Severnside - 3/5/10

Here are our videos of the day, so it is just my musings below :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBfV1R8ExYY


Jemma:

Agility Graded 1&2
Was really pleased with this round, she did all 12 weaves really nicely first time, and did some very nice contacts, although I am not sure I waited until she was definately at the bottom before saying go - naughty mummy!! I was annoyed about her dithering moment I have looked on the video and she goes the wrong way when I bring my right arm in to dink her in, I think I had got ahead of myself and dinked her in for the seesaw too early, I'm not sure therefore whether she was good at listening to me or whether she was naughty cuz she should have taken the jump - I am sure I will be adivised!! I am sure it was this that cost her the 2.562 between her time and the winner, giving her yet another 2nd in agility!!!

Jumping Graded 1&2
I don't know why she decided she couldn't do six weaves first time round but I thought that seeing as she wasn't clear anyway I should start again as she definately should be able to manage jump-weave!!! The bit on the star that went wrong was probably my fault for turning in too soon but is still a bit annoying, and I am not sure why she knocked the pole on the snake as I am just out of the picture but I think maybe I moved my arm to send her back again too quickly - no excuse though!!! :p

Jumping Combined 1&2
This was really nice until I decided to play silly buggers - the bit at the end, I did what I always do and went to cross behind her before she had started to jump and so pushed her off the jump, grrr!!! I then decided to take her the long way round as that was the way she was now facing!! Again, it was this dithering that cost us the 1.511 between 7th and 1st place!!


Elliot

Agility Graded 1&2
This wasn't on the video - I used this to practise his wait because of the nice start, he did a beautifully wait and sat until I told him to go (from 2 and a half jumps away) , he then went under the jump before the tunnel. So I sat him back before this jump and he did it again, third time lucky though he went over it :) then he went in the tunnel and over no. 10 the wrong way as directed by his mummy :)

Jumping Graded 1&2
Well he started off as a naughty boy going before I said AND going under the first jump!! Third time lucky again though!!! I was naughty with his weaves and let him get away with missing out the middle one, I thought we had wasted enough time doing the first jump three times!!! The reason he missed the top one of the star was I think because I just didn't support him enough, he is not Jem and doesn't have the confidence to take the jumps by himself!! As for the snake, again, my fault for not turning early enough and not being clear enough with my turn either, the rest of the round was really nice though and i was really pleased with him!!

Jumping Combined 1&2
At least this time he waited to be released and went over the first jump :) he clearly sees weaves as an inconvenience and wants to get on as quickly as possible, hence missing the end one on his second attempt at them!!! I am not sure why he took the wrong jump before the tunnel, maybe I didn't turn my shoulders quickly enough, but I probably also forgot to use my voice (shocking I know!!!) I think the reason he ran round the jump on the star was because he jumped very long and consequently I didn't move my arms soon enough to pull him towards me. Working on after cloth tunnels is obviously something else for us to work on, mummy just doesn't run fast enough!! He finished the course really nicely though :)

All in all I was pleased with today, Elliots problems were the same as usual - weaves!!! I feel his other problems were because mummy forgets he is a baby and also because he makes baby mistakes!! As for Jem, we still just need to get a smooth clear, be that my fault or hers who knows but I am sure we will get there very soon!!