I only got one round for each of them on vid, here is the link, I will mumble about the rest below :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZyqn3gv_Y
Jemma
Jumping Graded 1-2
What a shame about the weaves, this is obviously something that needs to go on our list of things to work on - weaves in a straight line!!! Bless her though, she got really stuck in the tunnel, I am wondering if there is something we can do training wise to stop her from running up the side of them and not along the bottom of them - I am sure I will be informed if there is or not!!
Helter Skelter Combined 1-3
I am not sure why I entered that class with her, I didn't see on the schedule that there were two large grade one jumping classes!! Anyway, we got eliminated in this because I took my eye off her, before the tunnel I just called her name and then turned to check I wasn't going to run into a jump in which time she went in the tunnel, I forgot that I also needed the command here!! Sorry bear!!
Agility Graded 1-2
What a shame this one wasn't on vid, it was our first beautiful clear round with no dithering bits or anything, she even did 12 weaves with me front crossing before them!!! Sadly there were two dogs speedier than her so she finished 3rd with a time of 30.960 and the winner a time of 28.835, hmm rocket fuel for breakfast next time!! Seriously though I was really pleased with her, and as pointed out, the more rounds like this we can have the more likely it will be we get our red one!! She could however now go up to Grade 2 on points as she has 84 but I am going to hang out as long as I can for a win because she has shown she has got it there!!
Elliot:
Jumping Graded 1-2
I was really pleased with him in this one, his wait was brill which was really good for saying it was the first class of the day. He also didn't go under the jump before the tunnel. It was a shame about his weaves but he still isn't really ready to do them in a course, and we have been practising them a bit more on the left as well. He always goes a bit loopy after the weaves and I think it was the tight angle in the top corner that meant he went under that jump and he went round the jump at the bottom because I forget that he focuses really far ahead and so he was looking at the end jump and I left it too late to turn him!! The end was really nice, although I think we could do with some working on after the cloth tunnel as he always comes out at a really bad angle, although just the command go made him look for the next jump and turn himself back in :)
Helter Skelter Combined 1-3
This was lovely to run with him, it flowed really nicely although I was really careful on all the corners and bits I needed to sort of pull him off other jumps/tunnelsas I so wanted him to get a clear round, which he did, with a time of 24.32 and 4th place (winners time was 23.09) - not bad in a combined class I didn't think - definately need to sort our weaves out!!
Agility Graded 1-2
I didn't take him in this class as he is still not ready and his waits had been really nice all day so thought it wasn't worth it - was very annoyed again I didn't see the second jumping class otherwise he would have been in that!!
All in all a good day I think, with still a few bits and pieces for us to work on - Elliots weaves and contacts as normal, jems weaves still, elliots cloth tunnels and long jumps and possibly jems tunnels.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Friday, 7 May 2010
Weaves, weaves, contacts and more weaves :)
Jemma:
We worked on her weave angles today and she was good when slow but once we built up her speed she struggled with the beginning of the weaves, but with more dinking from me she picked them up in the end and Lel reckoned she was doing the weaves the fastest she has ever seen and I was running on past the end of the weaves leaving her in them and she did them :) We finished on some contact work and they were all really nice, am looking forward to sunday with her :)
Elliot:
Weaves were REALLY good today, after a little while of him trying to fight my hand he did some really beautiful ones, fast as well but still following my hand, we even managed a few where he wasn't even touching my hand so hopefully soon we can do some sort of weaves in competition soon, but not just yet! We did some contacts too and he is getting really really really good at doing the end bits and waiting whilst I go on and wave my arms around etc. Today we even did some full dog walks on lead and again he stopped really nicely at the bottom, we were only jogging though so hopefully he can keep it up when we going faster!! We have a new aim now because I am doing a UKA show on 22nd May where I can reward him for stopping at the bottom so we shall see how we are getting on by then, but if he is ready this might be his first chance at doing contacts in the ring :) We finished with some jumping which he did really nicely when mummy got it right :)
Next stop Blackdown comp on Sunday :)
We worked on her weave angles today and she was good when slow but once we built up her speed she struggled with the beginning of the weaves, but with more dinking from me she picked them up in the end and Lel reckoned she was doing the weaves the fastest she has ever seen and I was running on past the end of the weaves leaving her in them and she did them :) We finished on some contact work and they were all really nice, am looking forward to sunday with her :)
Elliot:
Weaves were REALLY good today, after a little while of him trying to fight my hand he did some really beautiful ones, fast as well but still following my hand, we even managed a few where he wasn't even touching my hand so hopefully soon we can do some sort of weaves in competition soon, but not just yet! We did some contacts too and he is getting really really really good at doing the end bits and waiting whilst I go on and wave my arms around etc. Today we even did some full dog walks on lead and again he stopped really nicely at the bottom, we were only jogging though so hopefully he can keep it up when we going faster!! We have a new aim now because I am doing a UKA show on 22nd May where I can reward him for stopping at the bottom so we shall see how we are getting on by then, but if he is ready this might be his first chance at doing contacts in the ring :) We finished with some jumping which he did really nicely when mummy got it right :)
Next stop Blackdown comp on Sunday :)
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Getting better :)
Jemma:
She ran the course really nicely today, struggled on the weave entry first time and then stopped just off the seesaw instead of on it!! We did some work on our contacts and they were nice :) We also worked on our weave entries and she did a lot better than normal, the main thing we were working on was where I stood to get her in - ideally something we shouldn't have to work on as I would like her to find the entrance herself but as we are already in our busy competition season we will have to work with what I have until winter :) We also worked on the three ways to do the end part of the combined 1-2 jumping course from yesterday - two front crosses, using my lefts and rights and wraping her round the wing (the way that I did it yesterday, only today we did it more smoothly:P)!!
Elliot:
We worked on the jumping sequences with him and he did them all beautifully, didn't put a foot wrong bless him :) Then we went on to weaves and he was really stroppy to start with, having a right paddy with my hand getting in the way and stopping him being speedy but by the end of it he was doing them really nicely, we probably got 10 in a row good ones :) Then it was onto contacts and wow, why I didn't start this way with him!! In the three/four weeks it has been since we started he is almost ready to do the full equipment - we did lost today with me running him onto the contact and running on whilst he stopped on the bottom, he was brill at this (after a couple of slow ones to remind him what to do), I was really pleased with him and am enjoying seeing the improvements in him, it won't be long before he is flying round the ring doing all the equipment correctly :)
She ran the course really nicely today, struggled on the weave entry first time and then stopped just off the seesaw instead of on it!! We did some work on our contacts and they were nice :) We also worked on our weave entries and she did a lot better than normal, the main thing we were working on was where I stood to get her in - ideally something we shouldn't have to work on as I would like her to find the entrance herself but as we are already in our busy competition season we will have to work with what I have until winter :) We also worked on the three ways to do the end part of the combined 1-2 jumping course from yesterday - two front crosses, using my lefts and rights and wraping her round the wing (the way that I did it yesterday, only today we did it more smoothly:P)!!
Elliot:
We worked on the jumping sequences with him and he did them all beautifully, didn't put a foot wrong bless him :) Then we went on to weaves and he was really stroppy to start with, having a right paddy with my hand getting in the way and stopping him being speedy but by the end of it he was doing them really nicely, we probably got 10 in a row good ones :) Then it was onto contacts and wow, why I didn't start this way with him!! In the three/four weeks it has been since we started he is almost ready to do the full equipment - we did lost today with me running him onto the contact and running on whilst he stopped on the bottom, he was brill at this (after a couple of slow ones to remind him what to do), I was really pleased with him and am enjoying seeing the improvements in him, it won't be long before he is flying round the ring doing all the equipment correctly :)
Monday, 3 May 2010
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!!
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!!
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Acremead - wow what a day :)
Well both dogs were on the Extra-set team. We had a declared time of 21 seconds because we hadn't ran this team before. We had a cracking time, and broke out on one leg with a time of 20.16!! This meant we then had to just keep back on our changes. For me there were three amazing things that came out of today, first was that Jem ran every single leg in the blue and looked like she actually knew what she was doing and that she was having fun staying in our lane!! She got one run back on the red lane and then on our last race we did a warm up run with her - she was being a pain in the bum on the start line, wouldn't look up our lane and just wanted to bark at the other team warming up, but after Katie stood in her way and Nat had words with her (she loves her aunty Nat but is very scared of her at flyball for some reason!!) she looked up our lane and then ran up and back and stayed in our lane even though there were dogs in the blue lane!!!!!! :D :D :D The Second amazing thing was Elliot, he ended up running for Carol as Nat ran Perry and he didn't bat an eyelid, he ran exactly the same for her as for Nat and me, he well and truly proved my point that he will run for whoever has the tuggy!! The third amazing thing was that we won the division!!! :) Heres hoping this is this is a good start to an even better season that by the end of Jem will be as good in the red lane as in the blue!!!
Below are three vids that my flatmate took for us which prove that Jem was actually doing it!!! Just a word of warning though, you might want to turn down/off the sound when watching them!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiR82Evxiz0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmXBfYE9UIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmp3zHnVqRw
I shall give some times once Nat has watched the vids and got me some - the lights didnt have timers on and everyone was really busy trying to make sure we didn't break out again so we didnt manage to get any whilst racing!!
Below are three vids that my flatmate took for us which prove that Jem was actually doing it!!! Just a word of warning though, you might want to turn down/off the sound when watching them!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiR82Evxiz0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmXBfYE9UIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmp3zHnVqRw
I shall give some times once Nat has watched the vids and got me some - the lights didnt have timers on and everyone was really busy trying to make sure we didn't break out again so we didnt manage to get any whilst racing!!
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