Agility Nuts 14/02/10 - What a day!!!

Agility
Elliot didn’t go in because I couldn’t make up a course without doing the contacts and had decided after my last few attempts and what he is like in training I wouldn't bother attempting any agility equipment!!

Jemma
Well she did beautiful contacts, stopping on all three of them, although still a bit slower than I would like but then I am picky!!! She did her 6 weaves beautifully first time and I remembered to properly run whilst she was going them!!! The fourth jump from the end was at a really bad angle, I can’t really describe it and tried to draw it but couldn’t so you will just have to believe me that it was hard and that it was my fault she didn’t take it because I didn’t send her to it at the right angle!! She then decided to go up the dog walk again, turn round and come down so I held on the bottom for a while and sent her over two jumps to the end :)

Snooker

Again Elliot didn’t run because I couldn’t do a course avoiding the contacts

Jemma
Again, beautiful a-frame contacts if still a little too slow! However she was really naughty and when she came out the tunnel I was stood between the see-saw and a jump and the see-saw was slightly to the right of the tunnel exit, anyway, as she came out I clearly pointed at the see-saw and said see-saw but she decided to go against all our training and go behind me and go over the jump!! Naughty girl, but hey at least it has given us something else to work on!!

Jumping

Jemma
Really nice jumping, it felt faster and more flowly than before we started going to SMART however she decided she couldn’t weave any more and it took us 3 attempts to do 6 weaves!!! Other than that I was very happy with her!

Elliot
Well we made up our own course that missed out the weaves (although he did look at the weaves and run very focused towards them but I was sensible for once and decided not to risk doing them!) but still included the flick-flack and pull through and he did it beautifully going clear with what I asked him to do :D

Helter-Skelter

Jemma
Beautiful clear round, however there was one point where I meant to do a second front cross (after the tunnel, the first being before it) but forgot so had to back-cross so she finished fourth with a time of 20.837s – 0.638s slower than the winner! :)

Elliot
Well, he shocked me, in a good way, he did a beautiful clear round and I remembered to do the second front cross!! So he finished up with a time of 20.199 – and a place of ... FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so shocked and so happy, his trips to Cardiff have been worth it :P What a clever little man, I am well chuffed and can’t wait until he can at least weave so stand a chance at KC in jumping even if not in agility!!