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3 dogs, 4 podiums :)

10 Oct 2012
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trials, world championships

2012 was definitely a great year for us. Bu winning European Open and National Championship and then on World Championships winning a silver medal in jumping teams and bronze in individual agility and ending 4th overall - I'm really proud on how consistent she is, never setting a foot wrong. She is certainly not the fastest dog out there, but can actually be competitive thanks to her running contacts, turns, efficient jumping style and of course perfect lines. She is extra easy to run with, I really know I can trust her completely, she has really impressive commitment and we also mastered how to deal with her stress to the degree that this year, I was not worried at all about the microchip check or whatever - she handled everything brilliantly.

Here are her runs:

Team jumping - I loved this run and my handling choices, running the end and the line to the weaves all with the dog on the right, but she got stuck in weaves (we never run on such soft weaves) and lost some time:

Silvia Trkman & Bu WC 2012

Team agility - 5th place in that run, but I don't find any videos - please send a link if you find a video!

Individual jumping:

Jumping Large SILVIA TRKMAN BU WC 2012

Individual agility - 3rd place:

SILVIA TRKMAN BU Agility ind 3 place

Le is Bu's opposite - certainly the fastest dog out there 🙂 but at 2 years and a half, not just as consistent. She won National Championship, one run on European Open and one run on World Championships. Individual runs results actually mean more to me as cumulative results, so I was very happy about that and didn't expect more as that from her at that age. I'm really happy about all her runs, I think she was brilliant, but she was running differently on that footing as on grass, so I should have supported her more. She also still needs some more Foundations work, so we're certainly revisiting that this winter!

And last, but not the least: I'm very happy that after winning in 2003 and 2005 and 3rd place in 2011 La was back to podium - definitely the oldest dog on a podium and definitely looking great for her age! I guess she is a living proof that repetitive nature of running contacts training is NOT bad for dogs and that agility keeps them young and happy.

Here is our team agility, La running first and Le last:

Agility team Medium SLOVENIA WC 2012

And team jumping, 4th place for our team:

Jumping team Medium SLOVENIA WC 2012

More of their videos in my post from yesterday. If anybody has or finds Le's individual jumping, let me know too! And oh, just a reminder in case you wanted to revisit Foundations too: October Foundation class is starting next week!!!

Photos by Anja Troha

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45 Comments

  1. Paola Alfaro October 11, 2012 at 23:16 Log in to Reply

    Congrats Silvia!!! amazing runs as always, and thanks for the great picture in the arena 🙂

    now…. we will start the foundations with my dog Aukan 🙂

  2. Jessica October 12, 2012 at 03:35 Log in to Reply

    Silvia, I adore this post! The pictures are great. Congrats on the wins!

  3. Uschi Temmel October 12, 2012 at 13:45 Log in to Reply

    Congratulations!

    All runs I have seen were impressive and fantastic….. The most beautiful thing by your runs is, that you are always happy and proud of your dogs. one can see that you love your dogs and that they love you.

    I start the foundation with the german sheperd from my mother and I’m looking forward what we will learn from you.

    Congratulation to your runs and your results again.

    • LoLaBu October 12, 2012 at 17:55 Log in to Reply

      Thanks! 🙂 See you in class!

  4. Anonymous October 14, 2012 at 11:09 Log in to Reply
    WC2012 Silvia Trkman & Le 1st place AGILITY MEDIUM INDIVIDUAL


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sialaSilvia Trkman is known for bringing every dog, from her first dog on, to the very top of the sport. Her dogs are known for great speed, tight turns, running contacts and long and injury-free careers. Silvia is in agility since 1992 and is
– 3x World Champion (with two different dogs)
– 5x European Open winner, with 4 different dogs (Lo, La, Bu, Le)!!!
– National Championships podium and World Team member with every dog she’s ever had
– National Champion for 22-times (with 5 different dogs of 3 different breeds)

– World Team member for 19-times (mostly with at least two dogs at the time – sometimes four 🙂 )

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