#excellenta

[12:25:28 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a:

[12:25:31 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: dnsjakdfnsakjd

[12:25:34 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: i am having feelings baout

[12:25:38 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: striders

[12:25:41 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: bring bros

[12:25:43 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: woW

[12:26:21 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: omg i have those feelings every day girl

[12:26:39 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: high fives u

[12:26:45 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: and hten cries

[12:26:55 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: bc its the best when they are rly good siblingS OK

[12:27:05 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: hold u close and bites my lip dramatically holding back tears

[12:27:24 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: roses bloom in the background

[12:27:27 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: kira kira

[12:27:30 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: sparKLES

[12:27:37 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: also it is in the rain

[12:28:36 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: perfect, the skirt im wearing rustles in the wind slightly as a breeze goes by whisking some of the nearby cherry blossom petals to swirl around us

[12:28:58 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: violin music swells

[12:29:07 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: its a classical rendition of tight pants

[12:30:47 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: because of the slight wind the ribbon holding my hair up un-does itself as my hair blows gently infront of my face. I lift your head up to look you in the eyes and whisper "the striders make my kokoro go doki doki" in a soft longing voice

[12:35:28 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: i reach up the hand that i am not cupping your face with and catch the ribbon and tie it back into your hair as i murmur into your ears "dave and bro are perfect kawaii bakas together"

[12:37:07 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: a single tear falls and i wrap my arms around your shoulders and clutch your shirt tightly. I hold back a scream and instead more tears appear. "why do i love them so much" I ask brokenly "why"

[12:39:42 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: i hold you tightly against my womanly bosom and stroke your hair comfortingly. as i cry softly, "we just don't know"

[12:39:53 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: lies down

[12:39:56 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: tries not to cry

[12:39:57 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: cries a lot

[12:40:50 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: "THEY'RE ONLY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS" i scream, giving up trying to hold it back and i rip both my vocal cords and heart out so i could finally rest in peace

[12:42:02 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: "jESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!!!!!!!!" I SCREECH, CRADLING YOUR BROKEN BODY. I SOFTLY SING MM WATCHA SAY AS I GATHER YOUR REMAINS AND PREPARE YOUR FUNERAL

[12:44:27 PM] daves-kawaii-ochinchin: i am buried in my grave as "shake it bake it booty quake it" plays in the background and everyone breaks into dance

[12:47:16 PM] Asdnajsdk lald;a: the camera pans out, and the screen fades to black. the words "in memoriam of daves-kawaii-ochinchin, she loved the striders dearly" appear. the movie wins an oscar and a golden globe

This weekend at the PVGRC agility trial, Riot completed both his OA and OAJ titles!

Saturday

First thing Saturday morning was Open JWW (not on video). The course was nice and flowy. We had a refusal early on on a jump and I'm not sure what happened. I don't know if I pulled him off of it or he wasn't paying attention to it, but I managed to pull him back around and we finished the course without any other incidents. He even nailed his weave entry. Riot Q'd with a 95 and 3rd place. This was his third leg and completed his OAJ title.

That afternoon was Open STD and Riot Q'd with another 3rd place. Riot's a-frame contact was not very good and his teeter wasn't great, but he had a nice dog walk contact. I'm still holding contacts longer than I would normally with him as we have plenty of time to spare and I want to reenforce good habits. I made a bad assumption and didn't support the dog walk after the tunnel the way I should have. Riot got a refusal there, but otherwise had a very nice run.

Sunday - Riot's Excellent Debut

First up was Riot's first time in Exc A STD. Riot's contacts looked great this run. I did release him quickly off the teeter to the table, but he held both his dog walk and a-frame today beautifully. We had a bit of a bobble in the middle of the course with Riot taking an off course jump before the tire -- something none of us saw as possibility (and I don't think any other dog took it either), but Riot was absolutely determined to take it. I called him back around and then I have no idea what happened on the weave polls. He completely blew by them for some odd reason, initially I wasn't going to fix them, then I decided I was going to go back and fix them, but even on the fix he didn't stay in which was very odd. On video he looks like he's say "come on there are better things to do." I have no idea what that was about, and I don't know why I was so lax about his not weaving. I don't think my wishy-washy-ness (nice word, huh) helped the situation any and I'm not sure if that's why he didn't complete the weaves the second time. The rest of the course was really nice and I'm especially happy with how he read the closing sequence of jumps. Riot's first attempt at Exc A STD ended in an NQ, but it certainly did have "moments of brilliance."

Our final run of the weekend was our first Exc A JWW run. Riot was a little distracted and pokey for this run, but still managed to run clean, Q, and come in 3rd place! I'm not really sure what the pokiness/sniffing was about, he was nice and drive-y for the first 3 obstacles, but then had his nose down after jump 4 and after jump 6. The rear on the flat into the weaves worked out nicely and he nailed his weave entrance (no sign of any of the weave issues we faced in the morning). I did pull him out really early for this run. I think they weren't even half way down the first page of 20" dogs when I brought him up to the ring and he was the 7th dog or so on the 3rd page of 20s. In addition, they weren't even moving that fast even though the course was a fairly fast course. I was also really nervous for some reason running this course, so he could have picked up on that too.