Agility Nuts - 15/11/09

Elliot only had two runs as I decided not to run him over the contact equipment as he isn't ready to do the whole thing yet (despite the fact he thinks he is!!)


Jumping:
Elliot
He was a really good boy and ended up finishing 5th :) He was only 1.67 seconds slower than the winner (21.95) and this probably had something to do with when I was pushing him over into the "wrong end" of the tunnel he was convinced he should go in the other end so we tripped over each other and then he gave me a look as if to say "what ARE you doing?!?" but then all was well again when I told him he could go in the tunnel, just the other end than where he wanted to go!! So all in all a very nice run from him (probably not from me though as I should have had the confidence to front cross where I had planned too!!)

Jemma
All was going great until we got to the top corner and as she got there a pointer in the other ring went racing into the tunnel in that corner of their ring (if that makes sense), anyway she saw it and turned into naughty flyball Jemma and went chasing after it, although was she realised it had long gone, and had a firm shout from me she came back, on course as well!! However this made me forget to front cross her as well and I stood no chance of pushing her into the opposite end of the tunnel so she got E'd :(

Agility
For some unknown reason Jem messed up her weaves despite the fact they were only the third obstacle and the two jumps before and the weave entry were in a straight line!! I don't know if it had something to do with the fact I left he and went to between the second jump and the weaves and so she was rushing too much, but anyway this made me less enthusiastic and so I completely forgot the course at the end which lead to an E - whoops!!

Time Fault and Out Agility
This time Jem managed her weaves, but I hung back and sent her from just past the first jump. She then worked lovely but second time round the course I forgot she had to do the weaves until after she had done the jump before so commanded her too late (it seems to work if I command her before the jump before them!) so she messed them up - however she finished 4th :) The judge also commented after that she had lovely contacts - the retraining has obviously paid off!! :D

Tunnel Torment
Elliot
He ran really nicely but on one of the corners I dropped my arm (I was told afterwards) and so he went under the jump - however as it was just the one I carried on and he carried on really nicely, until the second tunnel - bless him, it had all bunched up and he went in and couldn't go round the corner bit so came out, I sent him through again and it didn't work, same again but the the judge came and sorted it out and then he could do it and finished the course nicely. So again, I was very happy with him :)

Jemma
She ran really nicely, although is still going quite wide on her turns - something else to work on! She finished third on 21.345 - 2.15 seconds slower than the winner!!