Dog Vegas Easter 2010 - Day 2

Well they day started badly with me getting a puncture and having to wait for the AA to come and change my tyre. This meant we were an hour late arriving and missed walking the first course! I therefore decided as it was agility to only run Jem in it and not worry about Elliot. This was also the only run that we managed to get on video as my classes either clashed with Pen/Paul running or I forgot the camera so again, most of this will just be my waffle!!

Jemma

Agility Graded 1-2
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_meJU7JPHP0
I forgot the front cross I had planned to do in this and that was why we had the little dance and then the problem with the weaves. I was pleased with her contacts although not really sure why she knocked the pole that she did!

Agility Graded 1-4
This course had a lot of traps in it, with the tunnel being under the dog walk, the weaves running along not far from the a frame, a bad anlge on to a long jump etc., however Jem ran it really nicely, lovely contacts, went up the dog walk and not into the tunnel, got the 45 degree weave angle, did all tweleve weaves, but then sadly went over a jump instead of into a tunnel - I think to stop this I should have said here/jem instead of tunnel as she came out the weaves pointing towards the jump. She did however then finish the course beautifully, not knocking the long jump this time!! :D

Jumping Graded 1-2
She was really naughty in this - it started two jumps in a straight line but then a 180 degree turn to no 3, despite me looking at jump two and pointing at it, she decided to go behind me and over jump three, all because I took a step that way before she was committed to the second jump, I know that is kind of my fault, however it doesn't excuse her going behind me!! Something else for us to work on!!

Elliot:

Agility Graded 1-4
This course started jump, cloth tunnel and after about 5 attempts of getting him to go over the first jump and not under it and straight in to the tunnel we gave up - I tried putting him at an angle and all sorts but it didn't work so I decided it wasn't worth letting him continue to do this as he was self rewarding himself with the tunnel and so was just learning to go under the jump - definately something we need to work on as he likes to do this in the middle of a course as well if the jump is closeish to the tunnel. His wait however was perfect every time :D

Jumping Graded 1-2
Again a beautiful wait but sadly he knocked the second pole, this was because he was focusing off into the distance and then as he was taking the pole I started moving right and he turned to look at me and see where I was off to!! He then did some lovely jumping and I thought I would try just running him at the six weaves - he missed the entrance and went in the next gap and then missed the next but he tried all the way to the end and was really happy so we just carried on rather than worrying him by doing them again. He then went on nicely but sadly came in the box on a corner because I moved off before he was committed - he was only doing what I had told him, however he then ran the rest of the course beautifully and did some really lovely jumping so I was really pleased with him.

When I got home I did some weaves withi him and he managed the six eight times in a row with me on the left and sort of running at them, he struggled a bit on the right but got there after a few minutes :) Hopefully this will help a bit for tomorrow, and I plan on doing some more tomorrow night to help for Monday :)