2012 - Denver's First Trial 7.1.12 - "I've missed you"

[RachHiggs]

He looks great Sam!! You two really are gonna be unstoppable hey

[Evelyndi]

I like the weesaw, the dogs prefer it, its easier on their joints when it hits the ground, doesnt bounce the small dogs as high and who cares if its "embarrassing" our handling and courses are embarrassing compared to the americans anyway, you cant really compare the 2 countries, they do everything "bigger and better" so why not the seesaw? I doubt the Americans would care anyway because we are only a tiny blip in the worldwide agility sport.

My dogs definitely prefer the weesaw.

- my 2 cents

[sammiimichellii]

@Evelyndi I think its a little extremem dont mind it for the little guys but why can we have an ajdusting see-saw similar to everything else. for the big dogs it seems tobe a little of a waste but for the little guys like yours or Ella it'll be fantastic.. as it was pointed out no one else in the world does it.. I dunno Im 50/50 yes for the littlies though they need it it makes it all fair on time and all that jazz and better for them :)

[Evelyndi]

@sammiimichellii yeah i think its a hard one, if they're going to put it back to full height they need to do something to differentiate it from the dw, because it is the same angle/colour/material so people who don't have decent verbals make it very hard for their dogs to tell the difference and I have seen many a dog be scared of the dw after a flyoff the seesaw thinking it was a dw. They need rubber cleats or a different angle or something.

[sammiimichellii]

@Evelyndi Much agreed.. Dens had a few moments like that and I believe there needs to be a difference :) someone will have a soloution one day!

[Evelyndi]

@sammiimichellii lets hope so :)

[Evelyndi]

@sammiimichellii oh and making it adjustable would make the height changes take yet MORE time and you saw on the w/e how long our trials are going already with the increase in NSW competitors. The length of that trial was not that unusual unfortunately

[mollybrandybillly]

wow you guys did great and you were having a blast out there.

awesome venue lol kept thinking to myself theres no way rusty could get out of there lol. its fenced haha

[Court22132]

Good job! I really hate that teeter idea, omg. I REAllY hope they don't do that anywhere else... Because, my dog would hate that.... It really wrecks the idea of a teeter.

[WestieAgility]

nice runs!!!

[tfrichards]

Well done, lovely runs and handling!

[KIRST4290]

wupwup i was there den is adorable sam :)

[BCLabAgility]

Awesome job guys!!!

[AgilityPup]

THAT TEETER! lol ohmygod. He did so well, though. He was so happy to be working for you. <3

[Buddy0627]

U two did awesome! And im kinda liking the peewee teeter! ( Piper has teeter fears)

[sammiimichellii]

@Buddy0627 We have been calling it the wee-saw its good for dogs with fears but there were alot of dogs who were put off by it yesterday.. Im not a huge fan atm

[performancebostons]

i really hope american doesn't take on that teeter idea..

[sammiimichellii]

@performancebostons tell me bout it Im really not sure as to why they have done this The Tyre and the table rules yay dont mind them (our table is now fixed at 2 heights instead of multi heights) Alot of people I spoke to yesterday were like this is embarassing and it is.. hopefully it'll get changed back one of these days!

[FullPeltBC]

Love that photo at the start of you with the girls and Den!

Denver's looking great, congrats on your very first ADM Q!

The grounds look awesome, can't wait for nats! But omg that bloody see-saw, just pathetic! lol.

[lexisdogs]

You guys did wonderful!