Monday, November 2, 2015

2015 – Rock Star!

So….  what did we do in 2015….  here it is!!  He’s earned his Rock Star name!

BARN HUNT
Dog Owner Date Class Time Placement High in Class Location
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-03-27 Master 1 min. 51 sec. 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-03-28 Master 1 min. 41 sec. 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-03-29 Master 1 min. 43 sec. 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-03-29 Master 2 min. 36 sec. 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-07-04 Master 1 min. 49 sec. 1 yes Menasha WDC
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-07-04 Master 1 min. 59 sec. 1 yes Menasha WDC
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-07-05 Master 2 min. 5 sec. 2 ------ Menasha WDC
RATCHX3 achieved!
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-03 Master 2 min. 11 sec. 1 yes Menasha Gail
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-04 Master 1 min. 49 sec. 1 yes Menasha Gail
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-04 Master 2 min. 5 sec. 1 yes Menasha Gail
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-23 Master 2:08:24 2 ------ Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-24 Master 1:19:78 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-24 Master 1:42:31 1 yes Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-25 Master 1:34:50 2 ------ Sheboygan
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-10-25 Master 1:33:35 1 yes Sheboygan
Summary: 12 first place finishes (all High in Class), 3 second place finishes. New personal best of 1 min. 19 sec.
Comments: Jake did only 4 weekends of Barn Hunt in 2015 but accomplished all the goals we set out to accomplish. He started out the year with an average time of about 2 min. for a master course and ended up with the last 4 trials averaging 1 min. 32 seconds. He brought home 12 first place ribbons (all 12 earning him HIGH IN CLASS) and 3 second place ribbons. He continued his unbroken record of placing if he qualified! AND he earned a RATCHX3 in July!
DOCK JUMPING
Dog Owner Date Venue Class Jump Placing Location
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-13 Pier Pups Novice 0-10'11" 10'5" 1st FDL
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-13 Pier Pups Novice 10'5" 1st FDL
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-27 Pier Pups Open 11'-15'11" 11'5" 1st Beaver Dam
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-27 Pier Pups Open 12' 1st Beaver Dam
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-27 Pier Pups Open 12' 1st Beaver Dam
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-06-27 Pier Pups Open (finals) 12' 1st Beaver Dam
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-07-03 Dock Dogs Junior 13'5' 2nd Green Bay
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-07-03 Dock Dogs Junior 13'2" 3rd Green Bay
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-08-04 Dock Dogs Junior 14'2" 1st Oshkosh
Junior title awarded by Dock Dogs after 3 successful jumps in the Junior class (10' to 14'11)
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-08-05 Dock Dogs Junior 14'3" 1st Oshkosh
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-08-05 Dock Dogs Junior 13'5" 3rd Oshkosh
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-08-06 Dock Dogs Junior 12'4" 2nd Oshkosh
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-08-07 Dock Dogs Senior 16'6" 2nd Oshkosh
Jake earned an invitation to participate in the Dock Dogs World Championship in Iowa based on the average of his jumps at the Wild Card event at the Winnebago County Fair in Oshkosh.
Summary: 8 first place wins, 3 second place finishes and 2 third place finishes.
Comments: In November 2014 Jake was introduced to swimming and for 3 months wore a life jacket until he "got it". When dock jumping season started in June we decided to try it and in a 2 month period he increased his jumps from 10.5 feet to 16.6 feet, placed in all his jumps, earned a title and earned an invitation to Dock Dogs World Competition!! Jake's enthusiam for jumping never waivered but unfortunately, a skin infection cut short his successful season.
TRICK DOG
Dog Owner Date Title Class Venue
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-04-05 Trick Dog Novice Do More With Your Dog
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-04-05 Trick Dog Intermediate Do More With Your Dog
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-04-05 Trick Dog Advanced Do More With Your Dog
Jake Laurel Stone 2015-04-05 Trick Dog Expert Do More With Your Dog
Summary: Four titles earned by submitting videos of tricks (skills) that Jake does.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

3 HICs again in Sheboygan!

Jake did it again!!!  I posted this to my profile and Brenda reposted to the Great Lakes Barn Hunt Facebook Group!!  Nuff said!!  _________________________________________________________________
Brenda Coffield shared your post.    October 27 at 5:57am

THE ELITE SQUAD OF BARN HUNT CHAMPIONS.

Laurel Stone's Jake pictured here is one of the top barn hunt dogs, even with limited appearances this year. But there is a growing number of these super hunters pushing the envelope for a sub-one-minute master run. Has there been a sub-one-minute master run anywhere yet? Here is Laurel's report on Jake and other top Master performances in Sheboygan WI last weekend.

"Thank you Jake for another rockin' weekend at the SDTC Barn Hunt trial!! Jake won 3 High in Class ribbons with scores of 1 min. 33 sec., 1 min. 35 sec. and a new personal best for a master run of 1 min. 19 sec.!! He took 2 second place ribbons with scores of 2 min. 7 sec. (congrats to Blu and Cheryl who beat us by 4 seconds) and 1 min. 34 seconds (congrats to Nitro and Carl who had a mach speed of 1 min. 17 sec. to take the win!) As you can see, there was competition! What fun! I'm so proud of Jake! This was our 4th Barn Hunt weekend in 2015 and he has consistently decreased his time!! Oh WAIT! He always WAS fast! I just started believing him!!! What a guy!!"

Laurel Stone's photo.

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Jackie Wood Big congrats, big guy!!!!!

Shelly Gordon Stemm Congratulations you are closing in on that sub minute run!! Nice dog!!

Ellen Hizer Junior once cleared a ring of 5 rats in 1:29. Would love to try Crazy 8s with him.

Willy Demis Does Jake have a finished cue? How do you know so quickly that the rats have been found? The best my boy has done is 1:39.66 on five rats. It's easy though when you have five since you know you're done.

Laurel Stone Willy Demis - I will often ask Jake "Are we done" and he will usually do one of 2 things... (1) bounce over to the gate as I promise him sardines or (2) immediately run to get the rat he has been saving. As I'm getting the leash after I've called it ...See More

Willy Demis That's a really good point! Very often I feel like I know when he's found them all, but I check and check and check again to be sure. What about tunneling? Do you save that for last?

Laurel Stone While Jake is hunting I don't ask him to tunnel but when I think he's done I do. If he ignores me I watch carefully because there is probably another rat out there. If he doesn't zoom in on one I ask him to tunnel again. If he ignores me again, I then start "telling" him to tunnel. We went through a period of time where he didn't want to leave the course because the fun was over which is the reason for the sardines in his crate in the van. (I open the can and put then in a dish before the run.)

Willy Demis Laurel Stone I love your style! I've also found that immediate reward (I use play/tug) as quickly as possible at the car is imperative to a fast performance. I discovered this a couple years ago in agility. My dog performed twice as fast when I started playing immediately after the run. This seems to hold true in barn hunt as well.

Willy Demis I mean- that seems completely obvious to read, but as you know with your sardines- it *actually* makes a huge difference in reality. Not just a theoretical difference.

Laurel Stone Willy Demis If I was physically able to play/tug with him I'd be doing it for sure but when you reach a certain age and need new knees, you use sardines!! lol Jake would MUCH prefer the playing!

Nancy Foster Amazing job!

Nancy Kois Henley recently recorded his personal best in Master with 4 rats at 1:37 !!

Matt Meiring If you video the runs I love to watch one

Willy Demis I was thinking the same!

Laurel Stone http://www.lstonephotography.com/.../Jakes-Barn-Hunt-Videos/

Jake's Barn Hunt Videos - Laurel Stone  LSTONEPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

Laurel Stone I try to videotape as many as I can and then watch them over and over to study his body language. Jake has had quite a few sub one minute runs but I have extended them "just to be sure" and doubled his official time!!

Matt Meiring Jake hunts a lot like my dog Ski. I like the challenge of truly clearing a ring in under a minute. Not just a quick call.

Laurel Stone Matt Meiring until this thread I hadn't thought much about a run under a minute. My 2015 goal was to average runs under 2 minutes which we did ending up this last weekend with runs about a minute and a half. The 2016 season starts for us in April and a worthwhile goal to shoot for would be to decrease Jake's time to under a minute! smile emoticon

Cheryl Bracht Thanks, Laurel. Congratulations to both you and Jake. Good luck to you in the upcoming months....

Kari Olson He is very amazing.

Matt Meiring By the way Jake is a great hunter.I look forward to hunting with you someday we can shoot for the elusive sub minute score .. I'll post video if I ever get lucky and all the stars are aligned.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

A Dock Dog title and WORLDS!

5 jumps in the Junior class earns him a title!

Cabela’s Independence Splash

  • Big Air Wave # 2, Wed Jul 15, 12:00 pm  CDT 13’5”  2nd place  Junior
  • Big Air Wave # 3, Wed Jul 15, 02:00 pm  CDT 13’2”  3rd place  Junior

Winnebago County Fair - Wild Card Event

  • Big Air Wave # 1, Tue Aug 04, 06:00 pm  CDT 14’2” 1st place Junior
  • Big Air Wave # 2, Wed Aug 05, 12:00 pm  CDT  14’3”  1st place  Junior 
  • Big Air Wave # 3, Wed Aug 05, 02:00 pm  CDT  13’5”  3rd place  Junior  New title – Junior
  • Big Air Wave # 6, Thu Aug 06, 12:00 pm  CDT 12’4” 2nd Junior
  • Big Air Wave # 10, Fri Aug 07, 11:00 am  CDT  16’6” 2nd place Senior (personal best!

Average jump at the Fair was about 14 feet which was close to the top of the Junior division without going over it.  This earned Jake an invitation to the World Championship in November in Dubuque Iowa!!

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2015 Invitation - Laurel Stone & Jake BA Junior

Posted in FACEBOOK…

So I'm pretty new to this dock jumping stuff since our first event was mid June but Jake must have done something right at the Winnebago County Fair Dock Dog event because it earned him an invitation to the World Championships in Iowa in November! I'm not sure how that happened but so proud of the kid yet again!

  • Laurel Stone Thanks Dawn! It was a surprise to me!

  • Linda Marx Congrats you both deserve it. My little boy has done good. Love that Jake . You to Laurel.

  • Cheryl Bracht Way cool Laurel!!!!

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

More awesome shots from the fair!

Jake speed Retreive Winnebago Co (Mike)Jake 10

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Dock dogs in action at the fair!

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Speed Retrieve 9.330 seconds!

…..not bad for a 75 pound German Shepherd!!

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