Training and Golden Valley

This is gona be a long one I think!! There will be vids of some of the runs to follow when I get them :)

At training on Friday they both did a lot better than on tuesday, jem did some really lovely contacts and weaves, as did ellliot, he managed 12 weaves again and 6 with entrances :) We started teaching Ellito wing wraps and Jem an out command too and I was really pleased with both of them by the end of the lesson :)

Golden Valley - Saturday

Jemma
Agility
Very nice a-frame, I ran away from the dog walk and so she stopped just above the contact and just looked at me so I had to go back towards her to get her to go to the bottom!! She did a very nice see saw though :) I then let her down because I umm and ahhed about whether to say weave or steady and consequently said nothing and she she missed the entrance, foolish mummy!!

Pairs
She was paired with Jo's spaniel Fluke who did a very nice clear round, but then jem decided she wanted to do the medium jump straight on after the tunnel and not come right to me to do the larg jumps, the rest was really nice although she did knock one pole but I think this was beacuse I was being lazy with my handling!!

Jumping
This was a really beautiful round (despite us turning up just as they were about to close the class) however the weaves were set at a 45degree angle and I went to straighten her up but over did it and so pushed her wide :(

Agility
I can't really remember this course, but I have a feeling she knocked a pole and then didn't do the weaves!

Elliot
Agility
He ran under the first jump and so I took him back and started again, he then ran off the aframe because there was a tunnel after it but I put him back and he waited nicely, the judge was then very kind and said I could continue but could not put him back on any more contacts, thankfully his dog walk was amazing, he stopped and properly waited, despite there being a tunnel after it (albeit one he wasn't supposed to do) and his seesaw was good too, he didn't do waiting but he went when I said go, which was early because I knew I couldn't put him back! He then struggled with the 12 weaves but got his entrance so I just did the last 3 jumps :)

Pairs
He was paired with Charlie, a BC that Jo runs, and he ended up doing the same thing as Jemma but luckily Charlie hadn't gone clear either!! I had to do wing wraps with him which were really nice (the training on fri paid off!)

Jumping
He knocked pole two but the rest of the round was really nice, apart from the 12 weaves again but I carried on anyway and he finished the course REALLY nicely!!

Agility
From what I can remember (for some reason this course is very hazy!!) he missed the aframe and so I put him back and then on the dog walk a bike decided to go up the side of the ring which he saw so he stopped just above the bottom, when I then tried to encourage him down he lay down but eventually we got there :) He also didn't manage the weaves

Golden Valley - Sunday

Jemma
Agility
I can't really remember this course, I think she knocked a pole early on as I vaguely remember working the contacts, she got her weaves too, first time so we just powered it over the last 3 jumps so she knocked one but I jsut wanted to reward her for doing the weaves :)

Jumping - Combined
Yay, a clear round for the jembe, she even managed a 45degree angle weave entrance and 8 weaves with just a steady command :D and she finished 5th, with a time of 21.764, 1.594 seconds slower than the winner, not bad for jumping for jem :)

Jumping - Graded
Yet another course that she did REALLY nicely but didn't manage the 12 weaves that were the second obstacle!!

Elliot
Agility
He had AMAZING contacts in this course (there was no seesaw) and he properly stopped and just stood there until I said go, it was great!!! He then managed 8 weaves first time with me just calling him back from them and sending him again (ie without actually sitting him) :D

Jumping - Combined
Yet again it was the weaves that caused us problems bless him, the rest was very nice though.

Jumping - Graded
Yup, you guessed it, the weaves caused us problems and he did knock a couple of poles.

So all in all, although we only came home with one rosette it wasn't all bad, and the thing that caused both dogs the most problems was those pesky weaves which is so frustrating as Jem can do them much better in training!!! Elliot on the other hand was let off his weave problems this weekend, especially as his contacts were MUCH better! Lets hope one day Jem manages to sort out those weaves!!!