Another Barn Hunt weekend is in the books for me and Olivia. Olivia was the big winner of this weekend with a Q in one of her two Open runs, and a second place. Can you tell she is rather proud of it?
I wasn’t feeling well on Saturday. For some reason, my tummy was upset, so I was super slow, and not my usual self. I didn’t Q in any of my masters runs. Olivia and I did each do one Crazy 8’s run and each took home points.
Crazy 8’s is eight hidden rats, and you must tunnel and climb, all in two minutes. You earn ten points for each rat, and the climb and tunnel for a maximum of a hundred points. It was too hard for Olivia with all the rat smells, she couldn’t figure it out, but she still did tunnel, climb and found one rat, so she earned thirty points. I was really good and found five rats, did my tunnel and climb. You need five hundred points for the first award level. I did it a few times about two years ago, so I now have half the points I need.
Lots of folks have requested to see Olivia do Barn Hunt, so we had a friend video her run when she got her Q. For some reason, Olivia was pretty distracted. She did find both rats almost right away, but only gave Mom a quick glance and then moved on. Normally she will sit down and stare at Mom, so the rats were not called. As time was almost up, Mom took Olivia back to those two spots and correctly called RAT. In Open you have 2:30 to find 2 rats, tunnel, and climb. Olivia’s Q time was 2:29:87! Whew, that is cutting it a bit too close!
Remember, a handler cannot touch their dog in barn hunt except for the moment they find a rat. Notice, Mom keeps her hands behind her back most of the time so she doesn’t accidentally touch us.
Now she just needs one more Open Q for her title. Maybe at the trial next month, we shall see! Even though it was not our best Barn Hunt weekend ever, it was still a lot of fun and we did have some success.
We are joining the Brian’s Home Blog Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
oh wow!!! thanks for the video!!!! and we are sure the next Q comes soon and the titel is yours!!!
We hope so too!
Good work pups! That video is wonderful and your photos are extra sweet with your success – congratulations!
Thank you. We like to get pretty ribbons for our work.
That does look like fun and congrats on that Q sweet Olivia! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
I only need one more, so I am going to practice before my next trial.
That was so close – only 2 seconds to spare! Yay, Olivia. I hope your tummy is better, Madison. Chicken, rice, and broth work wonders on an upset tummy. XOXO, Sparkle
It doesn’t get much closer, but it is a Q! Mom thinks it was my heartworm pill that I took that morning. It doesn’t normally do anything to me, but this time she ground it and put it with my food. Usually, she sticks it down my throat. I was just not myself, but it happens, and I was fine Sunday.
The video was fun to watch! Thanks for sharing with us. Hope you are feeling better Madison.
I was fun Friday at the trial, but Saturday, I wasn’t feeling like my energetic self. Sunday I was back to normal.
Good job Mom!!! My hands would have been all over my dog! Good job, O!
It’s hard for Mom because in many of our sports she can touch us, pull us, etc, but not in barn hunt.
Oh what good work Olivia – We all know you knew where those rats were and was just playing with your Mom!
Mom needs to learn to sniff them out herself, but she says she can’t do it.
I so enjoyed the video. Never having done this type of thing it’s interesting to see all the work that goes into this. Well done, Olivia.
Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday. Scritches to your precious pups. ♥
Thank you. There are two tubes with rats, two with litter, and one with nothing. We have to find the two with rats at this level.
Barn hunt looks like fun! Sorry you weren’t feeling well that day, Madison; but glad you were able to accumulate some points anyway. And Olivia looked like she was enjoying herself.
Olivia gets so busy having fun, she forgets the point of being in the ring. She is young and will get better with more experience. I was just not feeling like myself for one day, thankfully.
Congratulations! We would love to chase varmits but have to settle for tree rats and lizards.
Tree rats are fun to chase. We are not allowed to go near stuff like frogs, lizards, etc. Mom is terrified of them and says if we put one in our mouth, we need to find a new home!
The fun part is the most important. Proud of you both. Thanks for the video.
Fun is the priority, but fun and winning is even better for dog and person!
Well done, Olivia, concatulations and that video was great. You’re very well trained 🙂 You don’t need any help to find that rat, do you? 😸Pawkisses for a Happy Thursday🐾😽💞
I find them, but I have to remember to tell my mom because we are a team. I forget she has a terrible nose and can’t smell a rat like I can.
It sure looked like Olivia was having fun and it’s always nice to see you gals doing what you enjoy!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
We both had fun, but I wasn’t on top of my game since I didn’t feel right.
We loved watching you work, Olivia! You are so light on your feets and those ears!
I still have the clumsy puppy thing going on which always amuses my mom.
That was fun to watch! Good job, Olivia!
For people who don’t know how it goes, it helps one understand the challenge
And every weekend is more experience so you both get better and better with practice. Congratulations!
Very true, and for Olivia is is really important to get lots of experience under her furs while she is young.
You are lever pups.
🙂 Thank you.
Congrats gals, sorry you weren’t feeling well.
It was weird. I was fine in the morning, then had tummy trouble for a while and then was fine again.