Today was our first private agility lesson in Bristol and it was great to get some one on one time with the dogs and work on their own individual "problems".
Jemma:
We worked on me driving her forwards by getting her excited rather than just shouting high pitched commands at her - it worked well, she picked up a lot on her speed and seemed to enjoy it even more, something I wasn't sure was possible!! We also worked on her driving to the bottom of the A-frame without me being there, rather than her going slowly down it from the top with me along her side - she also picked this up well :) Her weaves, well we did these on lead but with driving her forward to her target with her ball/treats on - this got her head down so she was looking at the poles and not the sky - again I can see this working!! :) so all in all she had a good day and I was very proud of her!!
Elliot:
Well I was very proud of him - there was a donkey and pony in the next door field and he looked at them but didn't go to chase them at all - very unusual for him!! :) We worked on him driving forwards to his tuggy and he managed two jumps, tunnel, three jumps :) We did some contact work on the A-frame and he was slowly getting the hang of it - his favourite trick is to spin round off the contact and then touch the target bless him!!. We also did some figures of eight around jump wings for his handling and he picked this up quickly!! :)
Homework:
I have got to work on both their waits - they are very twitchy with every move I make!! Also got to do some round the wing stuff with Elliot but will also do this with Jem.
Saturday, 31 January 2009
First post
A good day training today has prompted me to start keeping a record of it.
I will start by giving some background so I have a starting point.
Jemma:
I have had her since she was a year and a half and she is now 5.
She has recently started competing in agility and been to 4 competitions and got one clear round which gave her an eleventh place out of 75 :D It is the weaves that normally lets us down but we are getting there with them.
She is going to her first obedience competition at the end of march, she has only done league matches so far and although i have been working on her heelwork she still has issues with staying sat when she is meant to!!
She also does flyball and has been to a few competitions but for some unknown reason prefeers to play with the other team - she never normally pays any attention to other dogs!!
Elliot:
I have had him only six months and he has jsut turned 1.
When I got him he was petrified of people and everything else for that matter bless him. However he is now a completely different dog and he loves everyone!! He is also VERY smart and picks everything up REALLY quickly. When out on walks he is a little bit of a terror - he likes to chase wheels which means he isn't off lead much although I now have a 99% recall when he has a ball in his mouth and there are no wheels around (occasionally even when there are!!) and so if I take him to Blaise castle he can go off lead in the woods and he has a really great time, hence me visiting there as much as possible!!
He goes to obedience training and will be competeing in the same competition as Jemma, I thought if I was taking one I may as well take them both especially as he has picked everything up so quick.
He started puppy agility over Christmas and absolutely loved it!! He has started flyball training as well and has picked that up Super quick too, he can be seen in nats video here he is the first dog on the video :)
I will start by giving some background so I have a starting point.
Jemma:
I have had her since she was a year and a half and she is now 5.
She has recently started competing in agility and been to 4 competitions and got one clear round which gave her an eleventh place out of 75 :D It is the weaves that normally lets us down but we are getting there with them.
She is going to her first obedience competition at the end of march, she has only done league matches so far and although i have been working on her heelwork she still has issues with staying sat when she is meant to!!
She also does flyball and has been to a few competitions but for some unknown reason prefeers to play with the other team - she never normally pays any attention to other dogs!!
Elliot:
I have had him only six months and he has jsut turned 1.
When I got him he was petrified of people and everything else for that matter bless him. However he is now a completely different dog and he loves everyone!! He is also VERY smart and picks everything up REALLY quickly. When out on walks he is a little bit of a terror - he likes to chase wheels which means he isn't off lead much although I now have a 99% recall when he has a ball in his mouth and there are no wheels around (occasionally even when there are!!) and so if I take him to Blaise castle he can go off lead in the woods and he has a really great time, hence me visiting there as much as possible!!
He goes to obedience training and will be competeing in the same competition as Jemma, I thought if I was taking one I may as well take them both especially as he has picked everything up so quick.
He started puppy agility over Christmas and absolutely loved it!! He has started flyball training as well and has picked that up Super quick too, he can be seen in nats video here he is the first dog on the video :)
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