WBSDS

Jemma:
Agility Graded 1-2
Sadly this course started with a jump with two poles and for some reason Jem doesn't like them (I think she gets confused!) so she knocked the top pole! She did then do six weaves nicely and after that we just worked our contacts - beautiful dog walk, really bad see-saw, admitedly there was a tunnel straight after it but she thought she would stop half way between the two!! I then forgot where we were going and sent her round a tunnel. She then redemmed herself and did a beautiful A-frame and waited on it until I released her from the last jump :)

Jumping Graded 1-2 (ring 8)
Well she worked this course really really nicely until the weaves (3rd from the end), they were on a 45 degree angle and i slowed down to much so she went in between the first two but then looked at me instead of carrying on, but at the angle she went through this gap she wouldn't have been able to wrap herself around enough anyway!! She then thought she would just do 8 of the 12 weaves and then go running on - mummy had other ideas!!!

Jumping Graded 1-2 (ring 7)
Can't remember if she did her weaves or not in this course (and it was only 5 hours ago!!), I get the feeling she didnt. Anyway, I then for some unknown reason forgot to keep my arm out for one jump and stopped running so she stopped, looked at me and came round the jump - doppy mummy!! I then nearly ran into the wing of the jump after the tunnel so consequently she knocked this pole and the one after it!!

Jumping Combined 1-7
Well, this was definately not a course aimed at grade 1s and 4th obstacle was the tunnel, of which jem went in the wrong end!! However she worked the rest of the course REALLY nicely, she even did 12 weaves first time and we got to practise our right command - it worked!!

So, three main things with Jem to work on after today, 12 weaves (still!!!), see-saw contact and not going behind mummys back, even if there is a tunnel to look at!!!


Elliot
Agility Graded 1-2
I didn't put him in this course as the judge specifically said in his briefing that you were to train at your club and not in his ring!!!

Jumping Graded 1-2 (ring 7)
Well, we started this course with me taking one step and elliot taking the jump, the long jump in the middle of the course, then coming back over the long jump (the wrong way) to sit at the start line and start again, all at 100 miles an hour!! Anyway, the course started jump, weaves, and there was no-way he was going to do 12 weaves so we kind of ran past them and he did the rest of the course REALLY nicely, with no going under any jumps, even ones before tunnels!!

Jumping Graded 1-2 (ring 8)
He ran this course really nicely too, we had a nice two jump wait, no going under any jumps before tunnels and no going under tyres!! We did have one point where because mummy forgot her second front cross because she was too busy admiring the fact he had worked away from her nicely on a three point star and not gone under the last jump which was before the tunnel, I had to back cross (in a really stupid place) and so he wasn't sure if he was supposed to do the next jump or not!!. Sadly again we couldn't do the 12 weaves so just missed them out.

Jumping Combined 1-7
Elliot had a different course to Jem (he was in part 1 and she was in part 2) and luckily his course was more flowing than hers!! Again we had a nice wait, and no going under jumps!! I think he did knock one pole in this class which was because the weaves were on a long straight run and so I lost a bit of control after the long run of him not doing anything. So we sat him down and started off again more calmly - mainly me!! - and he finished the course really nicely!!

So, two things to work on with elliot after today - weaves and contacts!!!!

Anyway, I best go, got my dissertation to finish ready for hand-in tomorrow!!!