis DTC Dixon Grass |
43.06 seconds (under SCT 48). A very twisty course with bad surface before three jumps (low spots). I used "big" at one problem spot. Remy really fought for this one. Fourth place. 4 points | 58.72 seconds (under SCT 72). Not the hardest course or handling, at least not for us. Remy was very professional, jumped cleanly throughout, and had fun. Second place. 19 points | Remy was a little tired by the end of the jumpers run, clicking the last three bars. But he looked awesome today. 7th double Q |
| April 3, 2004 Davis Dog Training Club Dixon Grass |
40.59 seconds (under SCT 45). This was a twisty course with serpentines and pinwheels and lots of fun stuff. Remy was great, and I was really proud of some solid front crosses. First place. 8 points | 70.75 seconds (under SCT 77). Remy took off too early for the triple (jumping for the frame, not the bars). He also ran out the A-frame (from the table), but I think this was because of the line I was taking to get around a tunnel. | The standard run was early in the morning, so we had plenty of time to learn from our mistakes and plan a good jumpers run. My support of the spreads was much better in jumpers. |
| March 28, 2004 AC San Diego Chula Vista Grass |
44.04 seconds (under SCT 46). This course was twisty in both directions and Remy was doing great until I crowded the landing side of a jump (I was late getting into position) and he dropped the bar. | 61.92 seconds (under SCT 69). Not a good run at all. Remy knocked both spreads and two other jumps, and we had an off course (my fault) due to me cutting a corner. | The standard run was bad, plain and simple. But the jumpers run was his best of the weekend until the late bar fell. |
| March 27, 2004 AC San Diego Chula Vista Grass |
40.12 seconds (under SCT 44). I didn't go deep enough into the corner of the ring at a triple/jump 180 turn, and so Remy was racing to catch up with me and dropped the bar on the second jump. | 59.04 seconds (under SCT 72). We weren't really prepared to start when we arrived (the confirmation had the wrong judging order), Remy clicked a lot of bars, and finally took the last bar down. It looked like he jumped to the timing standard, not the bar. | Remy needs to get more jumping practice during the week, and I need to work on varying my speed on the course. |
| March 9, 2004 DCA Riverside Grass (and hot) |
40.09 seconds (under SCT 42). Remy almost went crittering before the double, but I got his attention before he got a refusal and he hauled himself over, and went on for a clean run. First place. 2 points | 56.73 seconds (under SCT 77). We were running great until jump 17, after the dog walk. Remy carried a ton of speed into this 90 degree turn, and just didn't clear the bar. | It was really unpleasantly hot today (in the 90s) and none of the dogs were very up for the runs. Very few excellent dogs qualified today. |
| March 7, 2004 HIDAC Pomona Dirt |
41.53 seconds (under SCT 43). We ran jumpers second and I started to get conservative at the end of the course, running the outside rather than crossing. Second place. 1 point | 62.05 seconds (under SCT 75). I felt like Remy and I weren't in sync for a lot of this course, and we went wide at two places, losing time. Second place. 18 points | Bart ran a better line, and had a better teeter to beat us on the standard course by 0.7 second. Double Q #6 |
| March 6, 2004 HIDAC Pomona Dirt |
39.23 seconds (under SCT 42). Remy looked good on this course, although rear crosses at one point added a lot of yardage. I didn't follow through on the double (in a corner) and he took down the rear bar. | 54.89 seconds (under SCT 68). Remy was in top form, and this time there weren't any problems to get in the way of a Q. First place. 26 points | Remy was 3 seconds faster than MACH2 Bart on the standard course and 2 seconds slower on the jumpers course. |
| February 29, 2004 Belgian Tervurens Pomona Dirt |
43.16 seconds (under SCT 46). Another great course by Remy, but once again he knocked the triple, this time taking off early. The jump was in the same part of the ring as yesterday, which still had bad footing. | 62.51 seconds (under SCT 70). Remy looked amazing on this run, driving hard through some extremely hard jump sequences and handling a 180° chute-weaves sequence like a pro. But he left the table at "three" (on his own) so we got a 98 and no Q. | Another day of awesome runs without any Qs. No 8" B-dogs qualified yesterday, and only Desi did today. These were just plain hard courses, and I thought they were fun! |
| February 28, 2004 Belgian Tervurens Pomona Dirt |
38.73 seconds (under SCT 40). Great run by Remy until late in the course where the footing on the landing side of jumps started to get poor, causing Remy to lose confidence and take off very late for the triple. | 60.32 seconds (under SCT 74). A really tough course with one of the hardest weave entrances we've seen: a 90° on-side entrance with a tunnel sucker just off to the left. Remy was on a great line but was pulled in, and touched the front edge of the tunnel for a wrong course. | Looking at the tape of the standard run (and last Sunday's jumpers run), maybe I need to shorten my stride on critical parts of the course so my foot plants don't look so significant to Remy. |
| February 22, 2004 Silver Bay KC Del Mar Fairgrounds Wet Dirt |
37.41 seconds (under SCT ??). Remy was jumping great and we had a wonderful line, but I didn't slow him down before the weaves (and did a little stutter step at the entrance) and he blew past the first pole. I'll work on slowing down a little. | 64.05 seconds (under SCT 77). This course had four contact/tunnel discriminations, and Remy did great until the fourth. My body language at the jump before was "go on", not "wrap", and so he did, and I couldn't call him off the A-frame. Later I slipped on mud and we got an R at the teeter. | This was a no-Q weekend, but Remy looked awesome in all four runs. Both errors today were handler faults, although Remy should take a little more responsibility for weave entrances. |
| February 21, 2004 Silver Bay KC Del Mar Fairgrounds Dirt |
43.35 seconds (under SCT 47). Remy ran very well but bad footing before the triple (after the weaves) left him unsure and caused a knocked bar. Really a very good performance by Remy. | 62.86 seconds (under SCT 78). Remy was blazing fast, but sneezed heading into the weaves (this is the second time this has happened) and missed the first pole. Otherwise a great run... although he would have placed fourth. | Even without a Q Remy looked great today. His jumping was solid (very few tapped bars) and his handling was great on some very tricky courses. |
| February 8, 2004 Keeshond Club Pomona Fairplex Dirt |
37.57 seconds (under SCT 43). Once again a bad front cross caused a bar to fall. On tape I noticed that I was facing Remy as he came over the jump, rather than finishing my front cross. I need to get fully into position for the next jump. | 57.53 seconds (under SCT 71). Another really solid run from Remy with good contacts, a fast table, and clean jumping. First place. 26 points | We like the Fairplex! |
| February 7, 2004 Keeshond Club Pomona Fairplex Dirt |
40.78 seconds (under SCT 42). I expected time to be tight but Remy was driving hard on this course. I made two rather rough front crosses, the second (at #16) caused Remy to drop his feet and the bar. | 56.39 seconds (under SCT 74). Remy was just amazing with perfect contacts and really tight handling. We did our first rear cross onto the A-frame! We were lucky that the triple stayed up (he rattled it pretty hard). First place. 34 points | Other than my bad handling of those two crosses on the jumpers course, we were in top form today. With these points Remy has qualified to compete at the 2004 AKC Agility Championship. |
| February 1, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
41.38 seconds (under SCT 44). This is the type of jumpers course we love - laid out like boxes with lots of twists and turns. Remy's footing wasn't super sure, but he ran great. Fourth place. 2 points | 58.55 seconds (under SCT 69). A really hard course with all sorts of odd angles and a dogwalk/tunnel discrimination. I had to call Remy off tunnels twice, but he was working great. Second place. 15 points | Our fifth double Q was a lot of work for both of us. The jumpers course was a Q factory... almost half the dogs qualified. |
| January 31, 2004 Portuguese Water Dogs Industry Dirt |
37.84 seconds (under SCT 38). A really twisty course, but it must have been wheeled tight because we didn't have much time even running a clean line. Still Remy was good except for a couple of bars that fell late in the course. | 58.26 seconds (under SCT 66). Another hard course with tight times, but Remy was working hard and looked great. Second place. 10 points | Remy was not well this week, having eaten four PopTarts on Wednesday. It was clear that he wasn't feeling 100%, but he still looked great out there. |
| January 25, 2004 Savannah DTC Savannah, GA Damp Grass |
42.45 seconds (under SCT 46). A twisty course that was well suited to Remy's style, running a conservative line we still made good time. The double was set wrong, and Remy knocked the back bar, but the judge saw that it was wrong and allowed us to demonstrate the five obstacles around it to get a Q. First place. 6 points | 62.96 seconds (under SCT 76). It was raining lightly but this didn't affect Remy until the table, where he took several seconds to get in a proper sit. Too bad, because he was only .6 seconds behind the first place dog. Second place. 19 points | Our first trial in Georgia was a success, with our fourth double Q. Also Ouzo ran his first course and qualified on the preferred jumpers course! |
| January 19, 2004 Simi Valley KC Industry Dirt |
45.25 seconds (over SCT 40). Diane ran Remy for the first time, and did very well. The only problem was a rear cross that was started too early, leading to a refusal (and skipping the next jump after bringing Remy back on course). | 66.15 seconds (under SCT 70). Remy left the chute entrance for an R. On tape I can see that I had called him off the A frame, but then I was stalled (standing still) at the chute and he didn't have much confidence in our course. If I had talked to him (push push or go go) he would have kept going. | We were all tired after a long weekend of earthdog, but Remy was game and our courses were good. Unfortunately, little bobbles hit us on both courses. |
| January 11, 2004 Golden State Rottweilers Lakeview Terrace Grass |
39.31 seconds (under SCT 44). I didn't think we'd do well on time with this course, but Remy ran fast, including a long set of jumps alternating at right angles. Unfortunately we took a few bars down after I bobbled the line on another part of the course (putting Rem off stride). | 55.85 seconds (under SCT 67). Remy was pretty good but I mis-handled a three obstacle sequence, ending up with pulling Remy off the table. From there I tried a few new things, but got too far ahead in two different jump sequences and some bars came down. | I didn't feel sharp today, and Remy brought some bars down. It just wasn't our day. One thing to note: Remy may have a problem taking off too early on the triple if it has wings. We need to go back and see if this has been true in the past. |
| January 10, 2004 Golden State Rottweilers Lakeview Terrace Grass |
37.31 seconds (under SCT 43). This is about as fast as Remy has ever run in jumpers, but he was clicking a lot of bars during the course and brought down the final bar (#18). It looks like he took off too early, either because I was too far ahead or maybe because the timing standards (8" in front of the jump) threw off his timing. | 58.30 seconds (under SCT 74). Remy was blazingly fast and really focussed on this course, and was only 4 seconds slower than Desi (who is usually 8-10 sec faster). First place. 30 points | This was the first time that Remy qualified at this site, but he's always been fast on the tight, short grass. The jumpers grass is a little spongier and a little less level... I'm going to be a little more careful there tomorrow. |
Remy started 2004 with 192 championship points and 3 double Qs.