Games training at Fiona's place

Today a keen bunch of 6 handler descended on my place for a games training day. It must have been one of the hottest days we've had here this year.



One of the discussions was what would be a good word to indicate to your partner in Strategic Pairs when the change was. Seeing as Carol is a bit worried with her partner Lyn's ability to get lost, she thought "Paeroa" would be appropriate. For those who don't know, Lyn was supposedly driving south from Tauranga to Wellington and ended up in Paeroa - significantly north of Tauranga! Another one of our Aussie contingent (Karen) was following him, and she is my partner for SP, so maybe I should be worried as well? Another possibility was Kiwi, or maybe one partner using Ki, and the other Wi. Needless to say, that didn't go down very well either. Ki was too close to my release command, and Wi was too like weave. Any other suggestions would be welcome.



Anyway we had a go at Strategic Pairs, Gamblers and Snooker and the team there coped admirably with the courses I put up on my slightly abnormally sized back yard with some GUR to contend with. Lyn did manage to get lost a couple of times - maybe "oh shit" could be a change command? Cos it did get said a few times.



Another thing that became a bit more obvious from putting the bars at the Aust height is the height of jumps that will be so different. Currently our Maxi dogs in NZ jump 6750mm, with Midis 570mm and minis 380mm. Of the dogs going over Tana and Cannon will be jumping 600mm, our minis (Josie/Jenna/Raisin) 300mm, and the others 500mm ie 1 rung less than our normal midi height. The photos I have seen of dogs jumping the 500 height looks ridiculous as if the dogs could just step over them. This could provide some unusual challenges for us cos the dogs will be over the jumps much quicker. Hopefully tho, dogs that may knock rails occasionally (like mine!) will keep them all up.



Anyway that's enough for now. Have posted some photos as well - stunning poses from 2 of our male handlers that we are bringing along!