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Bella ja voittopokaali 6.12. 2009
Vi började att träna agility på slutet av sommaren i 2005. Bella hade kommit hos mig i mitten av Juni och hon behövde att vana sig med sin ny hemland. Nu vi har tränat agility för några månader. Bella kan göra en liten bana. A-hinder, balansbom och gugnbräda är lätt till henne men dacket är svårt. Men jag har funnit ett sätt att träna henne med dacket. Hon kan inte heller slalom men jag hoppar att hon är tävlingsfärdig på sommaren 2006, när jag har tänkt att vi kunde börja med tävlingar. Vi har Agirotu-tävlingen i sommaren 2006 i Janakkala när jag har tänkt att vi kunde delta.
År 2006 har gått fram i utställningar. Om allt går bra vi kan börja att tävla på hösten. Det beror på att hur länge det ska ta tid för Bella att lära sig slalom. Hon kan dom mesta av andra hindern nu. Kanske vår fösta tävling ska bli en hoppbana.
Bella tävlade DEN FÖRSTA GÅNGEN 1.10. 2006 i en inofficiella tävling som
ordnades av Joensuun Agilityurheilijat. Vi fick underkänd som resultat men Bella
var bra att leda och hon brydde sig inte om andra hundar ! Jättefint jobbat !!!
I slutet av Mars och i början av April vi fick vår första
resultat i inofficiella tävlingar !!! Nu vi har bra kommunikation mellan oss i
banan ! Det är dags för den första officiella tävlingen ganska snart !
Bellas
förta officiella tävling var i Lieksa 20.5. där hon startade 2 gånger. Hon blev
diskad i båda. På sommaren vi tävlade inte. 20.8. Bella deltog i JoAs
inofficiella tävlingar och blev fjärde där. Bellas andra officiella tävlingen
var i Kajaani 13.10. där hon blev fjärde med sitt första resultat !! Nu vi ska
tävla några tävlingar innan det blir vinter.
Våret 2008 har börjat fint !!! Vi har tävlat 5 gånger nu och
blivit bättre i varje bana. I Varkaus (9.2.) vi fick 2 resultat men inga
placering, eftersom fi hade för mycket felpoäng. I Joensuu (21.3.) 2 placering
och till sist kommer Siilinjärvi (29.3.) där vi gjorde en kanonbana ! NOLLA
FEL, UNDER IDEALTIDEN, TREDJE PLATS och vår FÖRST
UPPFLYTTNINGSPINNE till Klass 2 !!! På sommaren vi tävlade också i Sverige. Vi
fick några placeringar i slutet av året men ingen nolla.
År 2009 började bra i Varkaus i hoppbana. Vi var tredje i
årets första tävling. Tillsvidare vi har fått vår ANDRA NOLLABANA och
UPPFLYTTNINGSPINNE och tre placeringar. Och alla vår resultat har varit under 26
felpoäng !!! Bella har utvecklats bra inom året !!
I slutet av August vi var uppflyttad till Klass 2 i vår hemmatävligar ! Bella gjorde hennes tredje NOLLABANA och VANN hennes sista Klass 1 start ! Med nollavinsten vi var uppflyttad till Klass 2 ! Hurra ! Bra gjort !
Bella tävlade i en Kalss 2 start och vi var på andra plats där. 6.12. vi slutade årets tävlingar i tävlingar här hemma. bellagjorde en nollaban med lite övertid och var TREJE ! den var hennes SJUNDE placering i TOP-3 i året ! Och densamma placering vi hade i Varkaus i början av året ! Det har varit ett bra år för Bella !
We started with agility at the end of the summer 2005. It was then that Bella had settled in enough for her to start training. We have progressed slowly but she is a clever girl. She can already do a small course. A-frame, dog walk, tunnel and the long jump are not difficult for her, but the tyre is. But we have found a solution to that problem. The weaves are not ready yet but I am confident that she can do them by next summer. I am hoping to start competing with Bella by the summer of 2006, when we are having Agirotu - competition in Janakkala.
The year 2006 has been full of shows so our agility training has been put aside. But at the end of the summer we have had time to start our training again and Bella has made a lot of progress. I am now trying to get her ready to start competing by the end of the year. And maybe the first competition is going to be a jumping class. The only obstacle that is still not "ready" is the weavepoles. Bella knows pretty much all the other obstacles. So the start of our career depends now only on the weavepoles. But Bella is clever and I am confident that it doesn't take too long a time for Bella to learn it.
Bella's FIRST ever agility competition was on 1.10. 2006 in an unofficial
competition which was held by Joensuun Agilityurheilijat. We were disqualified
because we had refusals but otherwise the experience was promising. Bella could
work well even though there were other dogs around. Now I know how she works in
a competition -type of situation. And all looks good for our future career !
The highligth of our career (so far !) came at the weekend of
31st of March-1st of April 2007 when Bella and I got our FIRST results in
a competition !! It was in an unofficial competition but still !!! Bella has
learned all the obstacles except the weavepoles so she is nearly
competition-ready. Maybe this spring we will compete in our first official
agility trials !
Bella's first competitions were in Lieksa 20.5. were she was
disqualified in both rounds. We did not compete in the summer. On the 20th of
August Bella took part in our agility club's (JoA) unofficial competitions and
was placed 4th there. Our next official competition was in Kajaani on the 13th
of October and there Bella got her first result and was placed 4th. We are going
to go to a few competitions before the winter comes. But it all depends on how
Bella does in the competitions. I don't want to rush her.
Year 2008
has started GREAT !!! First we competed in Varkaus (9.2.) where we got two
results but no placings, since we had too many faults. In Joensuu (21.3.) our
peformance had improved and we got 2 placings !!! Results were under 26 faults.
But we hit the JACKPOT in Siilinjärvi (29.3.) where we did OUR VERY
FIRST CLEAR ROUND and were placed 3rd !!!! This was our first
clear round out of 3 needed to be upgraded to Class 2 ! During the summer
we even competed in Sweden ! Our results were on/off during the rest of the year.
We were not able to get that clear round but we had few placings so all and all
the year was not too bad. Bella was inconsistent: she either got a quite nice
result (under 20 faults) or then a LOT of penalties. But hopefully she grows out
of it.
Year 2009
has been our breaktrough year. Bella started the year with a 3rd place in
Varkaus and so far we have had 3 placings, one QUALIFYING CLEAR
ROUND with 2nd place and ALL our results have been acceptable: under 26 faults.
She has done 2 clear round with just timefaults and has become more secure in
the course. So for this year I am hopeful. Maybe this year we WILL move up to
Class 2.
This year has been so far the best for us ! Bella and I got our last clear round in our home turf when
in August the 29th in our own competitions Bella WON her class with a clear round and we were upgraded to Class 2 with honours ! Yeah !
Bella competed in one Class 2 start and did a clear round with overtime and was placed 2nd !!! In this year's last competiton (6th of December) Bella did also a clear round with just little overtime and was placed 3rd !
It was her 7th placing in TOP-3 this year ! What a year this has been ! And it ended the way it started: a place in the podium ! Next year Class 3 ???