Brisbee's 2006 Update Archive

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=138 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="181e008b2egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="E.F.F.D. 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 The Killer B's (known more for their extreme cuteness and enthusiasm than their accuracy) debuted dead last for a few weeks, but slowly climbed up the rankings to finish a respectable 46th.  The Friday night Forest Grove league is always the best, with the most relaxed, fun and supportive group around - and the final pot luck this week was awesome!  This will hopefully not be Brisbee's final league experience, and next year he'll be rocking every course ...</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> BRISBEE'S </div> <div> PERFORMANCE DEBUT</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0f6a13a0.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="314" ALT="Photo by Matt Sachs - agilityimages.com" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Black CAT USDAA Trial - Ridgefield, WA</I></div> <div> <I>October 14-15th, 2006</I></div> <bR> <div> Brisbee's October of Agility is paying off, slowly but surely.  His attitude at this trial was fantastic, he was perky, strutting around, pulling Bruce everywhere full speed ahead.  On course we're still dealing with stress displacement, but he's stressing 'up', not shutting down.  When he gets going he's zooming across the equipment, through the weaves, and even the teeter!  Still lots of sightseeing inbetween, but when he gets going, he's RUNNING, not trotting.  </div> <bR> <div> Once again, an improvement over last weekend, and once Bruce could get him focused, 12 weaves were not a problem at all.  I would say he's having a lot more fun, his attitude is improved dramatically, and I have high hopes that we can get Brisbee to the same level of performance that we see in class.  Of course, it IS Brisbee, I'm not saying it will happen quickly or at every run, but I'm feeling very hopeful that after next weekend's trial and after league this winter Brisbee will be more 'trial ready'.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/brisbeeUSDAA.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/br"><I>Brisbee's Black Cat Musical Review!</I></A></div> <div> _______________________________________________________</div> <div> BRISBEE THE </div> <div> SNOOKERMASTER</div> <div> <I>(Sort of)</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0f7338a0.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Fleet Feet CPE Trial - Turner, OR</I></div> <div> <I>October 7-8th, 2006</I></div> <bR> <div> Brisbee began his 'month of trials' this weekend, with a full CPE trial down in Turner.  The good news is that Brisbee was definitely improved in terms of stress level over his last trial.  In fact, Brisbee also improved dramatically from Saturday to Sunday as well.  We're still not seeing the bouncy, happy dog we'd like, but we're going to keep working at it.  Next weekend a full schedule of USDAA runs, and then even a little NADAC the weekend after.  He's also entered in league this winter, so we're keeping our fingers crossed we can work through his stress issues in competition environments.</div> <bR> <div> Brisbee was much more focused this trial, and even went from being too stressed to weave on Saturday to getting the weaves first try on Sunday - winning Level 3 Standard and Snooker, and even having the most points of all Level 3 dogs.  Go Brisbee!  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/brisbeeCPEsnooker10-8.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/br"><I>1st Place Level 3 Snooker</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/brisbeeCPEjumpers10-8.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/br"><I>2nd Place Level 3 Jumpers</I></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b571cc20.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="194" ALT="Photo by Matt Sachs - agilityimages.com" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>____________________________________________________</I></div> <div> Welcome to Level 2!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="327a63d0.jpg" border=0 width="422" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fleet Feet CPE Trial - Turner, OR</div> <div> February 18-19th, 2006</div> <bR> <div> We went ahead and took the plunge to see if Brisbee's teeter performance would stay solid in competition and moved him up to level 2 for this trial.  After 3 years of training and retraining, would he balk at the teeter yet again?  It didn't help that the weather this weekend was near freezing, and Brisbee is a dog made for warm and sunny climates.  Brisbee was a trooper though, got out there on course and did teeter after teeter, only gaining more confidence as the weekend went on.  Never once did he pretend he couldn't see it, stop at the pivot or show signs of reluctance.  He was the teeter master!  Weaves were also not an issue, he was finding his entries and bouncing along confidently to the end!  Saturday was a great day, he was obviously having a great time, bouncy and happy on course ... and not qualifying at all.  "Bouncy" Brisbee is hard to steer, and "Bouncy" Brisbee tends to run around jumps to get to more favored obstacles!  Sunday he was less into the game itself, but I continued to run him anyway for the ring experience, and he continued to do his weaves and teeter, qualifying in 5 out of 8 runs - good boy!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/brisbeeCPEfeb2006sm.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/br">Brisbee in Action</A>!</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div> AGILITY BRISBEE RUNS AGAIN</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3128e2a0.jpg" border=0 width="398" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fleet Feet CPE Trial</div> <div> <I>Turner, OR - November 5-6, 2005</I></div> <bR> <div> Brisbee has been taking a break for agility for a while, but he was back in action this weekend.  With Bruce traveling, Brisbee had to settle for being run by Heather, which is definitely not his preference.  Still, it was a perky, bouncy Brisbee that showed up at the trial, and while he was a little distracted, he didn't seem overly stressed at all.  He even did some bonus weavepoles and a TEETER!  A good showing for the Brisbee, and hopefully Bruce and Brisbee will make a level 2 debut next year!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/brisbeeCPEnovsm.wmv" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.brisbeethewhite.com/videos/br">A Bouncing Brisbee!</A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="315b4470.jpg" border=0 width="436" height="327" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> _________________________</div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brisbees 2005 Update Archive">2005</A> Updates</div> <div> <A HREF="brisbee_update_archive_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brisbee Update Archive 2007">2007</A> Updates</div> </td> </tr></table></body>