Yesterday we attended a local UKI Agility Trial-my first time showing in UKI. It was a beautiful venue, at a horse farm on the outskirts of Sebastopol. My goal was to run her on different equipment, a different facility, and different footing, to help build her confidence. She comes across as being very confident and assertive...but she is also very sensitive.
I realized after setting everything up, and bringing her in, that this was the first time Pirouette had gone to a trial without either of her fur-sibs, Daisy Mae and Gunny. She was definitely worried for awhile, but finally settled in. It helped that two of my friends were next to us, and took time to pet her!
Her first class was Speedstakes, which is only jumps and tunnels. She took off over the first jump with with great enthusiasm...then had to sniff the river sand we were running on. Parts of her course were beautiful...and parts she missed. But the f\last 6 obstacles were spot on...and she was happy!
The second run was Nursery Agility, which is like standard without weaves or teeter. She was unsure of the A-frame and it took us several tries, but the rest of the course was great! she missed a couple of jumps near the end, but we just kept running!
If you want to learn more about UKI Agility, here is a link to the website:
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