Elliot
We were late (silly holiday traffic) and so I didn't get to walk the course quite as many times as I would have liked but we did OK, only got lost once!! His naughty contacts were back which was good because it meant I could correct him, Lel pointed out though that I have started treating them like I do Jems and running on etc. but he has only just started getting them 100% so I am basically still proofing them but I forgot this bit!! When we did the weaves at the end he was a good boy and did jump, 12 weaves first time with quite a big gap between them!!
Jemma
She was a pretty good girl, we still need to work on her independent contacts as when I ws going sideways she was stopping only half way down the see-saw. She also had a few poles down when I was rushing her but I corrected her and she was better second time. Now then, weaves, these caused us problems again but mainly because I kept pushing her past them, I really need to work on my positioning with them - Lel reckons I am more of the problem than Jem and so she is going to film me doing them so I can see what I am doing when it goes wrong!! Her A-frame contact was lovely though today :)
Monday, 26 July 2010
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Caerphilly - very good and very bad weekend!!!
SATURDAY
Combined 1-2 Agility
Jemma - She ran really nicely in this but her contacts felt a little slow, I think after her performance in her last agility I was worried she wouldn't stop but she did and she managed to do the six weaves (2nd obstacle) first time, but all in all she finished 4th, 0.856 seconds off the winner - I should have pushed her contacts but I was happy with her, and we have qualified for the First Contact Finals bless her
Elliot - he also managed the weaves but his contacts were a bit rubbish and he kept stopping on the ground just after the actual contact!! I then didn't work him across a box enough and he went back up the dog walk, oopsies!!!
Graded 1-2 Jumping
Jemma - she worked this really really nicely but as is typical for her she messed up the 12 weaves - she got them second time though!!
Elliot - I was very ginger with him in this round, I didn't really push it too much as I was worried he would have poles down but he did some AMAZINGLY tight wing wraps and tight corners!! Anyway, yay for Mr E - he won me a dragon and finished 2nd, 1.363 seconds behind the winner so I am glad I didn't push him as he probably would have had poles and I don't think we could have made up that time!!
Team Dash
Jemma - She went first and I cut across a corner too early so she ran inside a jump, she did the rest clear though :)
Elliot - He ran 3rd with Lel and bless him was a little bit hyper and he knocked quite a few poles!!
Graded 1-2 Agility
Elliot - Poor little boy didn't manage the 12 weaves (2nd obstacle) but he did the rest of the course really nicely, he just knocked a pole where I turned him in too tight on it and was then in his way, his contacts were much better though.
Jemma - Well I don't really know what to write about this round, everyone at the show heard about it far too much I am sure!! Jem flew round this course nice and clear and consequently I released her from the seesaw reasonably early and then powered her home over the last two jumps, sadly this meant she knocked the 2nd to last pole which in itself is just annoying because I know this happenes when I do this, however the reason that everyone heard about this round was because Jemmas time was 32.960 and the winner of Grade 2 did it in 35.217 - 2.257 seconds slower!!!!!!!! So we could now be grade 3 if I hadn't been stupid and pushed her - muppet!!!! Ironically though if we had still been grade one she would have come second as their winner did it in 31.225!!
SUNDAY
Combined 1-2 Agility
Jemma - What was wrong with her I don't know, she didn't manage her weaves first time (nothing unusual there!!) but then on the second and third attempt she was just being naughty so I downed her and then just sent her over the last two jumps (missing out a big chunk of the course) as she knows better, she can do weaves from a sit!!
Elliot - His contacts were really naughty (well not as bad as they used to be!) and he had no intention of stopping, he didn't jump though, just ran off them!! He didn't manage the 12 weaves either but did all the rest of the course nicely!!
Combined 1-4 Collie Sprint
I had decided with both dogs that I would just really power it round this course because it was a special class and so we wouldn't get points and as it was a 1-4 on just a big long run I knew we wouldn't stand much chance of a place so I just wanted to push them and see what happened!!
Elliot - He felt a bit slow in this but that was probably because I was running less distance than him and due to the pushing he knocked two poles, he was just over 2 seconds slower than the winner anyway and would have been just out of the placings so I am glad I pushed him as it gives me more of an idea of how much I can push him and the poles will stay up!!
Jemma - She ran really nicely in this bless her but she managed to knock the last pole - not aware it was because of anything I did but it was a shame as the judge had already started clapping when it fell!! She was over 3 seconds slower than the winner though bless her so it would have just been a clear round!!
Graded 1-2 Jumping
Jemma - She ran this beutifully, even managing the six weaves first time, but sadly as I crossed behind her on the jump after the weaves she turned to see where I was going and knocked the pole - the only fault of the round, I would have likeld to have compared her time to the winners but as this was the last class of the day we left instead, which may well have been a good thing knowing my luck!!
Elliot - Another round I feel bad about, because of what had happened with Jem I decided to front cross before the weaves, however I was not far enough over and as I turned to point him towards the weaves there in front of me was the tunnel - oopsies!! So Mr E went up the tunnel, back down it, then up it again and then down the side and finally into the weaves which he did really nicely and then we just hammered it home and all the poles stayed up :)
So all in all I was a little disappoint with what went wrong this weekend as it was either my fault or weaves most of the time! I don't mind too much about Jem's clumsy poles as she didn't mean to do that, but as for her weaves -ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I don't know what else we can do about them - I am sure Lel will have more ideas though (no pressure :P), the other things I want to work on after this weekend are back crosses and poles staying up when I am powering it :) I am a little sad too because this is my last agility weekend until 17th Sept!! :( We are at flyball for the next 3 weekends though :)
Combined 1-2 Agility
Jemma - She ran really nicely in this but her contacts felt a little slow, I think after her performance in her last agility I was worried she wouldn't stop but she did and she managed to do the six weaves (2nd obstacle) first time, but all in all she finished 4th, 0.856 seconds off the winner - I should have pushed her contacts but I was happy with her, and we have qualified for the First Contact Finals bless her
Elliot - he also managed the weaves but his contacts were a bit rubbish and he kept stopping on the ground just after the actual contact!! I then didn't work him across a box enough and he went back up the dog walk, oopsies!!!
Graded 1-2 Jumping
Jemma - she worked this really really nicely but as is typical for her she messed up the 12 weaves - she got them second time though!!
Elliot - I was very ginger with him in this round, I didn't really push it too much as I was worried he would have poles down but he did some AMAZINGLY tight wing wraps and tight corners!! Anyway, yay for Mr E - he won me a dragon and finished 2nd, 1.363 seconds behind the winner so I am glad I didn't push him as he probably would have had poles and I don't think we could have made up that time!!
Team Dash
Jemma - She went first and I cut across a corner too early so she ran inside a jump, she did the rest clear though :)
Elliot - He ran 3rd with Lel and bless him was a little bit hyper and he knocked quite a few poles!!
Graded 1-2 Agility
Elliot - Poor little boy didn't manage the 12 weaves (2nd obstacle) but he did the rest of the course really nicely, he just knocked a pole where I turned him in too tight on it and was then in his way, his contacts were much better though.
Jemma - Well I don't really know what to write about this round, everyone at the show heard about it far too much I am sure!! Jem flew round this course nice and clear and consequently I released her from the seesaw reasonably early and then powered her home over the last two jumps, sadly this meant she knocked the 2nd to last pole which in itself is just annoying because I know this happenes when I do this, however the reason that everyone heard about this round was because Jemmas time was 32.960 and the winner of Grade 2 did it in 35.217 - 2.257 seconds slower!!!!!!!! So we could now be grade 3 if I hadn't been stupid and pushed her - muppet!!!! Ironically though if we had still been grade one she would have come second as their winner did it in 31.225!!
SUNDAY
Combined 1-2 Agility
Jemma - What was wrong with her I don't know, she didn't manage her weaves first time (nothing unusual there!!) but then on the second and third attempt she was just being naughty so I downed her and then just sent her over the last two jumps (missing out a big chunk of the course) as she knows better, she can do weaves from a sit!!
Elliot - His contacts were really naughty (well not as bad as they used to be!) and he had no intention of stopping, he didn't jump though, just ran off them!! He didn't manage the 12 weaves either but did all the rest of the course nicely!!
Combined 1-4 Collie Sprint
I had decided with both dogs that I would just really power it round this course because it was a special class and so we wouldn't get points and as it was a 1-4 on just a big long run I knew we wouldn't stand much chance of a place so I just wanted to push them and see what happened!!
Elliot - He felt a bit slow in this but that was probably because I was running less distance than him and due to the pushing he knocked two poles, he was just over 2 seconds slower than the winner anyway and would have been just out of the placings so I am glad I pushed him as it gives me more of an idea of how much I can push him and the poles will stay up!!
Jemma - She ran really nicely in this bless her but she managed to knock the last pole - not aware it was because of anything I did but it was a shame as the judge had already started clapping when it fell!! She was over 3 seconds slower than the winner though bless her so it would have just been a clear round!!
Graded 1-2 Jumping
Jemma - She ran this beutifully, even managing the six weaves first time, but sadly as I crossed behind her on the jump after the weaves she turned to see where I was going and knocked the pole - the only fault of the round, I would have likeld to have compared her time to the winners but as this was the last class of the day we left instead, which may well have been a good thing knowing my luck!!
Elliot - Another round I feel bad about, because of what had happened with Jem I decided to front cross before the weaves, however I was not far enough over and as I turned to point him towards the weaves there in front of me was the tunnel - oopsies!! So Mr E went up the tunnel, back down it, then up it again and then down the side and finally into the weaves which he did really nicely and then we just hammered it home and all the poles stayed up :)
So all in all I was a little disappoint with what went wrong this weekend as it was either my fault or weaves most of the time! I don't mind too much about Jem's clumsy poles as she didn't mean to do that, but as for her weaves -ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I don't know what else we can do about them - I am sure Lel will have more ideas though (no pressure :P), the other things I want to work on after this weekend are back crosses and poles staying up when I am powering it :) I am a little sad too because this is my last agility weekend until 17th Sept!! :( We are at flyball for the next 3 weekends though :)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Yet More Mummy Training
Yet again it was me that needed more training than the dogs!!! They both did some very nice work, Jem had some AMAZING a-frames but her dog walk and seesaw were a little bit slow and Mr E did some very nice jumping work - he is really starting to extend now which is lovely to watch (Lel did some work with him ready for her running him the team dash on Sat :) )./ Our pull throughs were much better today which is good :) I think I need to think more about where the dog is going to land (which is different for them both!!) and therefore work on my handling from here!! Mr E did some lovely 8 weaves, but when there were 12 he is struggling, sometimes he got the entrance, sometimes he didnt and then sometimes he would miss the second, third or fourth gap, was all very odd because when there were 8 he was fine!! Bless him, all very odd!! His contacts were good today, they are getting faster and he only wondered off the bottom of one of them!! I think that is it from today, good training all round - thanks Lel :)
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Training Mummy
Well both todays lessons consisted more of training me than the dogs!! I kept not getting in the right position, not doing the right thing, not saying the right thing etc. but by the end of the lessons I was much better :) I was also informed that I am improving in swaping between the two dogs as it used ot take me a long time to adjust to Elliot after running Jem but today it apparently only took me one run round the course :)
As for the dogs, they both did well today, contacts and weaves were looking good for both of them and I was happy with most of their jumping, we worked on getting Jem to bounce two jumps and she got it eventually, the biggest problem I had with both dogs today was a pull through but that is mainly my fault and not theirs!!!
Think that is it from today :)
As for the dogs, they both did well today, contacts and weaves were looking good for both of them and I was happy with most of their jumping, we worked on getting Jem to bounce two jumps and she got it eventually, the biggest problem I had with both dogs today was a pull through but that is mainly my fault and not theirs!!!
Think that is it from today :)
Chilterns
I can't believe Nat has blogged about the weekend before me!!!
Well this was the first time my two were on seperate teams which meant I got to run Elliot :)
Jem was in Extraset along with Jamie, Perry and Sonny, she did really well and ran all day, although our first two races were in red lane and when we then went into the blue lane she ran across to the red lanes box and came down their jumps!!! However I think this was because as I let her go there was some confusion in our lane so I probably wasn't looking where I was going and as Nat pointed out she wasn't being naughty because the other lane weren't warming up so she wasn't chasing anyone, she just got confused which lane we were in. When I let her go next time she veered towards red lane and then realised and came back to our lane (before the start gate) and was then fine when we actually started racing!! The team managed a best time of 20.16 and finished 4th :)
I also ran Sky on Sat in the Missiles and she ran well for me. The division was being filmed (we think for panorama) and they took a particular interest in Fraggle :)
Elliot was in Rockets along with Deifer, Smartie and Bunty. I was a bit worried about racing Elliot as I wanted him to run better for me than for other people but was really scared he wouldn't but I needn't have worried :) His box turns were however shockingly bad, the problem was that he just wasn't braking at all so was just throwing himself at it, later in the day when he was flagging slightly (I am working on his fitness) he did some better ones. He only had two legs all day where he coasted back, he is still not driving back but he tries more when I run him (I think this has something to do with the high pitched screaming which resulted in me having no voice on Monday!!) so all in all I was pleased with him. The rockets managed a best time of 19.00 and also finished 4th, loosing some races on speed and some on lights!!
I am now really working on improving both dogs fitness, but especially Elliot as he seems to tire more than Jem. I am also working on the two ball game with Elliot to try and get him driving back as the tuggy doesn't do it for him when he has a ball and he his getting good at this close up so I just need to keep working on the distance so we can start to use it at racing!!
Well this was the first time my two were on seperate teams which meant I got to run Elliot :)
Jem was in Extraset along with Jamie, Perry and Sonny, she did really well and ran all day, although our first two races were in red lane and when we then went into the blue lane she ran across to the red lanes box and came down their jumps!!! However I think this was because as I let her go there was some confusion in our lane so I probably wasn't looking where I was going and as Nat pointed out she wasn't being naughty because the other lane weren't warming up so she wasn't chasing anyone, she just got confused which lane we were in. When I let her go next time she veered towards red lane and then realised and came back to our lane (before the start gate) and was then fine when we actually started racing!! The team managed a best time of 20.16 and finished 4th :)
I also ran Sky on Sat in the Missiles and she ran well for me. The division was being filmed (we think for panorama) and they took a particular interest in Fraggle :)
Elliot was in Rockets along with Deifer, Smartie and Bunty. I was a bit worried about racing Elliot as I wanted him to run better for me than for other people but was really scared he wouldn't but I needn't have worried :) His box turns were however shockingly bad, the problem was that he just wasn't braking at all so was just throwing himself at it, later in the day when he was flagging slightly (I am working on his fitness) he did some better ones. He only had two legs all day where he coasted back, he is still not driving back but he tries more when I run him (I think this has something to do with the high pitched screaming which resulted in me having no voice on Monday!!) so all in all I was pleased with him. The rockets managed a best time of 19.00 and also finished 4th, loosing some races on speed and some on lights!!
I am now really working on improving both dogs fitness, but especially Elliot as he seems to tire more than Jem. I am also working on the two ball game with Elliot to try and get him driving back as the tuggy doesn't do it for him when he has a ball and he his getting good at this close up so I just need to keep working on the distance so we can start to use it at racing!!
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Training on Fri
I am getting really bad at this whole blogging thing!!
Mum came to watch my lesson on Friday as she hasn't seen Elliot being a good boy!!
Jem was a good girly, she got her weavies most of the time, just struggled with the jumps afterwards where she had to go out round one and jump it towards me and then jump one along side it away from me but there was a big gap between them, we tried this numerous times and eventually got it right, although I think it was mainly my fault but nevermind, this is normally the case!!!
Elliot was actually quite bad for him, he kept running off the bottom of the contacts (admittedly running off and not jumping off but still!!), he then decided he would stop half way down the aframe!! He also struggled with the 12 weaves but as this is the first time we have tried 12 in a course without any stopping or messing about I guess he was quite good bless him!!
Here are a few videos that mum took (sorry about the quality): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGAI8uhnTZg
Mum came to watch my lesson on Friday as she hasn't seen Elliot being a good boy!!
Jem was a good girly, she got her weavies most of the time, just struggled with the jumps afterwards where she had to go out round one and jump it towards me and then jump one along side it away from me but there was a big gap between them, we tried this numerous times and eventually got it right, although I think it was mainly my fault but nevermind, this is normally the case!!!
Elliot was actually quite bad for him, he kept running off the bottom of the contacts (admittedly running off and not jumping off but still!!), he then decided he would stop half way down the aframe!! He also struggled with the 12 weaves but as this is the first time we have tried 12 in a course without any stopping or messing about I guess he was quite good bless him!!
Here are a few videos that mum took (sorry about the quality): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGAI8uhnTZg
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Frimley Park - She did it!!!
Wow, what a day for the Extra Set - we only lost one of our five races and ended up winning the division with a best time of 20.24 :) The team were also pretty consistent throughout the day which was good, nice to see the dogs weren't flagging in the heat and we were keeping our change overs pretty good :) The highlight for me though was that Jem ran in the red lane all day!!!!! Jive was in in the first two legs in our first rave which was in the red lane but she seemed to be struggling a little and was double striding so we had to put Jem in - I was scared because on the warm up she had been really looking over, although she had ran up and back, but I neednt have worried, she was a star!! We only had a couple of wobbles where she looked at the other lane but they were more long glances rather than proper looks!! The only bad thing about this is that I didnt get to run Elliot at all - that pleasure was left to Carol - he was agood boy although still not powering back but maybe he would be better if I was running him, who knows?? Nat helped me with the "two ball game" and so I know where I am going with that to try and get him powering back :) Think that is it for now, all in all a good day for us, especially the Jembear :D Just realised I forgot to say Mr E did some very crazy box turns, his back feet on some of them were over the top of the box!!! He is still hanging on the box though, he takes far too long pushing off!!
Friday, 9 July 2010
I remembered again!!
Just a quick one froom yesterdays training :)
Jemma
She was a good girl, did some very nice fast contacts and stopped (on most of them!!), her weaves were loads better too when I got my position right and I think she is really starting to realise that she is not supposed to knock the poles :)
Elliot
We definately seem to be cracking the weaves and his contacts are already starting to get faster :) he did some nice jumping too, although we really need to get these lefts and rights sorted!!!
Off camping at my first flyball competition tonight, it should be a good weekend as its Nats birthday on Sat :)
Jemma
She was a good girl, did some very nice fast contacts and stopped (on most of them!!), her weaves were loads better too when I got my position right and I think she is really starting to realise that she is not supposed to knock the poles :)
Elliot
We definately seem to be cracking the weaves and his contacts are already starting to get faster :) he did some nice jumping too, although we really need to get these lefts and rights sorted!!!
Off camping at my first flyball competition tonight, it should be a good weekend as its Nats birthday on Sat :)
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Getting Good
I have remembered to update after a lesson, first time in a while!!!! :)
Jemma
We worked on reminding her what her contacts are after her appaling agility round on sunday - she proved that she did know all along really!! We spent a long time working on a wing wrap because despite doing some lovely ones at the weekend she was being a bit dense tonight!! And the thing we worked most on was WEAVES!!! Mainly on me not being an idiot and she only got them wrong twice all night, once when I front crossed before them and tripped her up and the other time when I back crossed by doing a crazy 90 degree angle thing, rather than 45 degress, so yup, yet again me messing them up!! I then worked on running along side her as she does them to encourage her she is doing them right and start getting me doing it right too and worked well :) It will be interesting to see if I manage to do this first time in thursdays lesson!!
Elliot
Lels comment for the night which sums up the lesson nicely I think "I hate to tell you this but your dog is getting rather good"!! First time round the course and he flew round, got all the contacts very nicely and got the weaves first time :) We worked a bit on his jumping, but mainly on his contacts and weaves, we worked on some really tricky weave angles with 8 weaves and with me crossing behind, something I have not yet been confident to do and he only missed them when I wasn't firm enough with my command and consequently he didn't brake hard enough (yup, me yet again!!) but all in all weaves in courses are coming on much much better, it is very exciting!!!!
Jemma
We worked on reminding her what her contacts are after her appaling agility round on sunday - she proved that she did know all along really!! We spent a long time working on a wing wrap because despite doing some lovely ones at the weekend she was being a bit dense tonight!! And the thing we worked most on was WEAVES!!! Mainly on me not being an idiot and she only got them wrong twice all night, once when I front crossed before them and tripped her up and the other time when I back crossed by doing a crazy 90 degree angle thing, rather than 45 degress, so yup, yet again me messing them up!! I then worked on running along side her as she does them to encourage her she is doing them right and start getting me doing it right too and worked well :) It will be interesting to see if I manage to do this first time in thursdays lesson!!
Elliot
Lels comment for the night which sums up the lesson nicely I think "I hate to tell you this but your dog is getting rather good"!! First time round the course and he flew round, got all the contacts very nicely and got the weaves first time :) We worked a bit on his jumping, but mainly on his contacts and weaves, we worked on some really tricky weave angles with 8 weaves and with me crossing behind, something I have not yet been confident to do and he only missed them when I wasn't firm enough with my command and consequently he didn't brake hard enough (yup, me yet again!!) but all in all weaves in courses are coming on much much better, it is very exciting!!!!
Monday, 5 July 2010
Tuffley - Last one at Grade One!!!
SATURDAY
Jemma
I decided not to write about each of this days runs seperately as the same thing happened in each run - she went clear apart from ........... the weaves!!!! How frustrating!!! However, it was pointed out to me that I was being an idiot and confusing her - twice she got the entrance and I just stood there watching her and not going with her and consequently she came out after the third pole and turned to look at me as if to say "am I doing right and going the right way mummy?", the third set she did miss the entrance. Why I did this I don't know but I think it was because I didn't think she would get them and so was getting ready to call her back to start again!! I was determined to do better for her on Sunday as she was trying her hardest, and I was being an idiot and looking at times yet again I think I lost her a top place in the agility!!
Elliot
Combined 1-2 Agility
Wow do we know what contacts are!!! I absolutely loved this round as he went to the bottom of every single contact and just stood there until I said go and I held them quite a while - I think he finally gets it :) This may well be why he got them in the group lesson despite being excited, simply because he gets it!! There were 12 weaves in this class though and he didn't manage them first time and second time came out after 10 so I just popped him back through the last wo so he knew he had done wrong and then carried on
Combined 1-4 Jumping
When I finished this course Lel heard me two rings down!!! Ooopsies!!! Needless to say he went clear AND he did 6 weaves first time with no stopping, calling back or anything, just straight round the corner and into the weaves, and it wasn't a straight angle!! He finished 28th though 3.221 seconds behind the winner - we definately need to work on his jumping style bless him but I didnt mind, he did 6 weaves straight off :)
Grade 1 Jumping
This course had 12 weaves in and this was the only thing he got wrong from what I remember, the one thing I do remember about this course that both him and Jemma did the most amazing wing wrap ever, they had to do a straight line of four jumps and then wing wrap the last to go back up the line and they both wrapped the wing sooooo tight!!! :)
SUNDAY
Jemma
Combined 1-2 Jumping
Yay, a clear :D Sadly for Jem this course just involved four lines of jumps up and down and no weaves so it wasn't very speedy because I wanted a clear and if I had rushed her she was likely to knock a pole, had she had other clears I would have probably tried to push this and seen what happened but I needed at least one rossette for her!! Because of the course she sadly broke my record and ended up with just a clear round, 2.748 seconds behind the winner.
Combined 1-3 Agility
Yay, another clear round for bear :) aaaaaand this course had 12 weaves in :) I worked them just like I do in training and they had a seesaw before them which I held her on, I also held her on her other contacts and so yet again bless her she finished with just a clear round but I was really pleased with the weaves for two reasons, the obvious that she actually managed to do them but also because I worked them properly!!
Grade 1 Agility
What she thought she was doing in this course I don't know, she was like I have never seen her before, maybe she thought she would make the most of her last run at Grade One but she missed both the a-frame and dog walk contacts and just flew on from the seesaw despite me working them as normal and giving her an early stop command!! The judge didn't fault her dog-walk although I assumed he had and by the time we got to the a-frame I had had enough and so put her back on it and held her on it (am very glad he had faulted us for this one otherwise I would have been VERY annoyed!!) She then didn't manage to get the weaves so I just downed her before sending her over the last two jumps (not that she seemed to mind!!)!!
Elliot
Combined 1-2 Jumping
What a nice round from Mr E, stupidly though I spoke to him before he had landed over the last jump and he turned to look at me and dropped his legs knocking the pole - stupid mummy!! Even the judge had started clapping!!! I had to check his time and he would have finished 8th with a time 1.792 seconds faster than Jem!!
Combined 1-3 Agility
Lovely contacts in this as well, although after holding his seesaw for what he thought was too long he decided it was time to do the weaves, sadly because there were 12 he didn't manage them first time and then he popped out one before the end so again I put him through the last gap and then carried on and held him on the dog walk and aframe and for both of these he didn't go until I said :)
Grade 1 Agility
I was bad in this one and said go a little bit before he was at the bottom, especially on the a-frame but he was flying round (after having a little dance infront of the tunnel because he didn't drive on to it as much as I expected) and he then did three jumps after the a frame and then yet again went straight in to 6 weaves and did them perfectly :D Sadly he did the jump after the weaves but then saw the lead bucket slightly off to the right and the last jump was slightly off to the left and I wasn't far enough towards the end to push him over and he went and got his lead running round the last jump!!! Lel said even the judge looked gutted for me!! This is something we shall now be working on in the field, the toy will no longer be in my pocket when we run, it will be on the floor and he will not be playing with it until I say!!
I was so pleased with Elliots weaves this weekend, it looks like we need to spend more time on 12 now than we do entrances, or maybe it is entrances with 12 that we need to do!! His contacts are still slow but they are getting more and more perfect each day :D I feel bad for Jem as I really let her down on Sat but hey that is it for us at grade one so hopefully she is just saving her win for grade 2, we shall see :)
Jemma
I decided not to write about each of this days runs seperately as the same thing happened in each run - she went clear apart from ........... the weaves!!!! How frustrating!!! However, it was pointed out to me that I was being an idiot and confusing her - twice she got the entrance and I just stood there watching her and not going with her and consequently she came out after the third pole and turned to look at me as if to say "am I doing right and going the right way mummy?", the third set she did miss the entrance. Why I did this I don't know but I think it was because I didn't think she would get them and so was getting ready to call her back to start again!! I was determined to do better for her on Sunday as she was trying her hardest, and I was being an idiot and looking at times yet again I think I lost her a top place in the agility!!
Elliot
Combined 1-2 Agility
Wow do we know what contacts are!!! I absolutely loved this round as he went to the bottom of every single contact and just stood there until I said go and I held them quite a while - I think he finally gets it :) This may well be why he got them in the group lesson despite being excited, simply because he gets it!! There were 12 weaves in this class though and he didn't manage them first time and second time came out after 10 so I just popped him back through the last wo so he knew he had done wrong and then carried on
Combined 1-4 Jumping
When I finished this course Lel heard me two rings down!!! Ooopsies!!! Needless to say he went clear AND he did 6 weaves first time with no stopping, calling back or anything, just straight round the corner and into the weaves, and it wasn't a straight angle!! He finished 28th though 3.221 seconds behind the winner - we definately need to work on his jumping style bless him but I didnt mind, he did 6 weaves straight off :)
Grade 1 Jumping
This course had 12 weaves in and this was the only thing he got wrong from what I remember, the one thing I do remember about this course that both him and Jemma did the most amazing wing wrap ever, they had to do a straight line of four jumps and then wing wrap the last to go back up the line and they both wrapped the wing sooooo tight!!! :)
SUNDAY
Jemma
Combined 1-2 Jumping
Yay, a clear :D Sadly for Jem this course just involved four lines of jumps up and down and no weaves so it wasn't very speedy because I wanted a clear and if I had rushed her she was likely to knock a pole, had she had other clears I would have probably tried to push this and seen what happened but I needed at least one rossette for her!! Because of the course she sadly broke my record and ended up with just a clear round, 2.748 seconds behind the winner.
Combined 1-3 Agility
Yay, another clear round for bear :) aaaaaand this course had 12 weaves in :) I worked them just like I do in training and they had a seesaw before them which I held her on, I also held her on her other contacts and so yet again bless her she finished with just a clear round but I was really pleased with the weaves for two reasons, the obvious that she actually managed to do them but also because I worked them properly!!
Grade 1 Agility
What she thought she was doing in this course I don't know, she was like I have never seen her before, maybe she thought she would make the most of her last run at Grade One but she missed both the a-frame and dog walk contacts and just flew on from the seesaw despite me working them as normal and giving her an early stop command!! The judge didn't fault her dog-walk although I assumed he had and by the time we got to the a-frame I had had enough and so put her back on it and held her on it (am very glad he had faulted us for this one otherwise I would have been VERY annoyed!!) She then didn't manage to get the weaves so I just downed her before sending her over the last two jumps (not that she seemed to mind!!)!!
Elliot
Combined 1-2 Jumping
What a nice round from Mr E, stupidly though I spoke to him before he had landed over the last jump and he turned to look at me and dropped his legs knocking the pole - stupid mummy!! Even the judge had started clapping!!! I had to check his time and he would have finished 8th with a time 1.792 seconds faster than Jem!!
Combined 1-3 Agility
Lovely contacts in this as well, although after holding his seesaw for what he thought was too long he decided it was time to do the weaves, sadly because there were 12 he didn't manage them first time and then he popped out one before the end so again I put him through the last gap and then carried on and held him on the dog walk and aframe and for both of these he didn't go until I said :)
Grade 1 Agility
I was bad in this one and said go a little bit before he was at the bottom, especially on the a-frame but he was flying round (after having a little dance infront of the tunnel because he didn't drive on to it as much as I expected) and he then did three jumps after the a frame and then yet again went straight in to 6 weaves and did them perfectly :D Sadly he did the jump after the weaves but then saw the lead bucket slightly off to the right and the last jump was slightly off to the left and I wasn't far enough towards the end to push him over and he went and got his lead running round the last jump!!! Lel said even the judge looked gutted for me!! This is something we shall now be working on in the field, the toy will no longer be in my pocket when we run, it will be on the floor and he will not be playing with it until I say!!
I was so pleased with Elliots weaves this weekend, it looks like we need to spend more time on 12 now than we do entrances, or maybe it is entrances with 12 that we need to do!! His contacts are still slow but they are getting more and more perfect each day :D I feel bad for Jem as I really let her down on Sat but hey that is it for us at grade one so hopefully she is just saving her win for grade 2, we shall see :)
Training
Last week was a bit mental so I didn't have time to do write up my lessons - I think it is because both lessons are now evenings and by the time I get home, cook and eat tea and tidy up after the day I don't have time!!
I shall just do a quick recap of what I can remember of training last week so I don't miss them out completely!!
Monday
This was our first group session at A-Sit and I had Elliot in the first class and Jem in the second. Well, I ran Elliot first because I thought he would mess the course up and it would put everyone else at ease, he however had other ideas and ended up doing the whole agility course - including 6 weaves clear first time!!!! The course started jump weave and he got them without any messing about and his contacts were very nice. We then spent the lesson tightening up bits of the course to save some seconds. He wasn't nearly as wound up as I expected him to be in the group lesson and he only ran off one contact and only struggled with the weaves a couple of times!! Very proud mummy! :)
Jem had a harder course to do and she was bad with her weavies first time and knocked a pole, however I was very pleased with myself as it turned out I had walked and consequently ran the course the best way first time - this is something I have been noticing recently, I have been getting much better - when I do get Lel to check how I have walked a course in competition it is getting rarer that she has to correct what I am doing :) We spent the rest of the lesson tightening things up again and I think she finished nicely, just knocking a pole (again!)!!!
Thursday
We worked on Jems weaves (AGAIN!!) and she was getting better (I think!), I can't really remember much else of her lesson which means there was nothing amazing great she managed to do, but nothing appaling either bless her :)
With Mr E we worked on weave entrances again and managed to get him to do 3 jumps (in a star) before them and he got them twice with a nicely early command before the jump before the weaves :) I also remember he did some very nice seesaws and we finished doing some long straight jumping to try and get him extending better
I shall just do a quick recap of what I can remember of training last week so I don't miss them out completely!!
Monday
This was our first group session at A-Sit and I had Elliot in the first class and Jem in the second. Well, I ran Elliot first because I thought he would mess the course up and it would put everyone else at ease, he however had other ideas and ended up doing the whole agility course - including 6 weaves clear first time!!!! The course started jump weave and he got them without any messing about and his contacts were very nice. We then spent the lesson tightening up bits of the course to save some seconds. He wasn't nearly as wound up as I expected him to be in the group lesson and he only ran off one contact and only struggled with the weaves a couple of times!! Very proud mummy! :)
Jem had a harder course to do and she was bad with her weavies first time and knocked a pole, however I was very pleased with myself as it turned out I had walked and consequently ran the course the best way first time - this is something I have been noticing recently, I have been getting much better - when I do get Lel to check how I have walked a course in competition it is getting rarer that she has to correct what I am doing :) We spent the rest of the lesson tightening things up again and I think she finished nicely, just knocking a pole (again!)!!!
Thursday
We worked on Jems weaves (AGAIN!!) and she was getting better (I think!), I can't really remember much else of her lesson which means there was nothing amazing great she managed to do, but nothing appaling either bless her :)
With Mr E we worked on weave entrances again and managed to get him to do 3 jumps (in a star) before them and he got them twice with a nicely early command before the jump before the weaves :) I also remember he did some very nice seesaws and we finished doing some long straight jumping to try and get him extending better
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