Snakes:
J: Well Jem was in a funny mood and got round the course in a funny haphazard way but ended up going clear and got a second - she was 1st until the last dog ran!! Jems time was 22.04 and the winners 19.97 - just shows how much jem was messing about!!
E: Hmm, he was a cheeky monkey and went over the first two jumps and then ran - in the direction I was going, just round all the jumps!! I stopped him when he got silly, sat him and we started again and then he did the next two, had a bit of a run off and then I kind of got him over the end - not a great start but at least he didnt just bomb off and ignore me!!
Agility:
J: Well, I am not really sure what happened here, but we managed to get ourselves eliminated - I think she was just far too overexcited and not really concentrating - and then she didn't stop on her dogwalk so I took her back and made her do the whole thing again and she did it well then :)
E: As predicted the contacts were too much of an excitment and so he just did them and then bombed off :( we did however do the jumps in the middle nicely after i set him up again!! Little tinker!!
Jumping:
J: she was on one again and just bombed off at one point, once I got her back she did something she has never done before - she barked at me!!! This something I don't want to encourage and if she does it again I will take her out - this time I just got hold of her and made her sit before she went again. What a little terror!!
E: WOW is the word to some this up!!! If there had not been weaves in this course he would have been clear with a time in the 34s!! He didn't run off once and did all the jumps, after the other two courses I was really amazed and really pleased but I had made a conscious effort to make sure I ran this properly and made sure I worked every single jump and didn't just leave him or expect him to do any of it, and it worked!!
Power & Speed:
J: lovely lovely contacts!! :) and lovely lovely jumping ----------> 2nd place :) I was much happier with this 2nd as I felt she deserved it more :) Her time was 21.29 and the winner 21.24 so it was really close!!!
E: we were eliminated as I didn't do the weaves with him - he bombed off the end of the a frame, slowed on the end of the seesaw, came of the dog walk but put himself back on sideways!! :S He did the long jump and spread nicely though and then did the jumping nicely, only ran round one jump at the end of the straight bit, before the tunnel (think i said tunnel too early!!) but other than that he was really good :D
Pairs:
J: Took a few wrong jumps because I tried to do a front cross in the middle of a box and she went over on an angle and not the jump straight on - not really sure why!!
E: A little star again, sadly he ran round one of the jumps but I was still really proud of him!!
Its a knockout:
J: Got 4th place out of about 32 :)
E: sadly missed out a jump again - I have just started seeing a trend here bless him!!
Something I have just realised now I have got to the end of this and havn't mentioned Jemmas weaves - this shows me how far she has come, she did them fine in both courses (agility & power/speed) but that I didnt feel the need to comment on this fact is amazing :)
Saturday, 22 August 2009
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Bloody wind!!
Jemma:
We did some jumping lane work with her, which she did ok on, eventually, bless her, despite the wind keep knocking the jumps down!! She also did some nice 12 weave work and then we finished off with some tight course handling work - I am really looking forward to the weekend, we should have fun!!
Elliot:
He did a lot better on his contacts, he didn't bomb off the end of any of them which is definately a step in the right direction :) He also did some work on 6 straight competition weaves, and did them well whilst I did a straight recall, but as soon as I moved slightly to the side he kept missing out the middle two - v odd!! We did some jumping lane work with him too and he was ok, although he kept trying to take the last two jumps as one for some reason and then went under a few of them towards the end - we put the height back down to where he had got them right so he didn't learn to do them wrong!!
For the weekend my plan is as follows:
Call him to me and work him past the weaves
If he misses a contact by just flying off the end I will make him do it again - the whole thing, if he does it again I shall take him out the ring
If he stops on a contact but doesn't wait for me to release him I shall carry on as he does this in training so it is something I know needs more work
I shall start him off at an angle, especially if there is a tunnel/contact in sight as I dont want to risk him going under
If he goes under just one jump I will carry on, if he goes under 3 I will take him out as I dont want him to learn to do it
MOST IMPORTANTLY - TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY RUNNING MY DOGS!!!!
We did some jumping lane work with her, which she did ok on, eventually, bless her, despite the wind keep knocking the jumps down!! She also did some nice 12 weave work and then we finished off with some tight course handling work - I am really looking forward to the weekend, we should have fun!!
Elliot:
He did a lot better on his contacts, he didn't bomb off the end of any of them which is definately a step in the right direction :) He also did some work on 6 straight competition weaves, and did them well whilst I did a straight recall, but as soon as I moved slightly to the side he kept missing out the middle two - v odd!! We did some jumping lane work with him too and he was ok, although he kept trying to take the last two jumps as one for some reason and then went under a few of them towards the end - we put the height back down to where he had got them right so he didn't learn to do them wrong!!
For the weekend my plan is as follows:
Call him to me and work him past the weaves
If he misses a contact by just flying off the end I will make him do it again - the whole thing, if he does it again I shall take him out the ring
If he stops on a contact but doesn't wait for me to release him I shall carry on as he does this in training so it is something I know needs more work
I shall start him off at an angle, especially if there is a tunnel/contact in sight as I dont want to risk him going under
If he goes under just one jump I will carry on, if he goes under 3 I will take him out as I dont want him to learn to do it
MOST IMPORTANTLY - TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY RUNNING MY DOGS!!!!
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Champs and Agility
Well, the champs didnt go quite to plan as they didnt have singles/pairs so I only went for the afternoon but the teams did really well, winning division 2!!!
Onto agility training today:
Jemma:
I was very pleased with her today, we worked on doing course, with lots of handling practice for me, we also had twelve weaves out and she did really well, both with entrances and doing them independently :) Her drive on her contacts was much better too, I think this weekend should be good with my little star :)
Elliot:
Hmm, well, I tried an agility course with him and he flew all his contacts, and refused to go in the cloth tunnel, naughty boy!! We soon sorted the cloth tunnel out :) His main issues with his contacts is that I have mostly been behind him whilst training and so as soon as I go to move in front of him he comes off the end of the contact, after some work these were better although not as good as I would like yet. He did all full height jumps though and didnt run under any of them :) And he did the long jump and spread without any problems at all :) His weaves we good, we got him down to straight again, lets see how it goes tomorrow :) I have yet to decide on my plan of action for him at the competition at the weekend - his first one :)
Onto agility training today:
Jemma:
I was very pleased with her today, we worked on doing course, with lots of handling practice for me, we also had twelve weaves out and she did really well, both with entrances and doing them independently :) Her drive on her contacts was much better too, I think this weekend should be good with my little star :)
Elliot:
Hmm, well, I tried an agility course with him and he flew all his contacts, and refused to go in the cloth tunnel, naughty boy!! We soon sorted the cloth tunnel out :) His main issues with his contacts is that I have mostly been behind him whilst training and so as soon as I go to move in front of him he comes off the end of the contact, after some work these were better although not as good as I would like yet. He did all full height jumps though and didnt run under any of them :) And he did the long jump and spread without any problems at all :) His weaves we good, we got him down to straight again, lets see how it goes tomorrow :) I have yet to decide on my plan of action for him at the competition at the weekend - his first one :)
Thursday, 13 August 2009
A better day!!:D
We had a much better day today which was good!!
Jemma:
She got her weaves right every time today apart from one which is a definate improvement. Her contacts were much better too, we worked a lot on her drive, we now need to work on it with me crossing behind because that seems to really slow her down. Not much else to say, apart from that I was just generally really pleased with her!!
Elliot:
I used his tuggy as a reward after his weaves instead of food and whether it was that or something else but he did really well, he was flying through them and we got him back down to just on the tape!! He did quite well on his jumping although started running under a few jumps, pen worked out this was when I ran forward to tray and get in the right place to do a front cross and took my eye off him and dropped my arm slightly. This meant it was always one on a corner as we were doing some close jumping work. What we did on his contacts was good too, although the first time we did the a-frame in a course he literally flew over the top, he must have been over a foot above it and consequently there was no chance he could stop on the bottom (he did however touch the white bit!!)!! So all in all a good day for him too!!
Next thing on the agenda for us is the flyball champs on sun, although neither of them are competing in the teams I am hoping to do singles and pairs with them :)
Jemma:
She got her weaves right every time today apart from one which is a definate improvement. Her contacts were much better too, we worked a lot on her drive, we now need to work on it with me crossing behind because that seems to really slow her down. Not much else to say, apart from that I was just generally really pleased with her!!
Elliot:
I used his tuggy as a reward after his weaves instead of food and whether it was that or something else but he did really well, he was flying through them and we got him back down to just on the tape!! He did quite well on his jumping although started running under a few jumps, pen worked out this was when I ran forward to tray and get in the right place to do a front cross and took my eye off him and dropped my arm slightly. This meant it was always one on a corner as we were doing some close jumping work. What we did on his contacts was good too, although the first time we did the a-frame in a course he literally flew over the top, he must have been over a foot above it and consequently there was no chance he could stop on the bottom (he did however touch the white bit!!)!! So all in all a good day for him too!!
Next thing on the agenda for us is the flyball champs on sun, although neither of them are competing in the teams I am hoping to do singles and pairs with them :)
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Good and not so good week
I started hydrotherapy with both dogs a few weeks ago to help improve their fitness. Well neither of them are particularly impressed - the first session Jemma realised in the supportive harness she didnt actually have to swim to stay afloat so next time she went in the h-harness and now has to swim, although she often tries to chew through the lead that is attaching her!! Well this week she actually managed two minutes in the pool swimming up and down after her ball before she tried to escape and had to be clipped in again, cheeky monkey!! Elliot just doesn't really like it, and starts off splashing a lot but soon settles down and swims quite nicely!! So thats for the good news, now for the not so good part, agility today.
Jemma:
Well in the hour she only managed to do about 3 different rounds and that was it!! It was quite warm so she kept disappearing but also she was really into just wondering off and sniffing and rolling. She then wasn't particularly switched on and so kept going wrong. We also discovered that we need to do more work on her weaves when they are an almost straight entrance but in a long line of jumps as she doesn't check herself very well and ends up missing the two middle weaves!! She did do some very nice contact work though - got to find a positive bless her. Although as Elliot had a rubbish day too maybe it was something I wasn't doing right subconsciously, just hope im not getting ill!!!
Elliot:
I really don't know what has happened to his weaves, we went back out to two inches and he did them brilliantly, all 6 straight off, then tried him back down to 1inch and it all went wrong again!! When he gets it wrong he then looses interest completely. The plan is to back to where it gets it right and get him really confident and then just gradually move them in quarter of an inch at a time!! He did ok on his jumping too but ran under a few and his contacts again were ok. He did do the tyre in a course though. :) So he wasn't bad but nothing was really great.
Hopefully we will have a better day tomorrow!!
Jemma:
Well in the hour she only managed to do about 3 different rounds and that was it!! It was quite warm so she kept disappearing but also she was really into just wondering off and sniffing and rolling. She then wasn't particularly switched on and so kept going wrong. We also discovered that we need to do more work on her weaves when they are an almost straight entrance but in a long line of jumps as she doesn't check herself very well and ends up missing the two middle weaves!! She did do some very nice contact work though - got to find a positive bless her. Although as Elliot had a rubbish day too maybe it was something I wasn't doing right subconsciously, just hope im not getting ill!!!
Elliot:
I really don't know what has happened to his weaves, we went back out to two inches and he did them brilliantly, all 6 straight off, then tried him back down to 1inch and it all went wrong again!! When he gets it wrong he then looses interest completely. The plan is to back to where it gets it right and get him really confident and then just gradually move them in quarter of an inch at a time!! He did ok on his jumping too but ran under a few and his contacts again were ok. He did do the tyre in a course though. :) So he wasn't bad but nothing was really great.
Hopefully we will have a better day tomorrow!!
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