Dog Vegas Easter 2010 - Day 4

Fiona kindly took some videos today, so there should be less waffle :D

A link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQllPnQq4Y

Jemma:

Agility Graded 1-4 - 2nd Place!!!
I am so annoyed with myself for this round – she missed out on 1st by half a second, her time was 29.972 with the winner having a time of 29.589 and 3rd place having a time of 33.043!! The ground was really slippy (as you can see from the vid it was very rainy!!!) and I didn’t feel I had time to front cross the bit where I back crossed and she twiddled, on walking the course I knew she would twiddle if I back crossed (after what she had been like the rest of the weekend!) and looking at the video I had plenty of time to do the front cross, I spent a lot of time dithering, although she did only just get her contact so who knows. What I could/should have done is done a longer lead out and got to the jump after the dog walk but nevermind, we live and learn, our turn will come!!

Agility Graded 1-3
Well, if only she could distinguish between weaves and a seesaw facing the wrong way we would have been alright!! I was really pleased with how well she work on the two big turns as if she had been going clear until the bit before the a-frame i was going to back cross as i didn’t think she would work that far away!

Jumping Graded 1-2
I don’t know what was going through my head at the beginning, I was going to pivot lead out on to the weaves and then kind of forgot what I was doing, I think I then dawdled too much when she was in the weaves!!

Elliot:
I didn’t take him in the first agility class as I couldn’t easily do a course with him, I did however take him in the second one – he broke his wait, didn’t do the six weaves (for some reason known only to myself I didn’t put him back and do them again) he did the jumps before the dog walk lovely, I then thought I would let him do one bad contact as it was the only way to get him to the finish, and it was very bad, he jumped off half way down, i did however put him on the bottom and make him wait before he went over the last jump!!

Jumping Graded 1-2
Don’t know where his wait has disappeared to!! I don’t think it will be long before he is weaving, he is desperate to do them!! I was really pleased with his jumping – just got to sort out these jumps before the tunnels!!

All in all it was an eventful weekend and has given us a lot to work on, my list that I can think of right now (I will probably add to it!!) is as follows:

Jemma:
Weaves, with her coming at them at speed and at angles
Contacts still
Back crosses!!!
Waits, so that i can do really long lead outs – i think she would do this the majority of the time, but is those minority times that stop me doing them, maybe I just need more confidence in her!!

Elliot:
Weaves
Contacts
Waits
Jumps before tunnels