Trial in Concord, NC August 2019 - Ann Perkins' Dog Agility Quest

Here are some videos from Concord, NC. Ann did not like the venue. I’m not sure why she didn’t like it. It’s hard to pinpoint why a dog doesn’t like a certain venue. They seem to have a sixth sense that we humans don’t have. Ann had a really bad feeling about the teeter at this trial and turns out that the teeter she didn’t like actually broke while another dog was on it! She’s so smart. She knew there was something wrong with that teeter! Not all runs or trials are perfect, and this certainly was a disappointing trial with no qualifying scores. It was only our second trial ever so I wasn’t too upset, but it was a little discouraging. I thought maybe Ann hated agility at this point and wouldn’t want to do it ever again. I don’t think that is the case now because when we went home, we trained in many different places and she still loved it.

This was a Novice JWW course from Concord. She seemed to do ok in the beginning of the trial but eventually she just shut down as you will see in the next video.

Not all runs are perfect as you can see from this video. She was just really struggling with the whole course. Would NOT go on THAT teeter.

You can see where Ann just goes over a few obstacles and then decides that this isn’t for her and runs off the course. Everyone was very supportive and told me that it was all about confidence. This was our second trial ever, so I wasn’t too upset.