Contacts getting good!!

Jemma:
We split her lesson into two today (I trained Elliot in the middle) as we spent the whole time (apart from a run round the course to start) working on weaves and so it was a lot of work for her. She is really struggling with the 2nd/3rd poles when she is coming at speed to them and this is because she just doesn't brake, we improved them a little by me giving her three loud firm weave commands before them to get her to slow down abit. She still wasn't right as often as I would like though, I am very worried I am going to have to commit the cardinal sin of teaching her a steady command!!

Elliot:
Well I have had a look and it has been three and a half weeks since we started training 2o2o contacts and today he did the whole dog walk and whole a frame off lead and in a little mini course and had a perfect stop everytime (apart from the first time he did the aframe off lead and he forgot to brake and flew over the top and so fell off sideways when he tried to stop at the bottom!!)!!!!! I am so happy, and desperately trying not to think about what we have missed out on by not starting this way, it looks like our target of doing them in the ring on 22nd May will be reached, I can't wait!!! I shall try and get a video of them on Friday to prove I am not lying!! It was only 2 weeks ago that we started retraining his weaves and they were really good today too, he only did them wrong once!! I am still guiding him through with my hand but without a treat in it and without touching him and he wasn't fighting with me today, instead he was doing them nice and calm and relaxed as we want. We even did it with me leaving him in a wait behind a jump and being at the weaves to guide him in the first one, and also with me setting off with him from just before the weaves and having to catch up with him with my hand. It was a really lovely lesson with him today, I really enjoyed myself - Thanks lel :)

We still have three training sessions to work on his contacts before the UKA show and this weekend I managed to mess up my entry for worcester and not enter the agility with either dog so I wont be tempted!!