Have been put to shame by Nat as I still haven't written about the Basingstoke competition 3 weeks ago!!!
I wasn't originally planning on going to this competition as I was on call at uni on the Sat night but as it turned out I wasn't called in so I decided rather than Nat go on her own for the day with my dog I might as well join her!!
Sadly Extraset were on the Saturday so Jem didn't get to run, Ballistics were however kind enough to let her do some warm ups with them so she didn't feel completely left out and she had a great time cheering them on from the sidelines :)
As for Elliot, what can I say, my changeovers have got much better and from what I remember I think I only got one light and wasn't that late for many either :) I think there are two main reasons for this, one is that I now put my lead down for where I am letting go from so I am not just guessing where to go from the next time and the other is that I have finally devised a way of getting Elliot to stand still when I am about to release him!! He was really rubbish in terms of coming back to his tug and consequently I have been working more on the second ball with him. I am planning to test which is quicker this weekend at Barbury Castle - I have realised the reason he was speeding up once over the jumps when I was using the second ball was because this was the point at which I stood still and he could see the second ball so I am planning on doing this earlier now!!
Hopefully I will update a bit quicker after this weekend, but I can't promise!!!
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