Carolk9s Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 Didn't put this in shows/brags because not too much to brag about. Candy and I had agility trials today. Well my girlie does not care much for agility when it's warm, was not hot, just warm. We ran in AG2, well ran is too good a word. She WAS clean but terribly slow. After jumping through the tire, she decided it was a good time for a quick scratch. So a perfect score but only 6th place due to our time. On to AG3. This was our debut at this level. The little stinker ducked around the AFrame, once we got that done, she daintily stepped BETWEEN the posts of the wing on the jump. Time killed us, we did not qualify. We tried AG3 again in the second trial, she did not want to jump onto the pause table, we NQ'd right there because I had to step inside the restricted area to convince her to do so. In AG3, there is a 6 foot box, drawn in chalk, around the table, the handler cannot go into that space. Then she did not want to do the seesaw, normally one of her favorites. Convinced her to do it. She got sucked into the tunnel trap next to the AFrame, I said thank you judge and we exited the ring. Her new name is the Goober Princess. If I had turned her loose in the field, behind the rings, she would have run about like a wild dog and had a blast, just does not care for agility when it's warm. To top it off, I blew out my knee. I've been having trouble with it for a couple of months. Today started out really good, no pain at all. During our second run, I pushed off and felt a large pop behind my knee and almost fell. We are not going back tomorrow. Quote
kendalyn Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 aww that's too bad. :-( I hope your knee feels better soon! I wonder why she doesn't like agility when it is warm outside? Will she do it when it's hot? Or is it just any warm temperature that bothers her? Quote
courtnek Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 she may be heat intolerant...I say that because I am as well. If it's over like 80 degrees, I cant do anything athletic.... Quote
Carolk9s Posted May 2, 2004 Author Posted May 2, 2004 courtnek napisał(a):she may be heat intolerant...I say that because I am as well. If it's over like 80 degrees, I cant do anything athletic.... Possibly, but the high temp yesterday was 81 and we were done by 1pm before it got there so I'm not sure. She does actually RUN when it's cold out, the colder it is, the faster. Then too, she will race around the dog park and wrestle with Brittany quite a bit even when it's been warmer than that. Out back, when Jesse and I are sitting in the shade, she lay out in the sun just soaking it up. I just don't know. I kept her in the shade as much as possible, she wanted to be out scouting the field more than I allowed because I did not want to tire her out. One idea I came up with is to start making the AFrame a 'bonus' obstacle for her, do a lot of click/treat when she goes up. I was very positive and light with her on the course, lots of praise and encouragement. Quote
courtnek Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 I was thinking 80 degrees for a human...without the fur coat.... :D :D I think that if she loves to run in the cold, that may be your issue. Sitting and soaking up the sun is alot easier than running in it. My dogs both have short (really short) hair...but Free gets overheated and I have a baby pool for her just for that. She'll run around and play, but when she gets too hot she'll dip into the baby pool til she cools off. Quote
Carolk9s Posted May 2, 2004 Author Posted May 2, 2004 Hm, perhaps I need to carry along a cooler of ice water for my Princess! Seriously tho, if I had been able to go back today, I was going to take along a wet towel that had been in the freezer overnight. It would have thawed by the time we ran but still have been cold. I would have draped it over her shortly before going in to see if that helped. Thanks Kendalyn and Courtnek! Quote
imported_Kat Posted May 2, 2004 Posted May 2, 2004 Carol, have you tried a silver heat reflective coat? I have one for Meg that I keep on her if its really warm at a competition (ok so I say warm and that would be up to about 20c! :lol: ). It really is very effective and I would also squirt her with cool water before we would run and make sure that her head especially is well soaked. Quote
Carolk9s Posted May 3, 2004 Author Posted May 3, 2004 Kat, Thanks for your suggestions. I do have a silver 'Reflect A Mesh' that I drape over her xpen but I am going to do some more in the future to cool her off well before we go in. She was only about 1 year old when I found her but I wonder if she perhaps overheated badly at some point before then and is therefore more sensitive. It really was not hot, I did not even sweat much and I am fat! 8) Of course hindsight being 20/20, I realize I should have jazzed her up a bit before going in the ring, I did a little but I could have done more. Perhaps I need to start making myself a list to follow! On a REALLY good note, my knee is feeling oh so much better. Based on talking online to an ortho surgeon, it does not sound like I have torn my ACL, maybe a small cartilidge tear or might even have snapped the bone spur in that knee. Time will tell! Quote
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