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Post by peterc on Dec 3, 2012 15:14:55 GMT -5
Congrats to Steve Burger and Cairo for getting IPO2 at the Cascade schutzhund club. After a rough start, she settled down to the dog she really is. Excellent performance and high in protection! All this when the conditions were brutal with flooded trial field, wind, and pouring rain. It was FREEZING! Miserable.
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Post by Bitten on Dec 3, 2012 18:38:07 GMT -5
Congratulations Steve Burger
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Post by rosamburg on Dec 3, 2012 22:48:25 GMT -5
Thanks, Peter and Bitten. It was a good experience. First time on a strange field with a strange helper, and lousy conditions. I knew we had a number of situations which were not secure. I figured it would be a good chance to see exactly where we were at even though realistically felt we were about 3 or 4 months out before being able to feel somewhat comfortable going into a trial.
I had been having a few issues with her blowing me off in tracking. Other ares that were not secure included the retrieves, the stand and the send out in ob. In protection we just started doing transports (side and back) a week ago.
In the trial she had a lousy start, and required 2 extra commands to get going (she had lost 8 points before even getting started). Once she did she had an almost flawless track for a 91. In OB she blew the long down (I guess that was not as secure as we thought), though the retrieves and stand were good. We got to work on the field the day before and we had a difficult time with blind searches. I thought we finally had them fixed. I also thought we had the send out down. On the day of the trial there had been so much rain the middle of the field was a lake so the field was rearranged. On the send out she went to the side blind. I felt good about the 84 we got in OB since the blown long down and missing much of the points on the send out. In protection she went to the first blind, went to the wrong blind and then headed toward the bark blind. We ended up with 88 in spite of the blown blind search and a messed up side transport to finish. I felt good with a 263 score. Especially since I trialed under Lance, which I had never had the opportunity to do, and figured he would not be too forgiving.
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Post by sturmhunde on Dec 4, 2012 18:50:11 GMT -5
Congratulations Steve from Tom, Abby, and Chico.
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Post by dobermanman on Dec 4, 2012 20:44:44 GMT -5
Steve,
Losing 8 points at the start isn't that bad. I've had tracks where eight points is all I got ! :-) Congrats on the IPO II
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Post by Courtney DuCharme on Dec 4, 2012 20:52:50 GMT -5
congrats!!!
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Post by rosamburg on Dec 5, 2012 0:24:35 GMT -5
Steve, Losing 8 points at the start isn't that bad. I've had tracks where eight points is all I got ! :-) Congrats on the IPO II Thanks. That's kind of how the whole trial went. She screwed up major at the beginning of each phase and then looked excellent. To top it off, a club member that went down was supposed to be filming. In the morning he mentioned filming tracking and I said don't bother. Apparently he interpreted that to mean not to film any of the phases.
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Post by patrick on Dec 7, 2012 19:16:32 GMT -5
Congratulations Steve!!!!!! Good job!!
Patrick
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Post by mfaifer on Dec 10, 2012 15:18:02 GMT -5
Hey Steve,
Awesome job. I didn't connect that the Steve entered in the trial was you or I would have gone to support you (even in the nasty weather ;D). Good luck on the IPO 3...be sure to announce when/where you are going to trial.
Melody
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Post by n8rbug on Dec 11, 2012 11:00:09 GMT -5
Just now saw this.......congratulations to you both!! ;D
"Guapo" (Bruno vom Wustensturm x Swift Run's Volcan Masaya ) just turned a year old and is coming along nicely. Please give Lance my regards. I hope he will come east again this year! Oh, and please keep me in the loop in regards to work week.
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